So the discussion on the G1 has now turned into one of critiquing Google design as a whole. Anyone from Google here want to step up?
I think one of the big issues is one that Jared Spool's latest Webinar is trying to address in the UX community. Where is "critique" in UX, In IxD? I think to have a discussion about design and Google we need to have an understanding of what we are all talking about and this happens at 2 levels. 1 is the functional. We are great at evaluating functionality and usability. The other is aesthetics. And aesthetics is not just visual design. When one goes through formal design education you go through a process of learning how to critique aesthetics. There is a shared language for each design discipline, with a historical element added to it, that engender the criteria around which we can give a critique. I think we as Interaction designers haven't done this yet and until we do this whole conversation about Google is whimsical at best. -- dave -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.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
