I think also that, as UI designers, we're over-aware of patterns like "signing in" to see certain things upon arriving at a given site (because we've all worked on this kind of site so often, and executed this pattern).
This discussion seems to indicate that our own baked-in experiences can lead us to avoid innovating. Sometimes our training can lead us to think in ways that users don't. Something to watch out for, I think. -Anne On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel<li...@toddwarfel.com> wrote: > > On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:18 AM, Jim Drew wrote: > >> [...] by walking in the door, you are assumed to be a customer, someone >> who is going to buy something, even if that's just a candy bar. They don't >> have a guard at the door saying "What's your name? Show me your credit >> card!", but instead they have someone saying "Welcome to the store! Enjoy >> shopping!" > > Perfect example. > > > Cheers! > > Todd Zaki Warfel > Principal Design Researcher > Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. > ---------------------------------- > Contact Info > Voice: (215) 825-7423 > Email: t...@messagefirst.com > AIM: twar...@mac.com > Blog: http://toddwarfel.com > Twitter: zakiwarfel > ---------------------------------- > In theory, theory and practice are the same. > In practice, they are not. > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Anne Hjortshoj | anne...@gmail.com | www.annehj.com | Skype: anne-hj ________________________________________________________________ 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
