On Dec 19, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Bryan J Busch wrote:
I have been saying "I use science to make Web sites better," because people aren't pushing the science angle enough, I think. I want people to know that there are reasons why we put things in grid layouts, and the logo links to the home page, etc.
I think people don't push the science angle because interaction design isn't a science. It's an applied art based on a small set of known principles, some of which are based on science, but most are not.
Unlike science, the results of a design process (and often even the exact process itself) aren't repeatable. Context of use (and creation) are incredibly important in design, in a way that they typically aren't in the scientific process.
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