POP UX

This really looks good. But the thing is this is not usually how others work, not in our case do. With everybody in the team all developers, mostly they just code away then rewrite. Though, I believe this is a better way to do it. But I guess there are 1001 ways to kill an application. =)

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This book has been sitting on my desk for a month already but I keep delaying reading it. Instead I hop from one usability book to design related book to find answers to my question — How to design a workflow of a complex software application which is google to be used by a certain group of people but can also be applicable to a broader group of people?

I kind of ran out of books, plus all the previous books I read always makes reference to About Face of Alan Cooper so finally I decided tocut the chase, and pore myself into this ‘textbook.’ And, boy do I want to bang my head! Not because the book is bad. But because it is too beautiful, I want tosold myself for nt directly picking it up. I kind of ‘wasted’ time on other books (but not really. Books are always a treasure.)

It is something I want to finish fast so I could learn fast. But at the same time, it is something I want to take it slow — to relish the moments, to read and re-read it until I miss nothing.

I just read Chapter 1 but I learned basic important matter of software designing and that is Goal-oriented Design. Aesthetics and task-centered are all cotton-candy techy terms. It does not relate to best products. It’s the Goal-Oriented Design.

I promise to post a summary of important thoughts for every chapter so expect it from my future posts here.

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For a number of ‘pop’ blog sites I created, I notice that the ‘About’ page is rarely visited. It is something I cannot explain why because I am big fan of ‘About’ page. If I read an interesting post or not an interesting post, I always heed to the ‘About’ page before leaving a site. But somehow, it is not the case for most website viewers.

So sometimes I think, why go through the hassle of putting an ‘About’ page when only 1 or 5 in a month of viewers will only read that page?

So is being a non-hit page enough reason to not make an About page? Let us not forget about the 20/80 rule which goes something like that of all the users/subscribers of your application or website, 20% is the only most active, most interested, and are willing to pay for your product. I guess those very few people who landed on your About page is the 20% of your audience. As such, they do deserve an About page filled with relevant information as they are the most interested audience of yours. They do not deserve to left empty-handed.

So go create an About page with much passion, even if nobody will bother to read it.

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