I think we're agreeing with each other and just getting hung up on semantics? Strange for this list :-)
Regardless, my bottom line opinion is that business processes and the designs that support them should not be defined by the limitations of technology. Don't choose a technology, framework, etc until you know the goals and some high level needs of whatever project you're undertaking. On Nov 13, 2007 11:57 AM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it's not one of the major factors then what are you designing? > Generally you will know that you are designing software, or a website, > or a car, or a phone ... you can't just design "a product" .. you have > to know what the product is ... and when you know what the product is > then your medium and technology begins to come into play. > > I'm not saying that those things should be the sole driving force > behind the design.. but you can't design in a vacuum. > > > On Nov 13, 2007 11:50 AM, Jeff White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "I also think this sounds a little strange... shouldn't we design for > > our specific medium? " > > > > I think this is kind of the point - don't choose the medium until you > > know what has to be accomplished. That said, of course the medium > > impacts the design. But it should not be the sole (or major) > > determining factor when making design decisions, IMO. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > On Nov 13, 2007 11:23 AM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I also think this sounds a little strange... shouldn't we design for > > > our specific medium? The medium dictates how the user/viewer will > > > interact with the product, and thus effect the design. I don't see > > > any way around that.... > > > > > > Design for TV is intrinsically different than design for print, than > > > for web, etc ... Each medium has it's own restrictions and > > > strengths... > > > > > > To bring that back to technology, each medium also has it's own set of > > > technology. The technologies usually represent, at some level, how > > > that medium works, without understanding them and designing for them > > > we'd be designing posters for website ... doesn't really make sense. > > > > > > How would you design software without considering the keyboard, mouse, > > > and monitor? Or for that matter, OS based form elements? Screen > > > size? > > > > > > Picking the "best stone" in this case means picking the best > > > technology for your product, but you still have to pick one, and it > > > will still change the design. > > -- > > Matt Nish-Lapidus > email/gtalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ++ > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattnl > Home: http://www.nishlapidus.com > ________________________________________________________________ *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
