[IxDA Discuss] Thoughts on skinning/customizing enterprise apps?

[Richard (ENT Technologies)]

If you are referring to Microsft Windows, then I just use whatever fonts/colours the user 
has set up in the control panel.

If you were designing a small application you are trying to sell to individuals over the 
Internet then I would say full steam ahead. In an enterprise environment it's best to keep 
things plain, simple and above all consistent. If you read the results of the user testing 
that Microsoft does (it's on their website), most people won't change anything anyway.

On 2 Nov 2006 at 11:04, Wilson, Russell wrote:

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> I am often presented with the idea of skinning or
> providing customizaton for the presentation of our 
> enterprise apps.  
> 
> Any thoughts on the real user benefits/value of this?
> 
> I ask because I am against doing things "just because we can",
> and there are many issues to consider - breaking branding and
> identity, support concerns, etc.
> 
> If the customization options are trivial (e.g allow users to change
> the color of window title bars) it would lessen the concerns, but then
> how beneficial is it really to users?  Is it just another "hey you can
> also do this" (when in reality they probably never will or don't
> really care).
> 
> Thanks,
> Russ

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ENT Technologies 
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