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

[Miguel Gonzalez]

If you want to allow the user to re-brand the UI, that shouldn't be done through re-skinning, it
should be done through the use of templates, a template that would allow them to change things
like the logo and some other design elements, but don't give full power to the final user, they
are not designers.

As Josh says, you should find the user's goal, plus the business needs, make the best of both and
see if it is possible with the technology at your hands. Everything is possible today, but only if
you have the appropriated technology and people able to put that technology together, the company
able to pay for it and the final user wishing to use it.

Maglez.


--- Josh Seiden <joshseiden at yahoo.com> wrote:

> [Please voluntarily trim replies to include only relevant quoted material.]
> 
> This is where I would look at the "experience goals"
> you have defined/discovered for your user population. 
> 
> What kind of experience do they want to have with the
> product? Do they want no-muss, no-fuss, wrinkle-free?
> Do they want a highly personal experience? In what
> ways will this skinning feature allow them to meet
> this goal?
> 
> Then, what is the value of satisfying that experience
> goal? What happens if you don't satisfy it? What is
> the relative value compared to satisfying their other
> types of goals (typically "end goals")? 
> 
> JS
> 
> --- "Wilson, Russell" <Russell.Wilson at netqos.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > This is the direction we were considering, but
> > I have to ask "is it worth it?"  Is the extra
> > work to provide this capability (the cost) less than
> > the ultimate benefit perceived by the user?  Will
> > you
> > get a reasonable ROI for doing this?  If you have
> > 1000
> > users and only 2 care or take advantage of it...
> 
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