On Feb 12, 2008, at 1:20 PM, paige saez wrote: > Yes! This is what I am speaking to exactly! > Often I hear "This is not intuitive enough" as a reason why a > design decision is not a good one. I think this argument falls flat > for the same reason you stated above. Unless you are aware of what is > intuitive to the person using the system there is no actual way to > argue that something is "not intuitive enough."
Paige, Are you saying that when you hear this, you should do nothing? If someone says, "This is not intuitive enough," the translation (in my opinion) is "I'm trying to figure this out and I'm not getting it." To me, the question then becomes, "Will other important users have the same feeling?" If the answer is yes, then you've learned something important. (Now you need to learn *why* they are struggling -- but that's a different question.) Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks ________________________________________________________________ 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
