I dont know if it so much a case of the right tool for the right job. I'm assuming you cant be a netflix customer without having a computer in the first place?
So, with a well designed UI already in place why build a separate UI for the set top box and incur additional cost to design/build peripherals to drive it? You could look at this as right tool for the right job but I see that as implying account management through the tv was on the table and a design decision was made to not go there. To replicate the website's functionality in the tv would require either a huge effort developing proprietary hardware & UI. Or a web enabled tv and they dont work very well. In short a netflix TV experience would seem to be a very costly route to go down. I think the business development guys would have killed the idea, if it was ever and option, long before the designers were asked to decide if it was the right 'tool' for the user. But of course I'm wrong more than a lot of the time... -pauric ________________________________________________________________ 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
