»In Defense of Eye Candy«

»A List Apart«-Artikel über die Rolle schönen Designs. Besonders die Erklärung warum schöne Dinge oft besser funktionieren als hässliche finde ich interessant:

Norman offers an explanation, citing evolutionary biology and what we know about how our brains work. Basically, when we are relaxed, our brains are more flexible and more likely to find workarounds to difficult problems. In contrast, when we are frustrated and tense, our brains get a sort of tunnel vision where we only see the problem in front of us. How many times, in a fit of frustration, have you tried the same thing over and over again, hoping it would somehow work the seventeenth time around?

Sicher einer der Gründe warum Switcher die Bedienung eines Macs einfacher finden als die eines Windows-PCs.