Video Conferencing The Hard Way

by Andreas Bossard on July 19, 2009 · 5 comments

in Everything Else

(Here’s another guest post from Andreas Bossard of News of The Future. He actually submitted this about two weeks ago, and I’ve just been too busy with project work to post it…my bad. My apologies, and thanks for the pic and post Andreas! -Paul)

The following user interface of a video-conferencing system cries for simplicity. It’s crammed with so many buttons that the average viewer easily gets overwhelmed.

Even the core task of “setting up a video conference connection” becomes a challenge.

User interface for videoconference system

User-centered design was definitely not part of the software development process for this product.

  • http://www.mardahl.dk/ Karen

    Oh my goodness, it hurts to look at that picture. Overwhelmed? Think de-motivated! And isn't there something very 1980s about the graphics. But I am sure they meant well…

    • paulsherman

      Yeah, that's the thing…*most* if not all designers mean well…they just don't bother ensuring they designed well. :-)

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    User Interface of a video-conferencing system cries for simplicity. Video conference is a hard way………..

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    User Interface of a video-conferencing system cries for simplicity. Video conference is a hard way………..

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