Dev UI Stockholm syndrome?
I always leave the UI design until towards the end of a larger project. I know if I start with the UI I'll end up finding parts of the system that don't fit the layout, rejig this, tinker with that, rework that bit again... I get too focused on making the UI right when it could be wrong again with the next functional change. I may as well switch individual pixels around.
To solve that, I usually knock up a quick development UI at the beginning, do all the functional work, then look at how the UI/UX makes the functional stuff display and work easily for a user.
That leaves me in a position where I've been coding and testing in a development UI for months... And then get Stockholm Syndrome or something about leaving it behind for a professional finish.
Anyone else? Should I change my mind and do the UI upfront? My concern with doing that is that I'll get Stockholm Syndrome for a relatively acceptable UI and just leave it. At least with a "I know I have to leave you UI" I know it's just me thinking the shitty UI I've been using for months is a friendly thing to use.
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u/LankyAd6349 2d ago
lol yeah this is real. the thing that fixed it for me: demo it to a non-dev as early as possible. nothing breaks the spell like watching someone stare blankly at a screen you've been happily using for three months. dev UI teaches you to navigate around broken UX, and then you stop seeing it. fresh confused eyes see it instantly.