Comments on: The importance of interface feedback http://www.toasteddigital.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-importance-of-interface-feedback/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:34:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sam Clarke http://www.toasteddigital.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-importance-of-interface-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Sam Clarke Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:23:03 +0000 http://www.toasteddigital.com/blog/?p=80#comment-135 Tapping into what the user finds intuitive is one of the most important parts of web design. We have to look carefully at what makes the user identify a link, even before they've had feedback. Like you say, you can go to a website and it looks great, but what if you can't tell copy from links? I think in the best cases, artistic creativity is coupled with well thought out layout to enhance the ease of use of a website, rather than hindering it, but so often that just isn't the case. Tapping into what the user finds intuitive is one of the most important parts of web design. We have to look carefully at what makes the user identify a link, even before they’ve had feedback. Like you say, you can go to a website and it looks great, but what if you can’t tell copy from links?

I think in the best cases, artistic creativity is coupled with well thought out layout to enhance the ease of use of a website, rather than hindering it, but so often that just isn’t the case.

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