It seems to me that if a programmer is left to the ui, they do design it - they think about where to put things, etc, and they have different priorities. That's why some software ends up complex, and has unfriendly error-handling for instance. Because programmers can get their heads around the system, after all they wrote it, and if the user makes an error it's up to them to put it right - after all, it's not the fault of the system.
2009/10/11 dave malouf <[email protected]> > I think though that while luxuries are indeed extras the concept of > luxury changes over time and within cultural contexts. > > Luxury? > bike? I can walk or use public transit, no? > car? I can use a bike or public transite, no? > phone? There was a time when it didn't exist and many places where > they still don't > Mobile phone? heck, in many parts of the world there are more mobile > only households than land-lines > tv? > > I think you see my point. > > So for some design is indeed a luxury, but for others it is a core > part of their offering. > > And I just have to say this b/c it kills me every time. Just b/c the > result will always lead to "a design" doesn't mean that it "was > designed". Engineer & design are not the same thing as far as verbs > go. And just b/c you can use Photoshop or Fireworks or code CSS > doesn't mean you are designing the UI. > > -- dave > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46603 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- http://formd.net ________________________________________________________________ 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
