May 14

Invisible User Interface Design

Two great quotes this week regarding the value in invisible user interfaces.

When I toured Pixar, the guide said that if you even stop to think you’re enjoying a story it’s not good enough. I feel the same about UI.

- Buzz Anderson

While all these things are what the designers at Netflix work hard on every day, they go unmentioned by their customers. It’s not because these aspects aren’t important. It’s because the designers have done their job really well: they’ve made them invisible.

- Jared Spool (via Doug Bowman)

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