Just to clarify, I did not and am not suggesting at all that rich interfaces are flawed.
However, where users are unable to interact with a site because of the way technology has been designed and implemented, I do believe the Interaction Design is flawed. David, I didn't realise Songza is intended to be "a study in interaction design". Are they focusing on specific elements of Interaction Design and not others? That wasn't clear in your initial post. Though having said that, if users are unable to interact with it, surely that has to be a consideration in determining how effective the ID is? To put my comments in context, I believe that accessible design should be a primary consideration during user interface design and interaction design etc. And I would hate to think that it's acceptable to have an 'Us' and 'Them' mentality in our design practice. This isn't even about accessibility it's really about user experience and Interaction Design is a huge part of that, as we all know. On 15/11/2007, Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're doing work for a client who offers similar functionality. Our > initial research offers two possible critiques for Songza (which I > otherwise think is very cool): > > 1. On the interface side, people think a song will start playing when > you click on it. Exposing the navigation over a song is ingenious, but > a new paradigm for most people, who got used to double-clicking on a > song in iTunes to play it. If you're not used to this approach, you > might not even see the navigation. (On the other hand, this kind of > interface is playful enough where people might grow used to it, and it > is crucial for the "song queue" feature.) > > 2. On the functionality side, the model offered isn't why people go to > the web. The people we spoke to use the web to discover new music (a > la Pandora) not listen to music they already like, which they probably > own. > > Still, it's (a) very simple and clever and (b) not Apple-style, and so > very appealing. :-) > > -- Dan > > > > -- > | work: eightshapes.com > | book: communicatingdesign.com > | blog: greenonions.com > | talk: +1 (301) 801-4850 > ________________________________________________________________ > *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 > -- Lisa Herrod Web Usability: User Experience Research, Consulting and Training Business: http://www.Scenarioseven.com.au Blog: http://www.Scenariogirl.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
