Hmm, and I hoped the discussion was over...At least it would have been nice to keep it under the same thread - don't see the reason to open a new one (except that messages here might get more visibility, since the other thread is, well, packed? )
Personally, I don't see why we need to make such general statements (including the ones on the other thread), when we could simply say what we really mean: "X doesn't work for me", or "I hate X because", or "I prefer Y because I'm an expert in it and it has worked for me over the years, and it works especially well for the domain I'm in" (this one's for Robert :) ) All the best, Sebi On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Thomas Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Id say yes UCD is broken and have always been. > > Personally I close to hate everything about that approach. > > The reason why it's broken is manifold, but primarily the problem is that > most people who are proponents of it is either managers who are trying to > find a way to secure their position against upper management (well we did > ask the users) and that very few have any idea of how to translate the > findings from a bunch of people into something useful. > > I always found it laughable when so called usability experts did usability > studies. Instead of looking at something like that to be a test of > overarching principles it becomes the actual bedrock of the design process. > The findings from any research does not translate itself in a one to one > relations with any conclusion. Yet in UCD it seems to be the case. > > The fields basic principles are not wrong as such but the weight it has > been given and the way it is performed is both to wide and to unimaginative. > > Thomas Petersen > > HelloBrand > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ ________________________________________________________________ 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
