Todd R. asked: "For those who include satisfaction under usability, is there anything you include beyond usability in determining whether a design is 'good' or is usability a synonym for good design?"
I include accessibility, and in web design I include various considerations related to standards compliance and portability to platforms other than a desktop monitor. I call that "extensibility" ... so I try to imagine how a product will sustain its usability over time, and not just in the use cases I've anticipated. Usability is a very good indicator of good design, but for me it's not entirely synonymous. These words haunt and inspire me: "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) And while I'm thinking of it, I have to say that you folks ask the best questions and offer the best answers of any online group I've ever been a part of. Thanks for that! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=26788 ________________________________________________________________ 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
