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A '''bad user interface''' is one that makes implementation easier, not the user's experience easier.  Most good programmers doing their best to design a user interface will produce a very '''bad user interface'''.  User interfaces should never be designed by programmers - one of the major [[problems of free software and open source models]] is that programmers do what they themselves want, not what the end users want.  This is just another example of overtrust in one's own judgement, [[systemic bias]] and [[groupthink]] leading to bad decisions.  For example [[User:Juxo]] writes:
A '''bad user interface''' is one that makes implementation easier, not the user's experience easier.  Most good programmers doing their best to design a user interface will produce a very '''bad user interface'''.  User interfaces should never be designed by programmers - one of the major [[problems with free software and open source models]] is that programmers do what they themselves want, not what the end users want.  This is just another example of overtrust in one's own judgement, [[systemic bias]] and [[groupthink]] leading to bad decisions.  For example [[User:Juxo]] writes:
:"I really want a separate Opinion Wiki simply because we can aggregate data (votes on campaigns etc.) via SQL queries so we don't need to mess up MediaWiki "
:"I really want a separate Opinion Wiki simply because we can aggregate data (votes on campaigns etc.) via SQL queries so we don't need to mess up MediaWiki "


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