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A debate is rising on whether the old platitude No UI is the best UI is good or bad. I’ll tell you who is right: no one. Debates like these fall into the same stupid trap academics have fallen into for centuries: Platonic ideals are an illusion. They’re fun to play with, but they’re useless when your hands are dirty trying to solve a real problem for a real person. The only sane replacement is The best UI is what’s best for the person and situation I’m designing for. That’s all. Who cares what’s best in the abstract? Simple is always nice, but sometimes too much is never enough.
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I'm guessing "no UI" means something other than the page timing out when you try to load it; but I have no idea what because...
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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