Comments on: How to plan humble user-centric web application? http://www.watblog.com/2008/02/27/how-to-plan-humble-user-centric-web-application/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:57:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: anurag http://www.watblog.com/2008/02/27/how-to-plan-humble-user-centric-web-application/#comment-3843 anurag Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:19:23 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/02/27/how-to-plan-humble-user-centric-web-application/#comment-3843 Its a well compiled article ... but what surprises me is that you have talked about "applications built for people" and every where you have written about your own experience ... are u a good representation of people using the internet? this is the case with almost all such articles and blogs ... can anyone support their own perceptions with some data please So, here is what I observe i always feel that any product evolves in 3 steps first a product is developed with a set of features ... features are tested with the users ... then the company works on the packaging (UI and usability) ... and then a complete product is developed with both features and packaging as per the user requirement .. its a virtuous circle and the product keeps evolving so guys specially working on new web products and applications ... please spend your time and energy on getting the feature set right before you start thinking of how to package them :) The features will get you into the game and packaging will decide how you are placed, so first make sure you are playing and playing the right game. You dont want to enter a cricket field with a well polished and well designed hockey stick :D Its a well compiled article … but what surprises me is that you have talked about “applications built for people” and every where you have written about your own experience … are u a good representation of people using the internet?

this is the case with almost all such articles and blogs … can anyone support their own perceptions with some data please

So, here is what I observe

i always feel that any product evolves in 3 steps

first a product is developed with a set of features … features are tested with the users … then the company works on the packaging (UI and usability) … and then a complete product is developed with both features and packaging as per the user requirement .. its a virtuous circle and the product keeps evolving

so guys specially working on new web products and applications … please spend your time and energy on getting the feature set right before you start thinking of how to package them :)

The features will get you into the game and packaging will decide how you are placed, so first make sure you are playing and playing the right game. You dont want to enter a cricket field with a well polished and well designed hockey stick :D

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