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September 13, 2005

User interface design, distilled to its purest form

I received this koan-like user interface requirement from a product manager today. I present it in its entirety. It is complete unto itself, evocative. It is a refined, yet infinitely vague. I can no more answer it than not answer it.

"With the three control buttons 
for the instructor, 
we missed one use case. 
We need a fourth button."

Posted by Andrew at September 13, 2005 12:33 PM

Comments

this is one of my favorite sorts of communications from a project manager. i love how, in the world of the PM, ‘use case’ = ‘button.’ corollaries include feature = button and marketing requirement = button.

Posted by: drewbam at September 21, 2005 04:08 PM