I often see comments about how libre and open source applications are ugly or are poorly designed (from a human interaction perspective).<p>What would you (or the design team in your company) recommend reading to better address this? I'm looking for anything:<p>- books about general design concepts to keep in mind when building something (preferably computer software)
- best practices in terms of UI/UX
- good guidelines from existing projects<p>Thanks!
This was always my favourite and started me off on the path to good UX.
Save the Pixel:
<a href="http://benhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/STP2-1d.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://benhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/STP2-1d.pdf</a>
I’d highly recommend the Refactoring UI book: <a href="https://refactoringui.com/book/" rel="nofollow">https://refactoringui.com/book/</a><p>I’ve gained a ton from the principles laid out in it, and it’s geared more towards the non-designer (think: engineer) which is perfect.