Comments on: Your Interface is Your Product http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/ A Blog about Social Web Design Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:52:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: graphpaper.com - Are We Designing Interactions or Designing Software? http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/comment-page-1/#comment-281122 graphpaper.com - Are We Designing Interactions or Designing Software? Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:59:27 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/#comment-281122 [...] circle. The recently-articulated idea that the “interface is the spec“, or even “the interface is the product“, isn’t so different from Kapor’s thinking. The metaphors, mental models, and [...] [...] circle. The recently-articulated idea that the “interface is the spec“, or even “the interface is the product“, isn’t so different from Kapor’s thinking. The metaphors, mental models, and [...]

]]> By: Marshall http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Marshall Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:09:06 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/#comment-861 Oops, the image <a href="http://eyetools.com/blog/images/blog_adsense_viewing/AVC_500_dollars.jpg" rel="nofollow"> here</a> was appearing in my comment preview but didn't in the end comment. The study itself is <a href="http://blog.eyetools.net/eyetools_research/2005/04/interest_in_a_e.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Oops, the image here was appearing in my comment preview but didn’t in the end comment. The study itself is here.

]]> By: Marshall http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Marshall Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:07:17 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/#comment-860 The interface is actually one of the things that I so prefer in Furl over Del.icio.us. Plus Del.icio.us has an obnoxious URL. I'd love to see it's interface become more newbie friendly, and for it to add features like automated recomendations of saved items and similar user feeds. Then I'd use it instead of Furl. I just posted to my blog about a mini-redesign moving my sidebar to the left hand side, largely because of feedback and this study from <a href="http://eyetools.com" rel="nofollow">EyeTools Research</a>. I see that your blog has the sidebar on the right side. Any compelling reasons why? The interface is actually one of the things that I so prefer in Furl over Del.icio.us. Plus Del.icio.us has an obnoxious URL. I’d love to see it’s interface become more newbie friendly, and for it to add features like automated recomendations of saved items and similar user feeds. Then I’d use it instead of Furl.

I just posted to my blog about a mini-redesign moving my sidebar to the left hand side, largely because of feedback and this study from EyeTools Research. I see that your blog has the sidebar on the right side. Any compelling reasons why?

]]> By: vanderwal http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/comment-page-1/#comment-746 vanderwal Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:54:39 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/#comment-746 It seems you are discussing interface and interaction, but I completely agree. I have had numerous talks with VCs about what gets funded, but to them the interface/interaction is not important as it can be "fixed" later. I am not sure I agree with them at all. The difference between EVDB.com and Upcoming.org is huge. The two are very similar tools. EVDB has some huge interaction problems, let alone problems with search, tagging, and their output formats. Upcoming is far more user friendly and nearly every aspect of it work and works well for the user. Upcoming's interface is faster too. Upcoming's iterations are now coming much faster and they are really listening to their user's comments and requests. Who has been funded? EVDB. The team around Upcoming nearly all volunteer, from what I know about them, but they are passionate, talented, and love their product. In talking with VCs about the investment they liked the EVBD team as it was all in-house and paid. They liked the guts of the application, even though functionality is broken on many fronts. Interface/interaction, nor usability played a part in the valuation of the product. I think we have some educating to do. It seems you are discussing interface and interaction, but I completely agree. I have had numerous talks with VCs about what gets funded, but to them the interface/interaction is not important as it can be “fixed” later. I am not sure I agree with them at all.

The difference between EVDB.com and Upcoming.org is huge. The two are very similar tools. EVDB has some huge interaction problems, let alone problems with search, tagging, and their output formats. Upcoming is far more user friendly and nearly every aspect of it work and works well for the user. Upcoming’s interface is faster too. Upcoming’s iterations are now coming much faster and they are really listening to their user’s comments and requests.

Who has been funded? EVDB. The team around Upcoming nearly all volunteer, from what I know about them, but they are passionate, talented, and love their product. In talking with VCs about the investment they liked the EVBD team as it was all in-house and paid. They liked the guts of the application, even though functionality is broken on many fronts.

Interface/interaction, nor usability played a part in the valuation of the product. I think we have some educating to do.

]]> By: SocialTwister http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/comment-page-1/#comment-743 SocialTwister Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:55:46 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/your-interface-is-your-product/#comment-743 <strong>It's All About The Interface, Or Is It?</strong> Interface design has always been a fascinating domain to me. Perhaps it's my roots doing graphic design or my latter day fetish for writing interactive code, but I've known for some time that regardless of what the backend does, if... It’s All About The Interface, Or Is It?

Interface design has always been a fascinating domain to me. Perhaps it’s my roots doing graphic design or my latter day fetish for writing interactive code, but I’ve known for some time that regardless of what the backend does, if…

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