On Dec 19, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Joseph Selbie wrote:
> I appear to have touched a nerve.
Yes. You have. I read what you've written and think your promoting a
design approach that is based on an outdated understanding of what
modern usability practice is.
It comes from two assertions in your responses:
1) Your assertion that the "something magical" component of design is
relegated only to people with the role of designer on the team and
that other people can't contribute equally. (“If a designer isn't
more enlightened about good design than a usability
practitioner, than I would have to say they probably shouldn't be
designers.")
2) Your assertion that somehow the work of some members of the team
is naturally harder than the work of others. ("I just said design was
harder because it has to include the awareness of usability along
with creativity.")
Statements like "It is harder to make a movie than to write a movie
review" implies that you have a very narrow view of what good
usability practice can provide the design process. As someone who
works very hard (and it *is* hard) to provide good information into
the design process, this is akin to having someone describe the
design process as "making things pretty". "Awareness of usability" is
a 1992 notion of usability practice, not a modern one.
It seems only fair, if you're going to preach a position of how
design should be approached, that it should take into account modern
practices.
We can agree to disagree on these points, if this is what you truly
believe. I have no further need to argue here. I think I've made my
points.
Jared
Jared M. Spool
User Interface Engineering
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