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by thrilleratplay 3575 days ago
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

This should be a required reading for anyone who does UI design. It helps explain why items you interact with subconsciously frustrate you and why product simplicity is typically better than more features.
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rckrd 3575 days ago
You will never look at another Norman door the same ever again

[0] http://99percentinvisible.org/article/norman-doors-dont-know...

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kej 3575 days ago
Not just UI design, either. The same concepts that make a UI or a physical object pleasing to interact with apply to the API your library exposes to other developers, or even your own helper functions that nobody but you will ever use.
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sathishvj 3575 days ago
I too have been recommending this book quite a bit for new UI developers.
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