It’s been nearly three decades since I last set foot on the grounds of the University of Utah. When I graduated in 1993, I left and never looked back. Three decades later, I decided to pay the campus a visit on a recent trip.
For the 2019 Application Report, my task was to create a visual that described the underlying complexity of web applications—I.E. what users don’t see.
Both of the following concepts represent an attempt to visually portray the complexity behind one of the simplest and most common events that happens trillions of times every day, if not, every hour: logging into a web site with your username and password.
Complexity V2
Complexity V1
I think it’s safe to say that you will have some semblance of a layout rattling around in your head prior to picking up a pencil. Even if that vision is hazy, hashing out the main characters first will aid you in nailing down the layout. Sometimes the brain-to-paper translation isn’t as clear as you’d like.
