I think what UI needs is talented people to come up with new ideas.
When it was purely utilitarian only a minority of people could use it.
When it became tailored to a wider audience it was bland and uninspired.
The further it goes towards art\skeumorphism the more niche the userbase.
The further it goes towards corporate capture the angrier the userbase.
I think we shouldn't pretend like there's a big obvious solution that everyone else has ignored.
Shit I remember reading the Windows 8 designer blogs. Microsoft did serious testing to come up with the most hated interface in their history. From an academic perspective they did a lot of things correctly. Still shit. In fact Microsoft have form here, I remember being one of the few people who enjoyed the original Xbox controller, which was fairly rapidly redesigned due to market angst.
When it was purely utilitarian only a minority of people could use it.
When it became tailored to a wider audience it was bland and uninspired.
The further it goes towards art\skeumorphism the more niche the userbase.
The further it goes towards corporate capture the angrier the userbase.
I think we shouldn't pretend like there's a big obvious solution that everyone else has ignored.
Shit I remember reading the Windows 8 designer blogs. Microsoft did serious testing to come up with the most hated interface in their history. From an academic perspective they did a lot of things correctly. Still shit. In fact Microsoft have form here, I remember being one of the few people who enjoyed the original Xbox controller, which was fairly rapidly redesigned due to market angst.