True Scott - which is why brainstorming and prototyping by IxD people should be done first!
If everything was thrown in a data table - we would never have the 3-d flip-book carousel to page through our CDs on our iPhones. Lotus 1-2-3 came out 25 years ago - we might think about innovating once in a while :-) On Feb 12, 2008 1:37 PM, Scott McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a strict display sense, this is the single most common phrase I've > heard from > engineers/programmers about design: > "Why not just throw it in a data table and be done with it?" > > Scott > > On Feb 12, 2008 11:40 AM, Christopher Fahey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On the subject of Alan Cooper's keynote, did he provide any clarity > > on his assertion a few months ago that it is the norm for engineers > > to start coding without having done even one second of thinking about > > design? Not just neglecting to do any interaction or UX design, but > > not doing any code planning/design or any design of any sort whatsoever. > > > > I was really confused by that, and I think the thread on this list > > about that topic kind of fizzled out. > > > > Cheers, > > -Cf > > -- > If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we > don't believe in it at all. > Noam Chomsky > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 "No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it." Alan Cooper - "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" ------------------------------------------------------- will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ 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
