★ KaishinLab Archives Monthly May, 2011

The Pitfall of Customizability in UI Design ☞

Pitfall of customizability A growing number of people involved in building user interfaces resort to customizability as a sure-fire way to empower users and give them more control over their workflows. After all, the heterogeneity of user expectations renders the challenge of designing universal interfaces unsurmountable, or so they say.

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Going native will never prove you wrong. And to clarify, I am not against customization; I am for usability.