I think there's some confusion about the definition of UCD, which is a formally defined process. It's not the only process out there that considers users all along the way (a characteristic of any "good" design process). The significant difference of UCD from the others is that it mandates a usability test for validation after every single iteration, which Apple does not appear to do. It also considers what a user "wants," which usually differs from the goals they need to achieve.
i.e. if Apple truly listened to what people "want," the Air would probably still have a whole bunch of ports, maybe even *gasp* a parallel printer port. I also have not heard of usability testing there. It's almost prohibitive to perform them there, considering how closely they guard their products-in-development. - N ________________________________________________________________ *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
