{"id":74,"date":"2004-07-31T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-31T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=74"},"modified":"2004-07-31T11:52:00","modified_gmt":"2004-07-31T16:52:00","slug":"cooper-well-designed-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Cooper: Well-designed products"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dave Cronin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A common affliction plaguing many of us interaction designers is the propensity to complain and kvetch about every piece of software on our computers, cell-phones and cars. And it’s true -there is a lot of bad software out there.<\/p>\n

To offset this sometimes irritating tendency to critique and redesign everything we see, I’d like to offer a selection of software that I consider to be truly well-designed. To avoid creating a list that is simply an expression of my personal taste (which of course it is, to some extent), I devised some criteria as necessary aspects of a well-designed software product. <\/em><\/p>\n

Read more…<\/a>
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(I found two bits of software on this page that I’d never heard of… both of which I may actually have a use for… let me know if you find something you like.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Dave Cronin A common affliction plaguing many of us interaction designers is the propensity to complain and kvetch about every piece of software on our computers, cell-phones and cars. And it’s true -there is a lot of bad software out there. 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