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Why Engineers build crappy products (willschenk.com)
2 points by cygnus 4129 days ago
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DanBC 4129 days ago
It's weird to criticise engineers for bad UIs by writing an article and then designing your website to allow only about 25 words on screen at a time.

http://imgur.com/dAM2RT6

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combray 4128 days ago
I never claimed I was anything other than an engineer.
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dalke 4129 days ago
Alan Cooper wrote a well-known book on the topic, titled "The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity".
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