Jeff, the point's that it might negatively impact learning curve for the newcomer if it is optimized for the pro.. and the question is, if a keyboard lay-out is optimized for a newcomer, would it negatively impact pro. typist performance? Both sides perspectives and needs, I guess, should be considered but in a way that none is impacted negatively. what I'm intending to do is bottom-up UCD process: that lay-outs are first tested by novices, and passing different stages, and within each iterative cycles of UCD, we will come to the pro. typists to test lay-outs. one of the goals is to lessen cognitive load on novices, and shorten learning curve and also make it gradual rising. most of the typists rely on recalling and not looking at keyboard lay-out but just repeating habit of typing! so I think that if set those as target users, they will deviate the project, while they must not be forgotten!
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Jeff Geurts <[email protected]> wrote: > If a keyboard layout is optimized such that a professional typist can > type much faster, then I feel the design would benefit a newcommer in > the same way. > > However, the same optimization might negatively impact the learning > curve - is that acceptable? It depends on your goals. Are you aiming > to improve typing speeds, shorten ramp-up, or both? > > [ Maybe this is all moot ... perhaps any design that could improve > the typing speed for the average typist (ie- a design that does not > rely on exceptional memory and recall, or exceptionally long fingers, > etc) would naturally make more sense to a first time user, and thus be > easier to learn ] > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41452 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Industrial Design, BA, University of Tehran. ----- - - - - - - - - - - - P.O.Box: 15635-119, Tehran, Iran. ----- - - - - - - - - - - - : : once upon a time Design : : http://1to3Design.blogspot.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
