Programming is Passion,Software Development is an Adventure- Willy David Jr

Programming is Passion,Software Development is an Adventure- Willy David Jr

Good UI for End-User's Perspective is Still Important on Web Apps

 

It was a beautiful day when we prepare our web applications to demonstrate our 2-week project in front of our CEO, to our Project Manager, Test and Requirements team, and to the Software Development team leaders. The web application if passed accordingly to our Proof of Concept (POC), will be shift and be tested before deployment. I was so confident that I had made all the requirements given to us by the Requirements team. But too much confidence change everything. I received a lot of criticism. But why? The answer is "Bad User Interface"! Like the banner was too big and should be a text and not a picture so that it will look simple, some text in buttons where not properly labeled, even the buttons stylesheets where not properly monitored. It was really hard on my part, because I made almost all my time configuring how to program and develop every piece of information on my application but still, on the business world, no one uses CTRL key to create multiple selections for example. Everything is a mouse click away. And the simple the better. And everything must be accordingly design according to its background color and even the text and hyperlinks must be properly configured. All in all, despite the criticism, it takes me again to the next level of software development. This will be a good start as my learning experience and not a failure. Everything should be considered in developing software in the business world. So guys, keep your skills on what I will call designer-business capability up for you to catch a good UI Perspective on your Web Applications! Smile

 

Comments

Garri said:

Aside from a "Good UI" don't forget Usability. End User's hate moving their wrist and fingers too much. Hehehe

# July 29, 2007 9:44 PM

lamia said:

Then maybe you should've have said you were more focused into the functionality and just say "Thank you for your comments"! :)

# July 29, 2007 9:55 PM

jop said:

"All in all, despite the criticism, it takes me again to the next level of software development."

That is definitely not critisism - that is feedback.  Getting feedback in just after 2 weeks of work is very valuable. Try if you can get feedback in days rather than weeks. The more frequent, the better. :D

# July 29, 2007 10:51 PM

willydavidjr said:

Thanks guys. Actually I am just starting up as a Web Apps programmer. That's why your comments will help me a lot! Again thank you!

# July 30, 2007 7:04 PM

bmongtangco said:

no matter how hard we try to make a web app perfect, we can never please everybody. that is why we should follow design and development standards that will justify our work as "Good Design". without standards, everything will be just be based on opinion.

# August 2, 2007 6:30 PM