From: David Lee <dlee@c...>

Date: Tuesday, 13 August 2013 1:24 AM

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> "Data Driven" GUI has always been a holy grail.  In some closed

> systems it succeed quite well ... especially when the expectations

>

> I would love to have someone show me the Holy Grail ... I still think it might be out there, but have not found it myself.

Interesting discussion. My viewpoint is that the UI is a mapping from

the user's own mental model of a system to how the system actually

works. If the way the system works is similar to the user's mental model

then it would seem a "data driven UI" is suitable. A spreadsheet seems

like a good example of a mental model that maps to an underlying system.

In many systems of non-trivial complexity it seems to me that data-driven

UIs are unsuitable or unworkable, precisely because the nature of the

underlying system design is different from the way a user perceives and

interacts with the system. In recent years we have come to highly value

UX/UI designers for these reasons.

-Gareth