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		teej on Dec 17, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs How do you mitigate the risk of local maxima? Is there good way to try (or justify trying) radically different approaches without undermining past work?

ahoyhere on Dec 17, 2008 [–]

Assuming you're the type of person who analyzes past mistakes, it just comes from experience.

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