A while back when in a meeting with a client we were discussing the interactions of a system we were designing and one of our development leads spoke about an “Add/Edit” screen that can be used whenever the user wants to either add or edit their content.
ARGH. I really went nuts inside. Sure from a development perspective it might be a lot easier to use the same screen for both add and edit – it happens A LOT.
From the user’s perspective “add” and “edit” are two completely different actions. Each should have a uniquely designed interface!