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Old 04-09-2007, 09:37 PM
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Default Re: Lessons from a Botched Upgrade

I've been doing web programming for 10 years. At my last job I was the chief UI designer leading a team of people on a $5 mil project. The best user interface always seems completely straightforward and obvious in retrospect. But getting to that point is nowhere near as easy as people think. IME it always takes a ton of hard work and a certain kind of fairly uncommon puzzle-solving-ish ability (yay).

There was nothing unfixable from a UI/aesthetic POV in this latest upgrade from what I saw, and actually some promising new features. Unlike the previous "woodie" upgrade, which was unsalvageable. But how anyone could think that was ready for primetime is beyond me. Please consult a professional next time.

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