Sorry if it's a commonplace question, but still: how do you use the word 'usability' when talking to clients, describing your work and your impact to the product design? Do you think the term covers everything you do, so that you can call yourself 'usability specialist' and your job as 'usability services', or you tend to use it only naming one of product's features (along with some others)?
I know the ISO definition, but I'm interested in how the word is used in real life. In Russia, where I work, 'usability' has become a kind of trademark familiar to the majority of IT-people, so while they won't understand 'interaction design' or 'UX design', they understand phrases like "we do usability" very well. Personally I feel that interaction design is broader than the ISO 'usability', but may be the meaning of the term in the language has been already changed?.. If there are past talks about this, I would be grateful if you will point me at them. Thanks a lot! -- Valentin Filippov, Niskaya ________________________________________________________________ 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
