Yes - we've beat this poor horse dead before - looks like someone dug the poor thing up for an addition round of beating.
Semantically - people who are interacting with machines to accomplish a task are using the machine. Drug addicts to not use the drugs, they take the drugs - but that horse is out of the barn and we can't fix it. I always thought the appropriate term was Library Patron? Is user on the uptick because of the increasing reliance on machines for access to information? On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:26:17, jayhilwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The use of the term %u201Cuser%u201D (in a different context) was > raised and debated not long ago on this list: > http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=18748 > > Besides the negative connotations of gun %u201Cusers%u201D and drug > %u201Cusers%u201D don%u2019t forget to include library > %u201Cusers%u201D and park %u201Cusers%u201D. > > %u201CAlthough I cannot make a statement about whether or not usage > of the term "user" referring to library patrons is increasing, > decreasing, or stable within the library world, I can confirm that it > is being used.%u201D > _cut_ > Thank you, > Toby > General Reference Services > The Seattle Public Library > > In the US, State Parks denote mixed use trails with safety signs > %u201CAll Users Stay Right%u201D. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24918 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *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 > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" ------------------------------------------------------- will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *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
