Fish in a barrel
Apple came out with updated Mac Pros and iMacs today. I’m an iMac man myself, so that’s what I checked out. Looks nice! Of course, The League of Internet Commenters is busy finding flaws and comparing it to similar offerings from Apple’s competitors. Hardware isn’t my strong suit, but I know half a thing about website design. So let’s look at the websites for Apple’s primary desktop computer, and the same from Dell and HP.
Many websites screw up because they haven’t designed with the customer’s priorities in mind. The key to selling anything is to empathise with the customer; try to be the person you’re selling to.
Matt Legend Gemmell
The standard approach to interface design is to craft a channel that allows you to easily and efficiently control hardware or software; it’s all about the interaction between people and computers. But today, the two entities on each side of the user interface are changing: it’s no longer about people interacting with computers, but rather about people interacting with people through computers.
Smashing Magazine — Designing Social Interfaces
Bert, Ernie & Google.
