sorry, I totally agree - programmers can create non-complex interfaces, and I concur with your individual/discipline comment.
my point was simply that someone always does design (think about and plan) the system, and they're not always the right person for the job. Just one symptom of this could be in some cases which I'm sure we're all familiar with, over-complexity in place of simplicity. 2009/10/11 Thomas Petersen <[email protected]> > I think it is a bit un-fair to claim that just because it's > programmers it becomes complex. > > There is plenty of programmers who gets it and design very well > indeed, just as there are UX'rs who don't know how to no matter how > many user-studies they do. > > Design skills are essentially something that resides with the > individual not with the discipline. > > "So for some design is indeed a luxury, but for others it is a core > part of their offering." > > Of course, but I don't think that is what the original blog post > talk about. > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 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
