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Themes and "attractiveness" are very subjective, and design-by-committee never works. We need to gather requirements and examples of what are considered to be attractive user interfaces and then strike a working group which can iterate designs based on feedback. Input should be sought from a broad community by publishing initial directions and asking the community and web-at-large for feedback. However, at the end of the day we should have a small group of | Themes and "attractiveness" are very subjective, and design-by-committee never works. We need to gather requirements and examples of what are considered to be attractive user interfaces and then strike a working group which can iterate designs based on feedback. Input should be sought from a broad community by publishing initial directions and asking the community and web-at-large for feedback. However, at the end of the day we should have a small group of arbiters who can make final decisions to ensure the effort does not stall. | ||
The final design should not attempt to be "flashy" or "new", as those attributes generally work against native look and feel and make the interface stand out in ways that many users find uncomfortable. This was tried in Netscape Navigator, where good ideas (such as bump-affordances on toolbars, etc) were included to the ultimate detriment of the product. Instead, we should look to be "contemporary", "conservative", "streamlined" and "sleek". | The final design should not attempt to be "flashy" or "new", as those attributes generally work against native look and feel and make the interface stand out in ways that many users find uncomfortable. This was tried in Netscape Navigator, where good ideas (such as bump-affordances on toolbars, etc) were included to the ultimate detriment of the product. Instead, we should look to be "contemporary", "conservative", "streamlined" and "sleek". | ||