Jeff said: In terms of usability and design both, the challenge I see again and again is that most people create for themselves and their peers, with very little consideration given to those invisible unknown people "out there somewhere" who perceive and function differently. I've observed the results many times, and Nielsen writes and talks about it sometimes, and very few others do. I'd like to see a more general awareness of that. And when I say "people create for themselves and their peers,"
I've just published a short article called "Design versus Design Toss", following Jakob's model to some degree, in which I argue for "vernacular design", and urge designers to ignore "design tossers" who try to keep a moat of exclusivity around their skills, but in fact are caught in a trap of addiction to new, edgy visuals, reinforced by the fact that they only seek validation from other designers.. http://webdesignfromscratch.com/web-design-versus-design-toss.cfm Ben ________________________________________________________________ *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
