> As for best practices, I see those as more granular than, say, "do > ethnographical research." I'd say it would be particular ways, techniques, > methodologies that have been shown to generally produce good results. But > they are more focused on *how* you do things rather than the end result, > which is I think more the focus of patterns. >
I agree. As an example, a *pattern *would warn us not to offer more than seven menu options at a time, while a good *practice *would suggest us to have a pair of users in each card sorting session in order to incite consensus and minimize analysis effort. Regards, Filipe Levi User researcher at CESAR UXnet ambassador in Brazil +55 81 99240791 | mobile +55 81 31345131 | office filipelevi.com ________________________________________________________________ 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
