Please don't forget the environment related details & other aspects affecting the model & UI design.
Regards, jd On 6/18/10, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 6/18/10 09:48 , Wildam Martin wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 20:37, Kevin Flanagan >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I can give you a concrete example of where exactly reflecting the >>> data structure is not the best approach. >> >> Thanks for the example and I think to understand no better the >> general idea also. That said, I am sure this can't be seen as a >> general rule. > I recently blogged about the topic > (http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2010/06/12/android-marketing-strategies-and-difficult-art-talk-people) > as I found myself as both a software developer and user domain expert; > still the engineer prevailed and at first he modeled an UI directly on > the data structure. When I tested usability, it was terrible. My > learned lesson is that coupling model and UI design is so dangerous > that it does harm even when you are in the position of perfectly > understanding the usability requirements; figure it out when the user > domain expert is another person and there could be cultural barriers. > Sure, there are exception to the rule, but I'd consider it as a > general best practice. > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwbMjIACgkQeDweFqgUGxdj4gCfUWv8ViWp8q0JXymU6LRGBUZe > rRUAn1sRQU7WgJYylwX1oFhDyjSGHzcS > =Fap/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
