Re: How to become a UI design expert? Fast!

["Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>]

On Tuesday, September 29, 2009, jennysubs -at- mac -dot- com wrote: 

> And my final bit of advice...I often run into engineers who say "Well,
> that's the way Microsoft does it, so it must be right."  I try to
> avoid using Microsoft as an example for anything. 

We often use Microsoft applications, its UI guidelines, or style guide as a reference, 
especially if there are differing opinions on how something should be done.

For better or worse, most people who use computers are familiar with Microsoft UIs and have 
an understanding of expected behavior. If your application behaves like a Microsoft 
application, it might not be behaving ideally, but at least there are no surprises. Consistency 
is a good thing. 

2 cents,

Dana W.


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