I can attest to the truth of Peter's comment:
This isn't laziness as > such, but a combination of: > - siloed organizations > - risk aversion > The Philips TV is a good example, because I can pretty much guarantee > that the designers of the TV software, TV hardware, and the remote > control were in different teams, and coordinating their work was > nearly impossible. When I was working on the UI for first Philips digital TVs, I once tried to persuade the folks in charge of labeling to inputs on the back of the set to coordinate the naming and arrangement with our team doing the on-screen UI and remote. The response was, and I quote: "This isn't the UI. This is the back panel!" - Jim ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
