November 18, 2011 at 00:07Rereading Cooper
It will be a wonderful book by Alan Cooper, Robert Reiman, David Cronin, “On the Interface”. This book presents a huge layer of knowledge of the authors, which opens the eyes to the creators of digital products.
After re-reading this monumental work, I found an interesting phrase. She somehow slipped away from me until this time:
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig 1
(Pig is a pig, no matter how beautiful it is)
What is the exact formulation of the idea of “cosmetic hole patching” in modern products. Web 2.0, cloud computing, distributed networks, SAAS are just implementation models. Few people know what goals a user has when working with a certain product.
Products evolve, develop, change, reincarnate, but remain far from the user. Maybe you also paint another pig?
Took a note. Periodically check the color of my pigs. Maybe someone else will come in handy to create another “magic interface” 2 according to Cooper.
After re-reading this monumental work, I found an interesting phrase. She somehow slipped away from me until this time:
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig 1
(Pig is a pig, no matter how beautiful it is)
What is the exact formulation of the idea of “cosmetic hole patching” in modern products. Web 2.0, cloud computing, distributed networks, SAAS are just implementation models. Few people know what goals a user has when working with a certain product.
Products evolve, develop, change, reincarnate, but remain far from the user. Maybe you also paint another pig?
Took a note. Periodically check the color of my pigs. Maybe someone else will come in handy to create another “magic interface” 2 according to Cooper.
- Chapter 1. Modern design of digital products.
- Chapter 6. Step 4. The game of magic.