Wow. I really think Jakob has been on a tear recently. I mean, I really think a couple of his last articles (such as his Forms vs Applications) make a great deal of sense.
His latest laments the death of WYSIWYG interfaces. The reasoning behind this death call is Microsoft Office 12. His reasons seem pretty solid. I’ve seen the interface of the new Office, but didn’t give it a lot of thought. But apparantly it is going to cause a shift in thinking behind interfaces.
If the new interaction style works as well as early predictions indicate, users will quickly expect many other user experiences to provide the power of a results-oriented design. People don’t like messing with commands and preference settings on the Web, which is why most customization features fail. It’ll therefore be interesting to see how these new ideas translate into environments far beyond Office-like productivity applications.
I’ll be very interested to see how this plays out. Some great ideas in this article as well on results-oriented interfaces. Well worth the read.
Tagged As Big Ideas, HCI, Interaction Design, UI Design, User Experience Design
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