On Dec 26, 2007, at 1:04 PM, pauric wrote: > Dan: "And how about some heuristic evaluations from this community?" > > The impression I get from the reviews you quoted is that on a scale > of DOS to OS X, Sugar is a missed opportunity.
BTW, I never suggested we should use DOS/Windows/Mac/Whatever as the means of evaluation. Instead, we should do as Robert suggested and look to the universal principles of design, perhaps combined with some basic good interaction design characteristics, and evaluate using those. > I would say, wrong scale, it cant be measured by conventional > standards. Of course there is no such thing as a perfect design but > unless the IxDA sponsors some Ethnographic research in the depths of > the Amazon I Think its a fools errand to judge the endeavor by > western standards. The counterargument is that it was designed by people in US with no input from any end-user or research whatsoever, to my knowledge. Why shouldn't we judge it by Western standards? Side discussion: I've heard argued is that there is no such thing anymore as "Western" and "Eastern" any longer. Not touching that one, although feel free, I'm interested! :) > If anything we should define a new set of heuristics as I'm having a > lot of trouble applying any of 10 principles to the context of a dirt > floor classroom of 50 kids, 1 teacher, where the only other piece of > technology is a light switch (at best) > http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html This is an excellent idea. I know Nokia has done a lot of work in emerging markets. Perhaps that would be the right place to start. Dan ________________________________________________________________ *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
