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Filed in: Information architecture

22nd October 2003

Balancing visual and structural complexity in interaction design

“How visual simplicity can harm usability: Usability is based on principles such as ‘Less is more’ and ‘Keep it simple, stupid.’ But there is more to simplicity than meets the eye. By reducing visual complexity at the cost of structural simplicity, you will give your users a hard time understanding and navigating the content of a web site.”

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Filed in: Interaction design

22nd October 2003

Balancing visual and structural complexity in interaction design

“How visual simplicity can harm usability: Usability is based on principles such as ‘Less is more’ and ‘Keep it simple, stupid.’ But there is more to simplicity than meets the eye. By reducing visual complexity at the cost of structural simplicity, you will give your users a hard time understanding and navigating the content of a web site.”

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Filed in: Usability

22nd October 2003

Balancing visual and structural complexity in interaction design

“How visual simplicity can harm usability: Usability is based on principles such as ‘Less is more’ and ‘Keep it simple, stupid.’ But there is more to simplicity than meets the eye. By reducing visual complexity at the cost of structural simplicity, you will give your users a hard time understanding and navigating the content of a web site.”

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Filed in: Web design

22nd October 2003

Balancing visual and structural complexity in interaction design

“How visual simplicity can harm usability: Usability is based on principles such as ‘Less is more’ and ‘Keep it simple, stupid.’ But there is more to simplicity than meets the eye. By reducing visual complexity at the cost of structural simplicity, you will give your users a hard time understanding and navigating the content of a web site.”

Comments are closed.