How critical in your opinion is to invest time on user interface and experience before launching a startup?

Would you allocate resources for that on an early stage?

asked Feb 07 '10 at 02:11

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edited Feb 07 '10 at 06:15

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I'd put 75% of my development time on perfecting the UI, the other 25% on the background engineering, because the interface is what the customer really sees on a site. Optimizing site-related things is dangerous; you can end up going down a path optimizing something that you'll have to change in the near future.

Personally, I'm patient if a site is slow at first, just as long as it has a good UI and it's intuitive. I think a good first impression really makes it or breaks it for me.

answered Feb 07 '10 at 06:12

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edited Feb 07 '10 at 06:18

"الواجهة" هي ما يراه المستخدم. هو لا يعنيه كم الجهد الذي بذلته في البرمجة ولا الأفكار العبقرية التي حللت بها مشاكل برمجية ما. ما يهمه، بل ما ينتبه إليه، هو "الواجهة".

بالنسبة إليّ يجب تخصيص وقت كاف لتصميم وتطوير واجهات المستخدم قبل البدء في البرمجة. التصميم المرئي هو ما سيقنع المستخدم باستخدام موقع ما، في البداية، قبل أن تجذبه باقي التقنيات "الخفية".

كما أن الواجهات تتغير ببطئ. حين تبذل الوقت الكافي لتصميم واجهة ما، فأنت لن تغيرها، على الأرجح، قبل فترة ليست بالقصيرة. أما النصوص البرمجية فهي سريعة التغير، ويمكنك دائما تغييرها وتحسينها دون أن يشعر المستخدم بأي تغيير سلبي.

answered Feb 07 '10 at 10:57

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I would venture to say that a good UI and Experience are as almost as important as the product offering itself, although that doesn't translate necessarily and directly into % of time spent. I have seen way too many "good products" die, specifically because of the bad interface/experience. And in designing a good, intuitive interface, I would try to involve or get input from the end users (or some focus group) from the beginning, rather than let an engineer do it. Unless it a product targeting engineers ;-)

answered Feb 07 '10 at 11:01

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