On Nov 7, 2007, at 8:46 PM, Eric Scheid wrote: > It isn't better *when* (not *if*) it introduces noise, which is > anything > other than signal. If the user could look at your prototype and > waste your > time complaining about your *stylistic* colour choices when you are > trying > to test the *usability* of the functionality, then you are not in a > better > place.
Yes you are. All data regarding feedback is data you must pay attention to as a designer. If enough people are complaining about your aesthetics while disregarding the stuff you want feedback on, then you obviously have a higher level problem that might need to be solved as well. > When the user gets nit picky about apostrophes and spelling and > grammar of your filler content, then you'd be wishing you simply > stuck with > Lorem Ipsum ... which is *lower* fidelity than real content. Again, all feedback is useful feedback. Whether you *do* anything about it or not is an entirely different matter. > If you are > testing the shopping cart functionality, and the user starts > gabbing on how > they can get the same item for $2 cheaper elsewhere, then you'd be > wishing > you simply used "obviously fake" prices like "$9999.99" (which, > again, is > lower fide It's interesting. All the things you are claiming are useless pieces of feedback are exactly the kinds of things I like to get feedback on in conjunction with everything else I need feedback on. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
