> Correct me if I am wrong here, Joseph, but from your perspective the term Usability should be used only with regard to Testing and Evaluation. Am I right? (I'm not challenging your perspective, only trying to determine if there is a consensual or at least majority view here.) i would whole heartedly agree that usability is about testing and evaluation and not design. i see usability as a subset of design and not vice versa. usability is inherent in a good design process. people may argue that tasks like data collection, user definition or functional specs creation are part of usability but isn't that what designers have been doing all along. unlike art, design has always been a user centric process. i think usability came into focus because designers did not quickly catch up and respond to the changing needs of the new medium.
it is rather strange that evaluation and analytical tools tend to start playing the role of a design tool. even in process design i see more and more people resorting to simulation and evaluation tools for the purpose of design itself. no wonder good processes don't get made that easily. warm regards navin pangti ------------------ www.dolka.com www.himalayanvillage.com www.pangti.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
