<div dir="ltr">Sorry for jumping in:<div><br></div><div>If Gibberbot is targeting everyone and want to become a "WhatsApp" alternative, then - yes - product design (including "beauty") is very important, and still is a long way from market leaders. When I was still at Google, we ran some usability tests from which I've learnt some surprising product-design truths, manily around how a person's mind solidifies their opinion based on sensory inputs it is not aware of.</div>
<div style>The most mind-blowing (for me anyway) example was around how people perceive search-results as of higher-quality if they come in 50ms earlier. So - "beauty" is just a general name for a "pleasing product" - it should not disturb the eye, UX should be intuitive, product should be very fast and responsive, product should give value within 30 seconds after installation.</div>
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<div>If the target audience are people who depend their lives / careers / well-being on secure channel chat, then "Beauty", speed, usability and even performance is only secondary.</div><div><br></div><div style>
My 2 cents.</div><div><br></div><div>G<br>
<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Guy<div><b><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">scoompa</font></b></div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 July 2013 00:05, Nathan of Guardian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathan@guardianproject.info" target="_blank">nathan@guardianproject.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 07/10/2013 04:58 PM, Lee Azzarello wrote:<br>
> Many of the critical use cases for<br>
> secure messaging have a pretty bad taste. Other's don't. I like to<br>
> explore the role of beauty in software tools, since beauty is<br>
> subjective.<br>
<br>
</div>I like to think that Gibberbot is beautiful on the inside. We hope soon<br>
its acne will clear up, and those braces we have been investing in will<br>
straighten out its teeth.<br>
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