Thread: "How intuitive is the user interface?"
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2009-11-06 , 13:41
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#26
Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
This I respectfully do not agree with. Especially if you are attempting to equate commercial success with successful UI design. There are just too many other factors that relate to product success. It could be lowest common denominator rather than quality that leads to success. Cheap beer sells more than beer which is better but more expensive. People say the Apple Newton design was very good, even though it flopped commercially, etc.
Yes. I meant "prove themselves" as ... as when you would do an usability test for a feature. At the end of an usability test (as long as it is not only about first impressions), a design can prove itself or not.

Naturally that doesn't mean "prove themselves" in terms of such a design being a commercial success or not. (Just look at Palm Pre, for instance. It has a really nice design in many areas.)