> I think you're grand and really smart. I love your work. > Aw shux. ;)
But I think you gotta quit with the > Activity-Centered-Design-Is-Better-Than-User-Centered-Design stuff. It's > just not going anywhere, man. > I haven't even approached that subject in this thread, so I'm not sure why you're chiming in here. We're talking only about definitions. I'm very much interested in reaching a definition to some of these key terms so that we can stop debating the definitions every week in thread after thread. Of course, I am also interested in defining UCD so that I can more effectively make a case for ACD. The differences need to be clear so that the appropriate solution can be chosen. However, not all apps are the same. Imagine the same application, but not > used by the general public, but instead professional photographers. > Now the functionality and interface needs to change, not just because the > business needs are different for each one, but because of the nature of the > work. > Funny - I've designed apps for both situations, so this is a wonderful example. The problem is in how you framed the question. You're looking at the different audiences, so you're seeing differences in audience type. I looked at the differences in the activities. I designed both to support different activities. Instead of constantly harking in a mine-is-better-than-yours format, why > don't you start helping us understand how, as designers walking into a new > project, we can begin to determine if we can get away with only applying > budget and resources to activities, or if we're in one of these situations > where we need to really think about the subtleties in user differences. > I have written a 3-part article on this subject for Peachpit.com to attempt to explain more about the approach and how to use it. Pt01 is up<http://www.peachpit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=webdesign&seqNum=352>and the others are on their way. This very short series isn't nearly as comprehensive as I'd like. It may turn into a book someday. Don't know yet. Don't know if I care enough about the whole subject yet to write the book. With all this in mind, I still don't understand why you're calling me on this in this particular thread. I have yet to say anything about ACD being better than UCD. I've only said we should work to define both. -r- ________________________________________________________________ *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
