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Friday, July 9. 2010

Boring is not necessarily bad

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Having a radically creative mentality sure has its value, but in the design of everyday things, doing the typical boring things that everybody expects typically works best.

Use well established conventions so people don't have to think for even a millisecond: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

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Very true. I went to buy a new toaster oven a few years ago and was astounded at the reviews on Amazon: hard to use, directions too complicated, need a manual. If people need a manual to make toast, your engineering design process is broken!

#1 Jodi Kaplan (Homepage) on 2010-07-16 19:33 (Reply)

A user manual for a toaster. What is this manufacturer thinking?!?

Let's hope more people start reading blogs like yours (http://kaplancopy.com/blog/) to fix everything that is broken with their products .

#2 Adriana (Homepage) on 2010-07-16 20:39 (Reply)

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