Why are there no "standard texts" on designing software interfaces? (or tell me I'm wrong?)
If you want to learn to *build* software, there are excellent and complete texts on the subject. It's not just a tech-vs-art thing: there are standard texts on type, drawing, color, etc.
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One interpretation: that's a type error; UX design isn't about doing fundamental research and invention. It's about using standard practices to solve business and customer problems.
As to the interpretation you probably mean: there isn't one.
I disagree strongly here & want to push for the other interpretation too! 😅 1999's Interface Culture changed my life by crystallizing what got me into computers: (graphical) interfaces as cosmogonic act of imagination, all the research & invention ahead of us.
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Of course I'm personally excited for this aspiration—it's what drives my work!
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Really? That sounds like the opposite of everything I love about software design.
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It's not the interpretation that drives my work either, but it sure is a common one!
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Computational Interaction presents a different perspective and uses model-based approaches for designing interfaces.
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"new systematic engineering approach to the design of user interfaces"
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Whatever kind you want to be. :)
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