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  • dudinax@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    Good article, but I’d guess the reality is more like 25-50x as much work as non-technical people assume, and a good interface takes about 5x the work of everything else.

    They don’t merely underestimate the non-interface work, they greatly underestimate the interface work as well.

    • robinm@programming.dev
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      11 months ago

      As a rough estimation, if you include everything (apperance, discussion, functionality, interaction with other controls, …) I would say that every single input field or button is about a day of work. And then you start to realise how many buttons there is in any GUI and how much it will cost.