Sometimes software design and data visualizations wow us with their grace and beauty. I would argue though, for most of the time, we don't even notice when something just works in the way it should. Quick example - if you have multiple tabs open in Google's Chrome browser and you close a tab using the x on the tab, the next tab slides across and places the next x right under your mouse, so that you quickly can close the next as well. But here's the great thing - if you have lots of tabs open so that they have been squeezed up, and close multiple tabs, it will wait before resizing the tab so that you can continue to close tabs without moving the mouse
Firefox sort of does this except when it comes to delaying the tab resize. Internet Explorer makes no attempt to decrease your mouse movements. Little things...
19 November 2009
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You're right, we shouldn't notice good design. But we do because there is so much bad design. This will always be the case, as it goes well-beyond technology, which creates opportunities for all of us.
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