Working with wildcat developers

You and developer are on the same team. (S)he thinks of a "better" design approach and insists on implementation.

Do you think developer's version of UI will drastically change the final outcome of the project?

If no -> this is a conflict of two personalities. Resolve accordingly.

If yes -> state your disagreement with management and insist on A/B testing of both approaches (yours and developer's). Let the development proceed, measure and analyze - time will be the judge. Repeat this approach three times. If every time you tested it your solution wins and management is unwilling or unable to change the situation it is time to leave the company - there's no future for you there.

Finger memory: why Craigslist rules

Being user experience designer myself it’s hard for me to admit that genuine user interest always will win over visual language, prioritization, proximity, contrast, etc. We as designers tend to over complicate things despite our desire to make interface easier to use. We often think of users as entities incapable of learning and making corrections to their behavior as needed. Despite perceived “bad” design Craigslist rules as it offers a meaningful advantages to it’s users who will know after a first couple of visits the location of all links they are interested in. It’s a similar behavioral pattern to typing up a password – your fingers have memory and hit the keys accordingly without you necessarily reading.

UX UI Boot Camp...and more: UX/UI certificates and training

UX UI Boot Camp...and more: UX/UI certificates and training: ux Hey guys/gals, I recently had a discussion on linkedin  about a lady who had a few years of UX under her belt and she wanted to add...

Agree 100% - good summary

Adaptive user interaction approach

As I was cleaning up my Delicious bookmarks I realized that they are using the same old "Are you sure..." approach.

 

Not very reassuring for the user. A trivial task like that that requires confirmation? Compare to Google approach:

Nice, clean user interaction confirmation with an option to reverse. Great proactive approach to user interactions without treating your audience as a bunch of five year old kids.