I've had one and they allowed me to spend a whole day watching what they did. I got to take still pictures of what they did on their old AS/400 system and made copious notes on what they did. We used this day to start the conversion to VFP 8 and eventually VFP9. And I did get paid for the day.
Al > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Whil Hentzen > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] Top Ten Application Design Mistakes > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Garrett Fitzgerald > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Jacob Nielsen lists the top 10 application design mistakes, and ways > >> to avoid them. > >> > > > > From the article: > > (Whatever you do, at least promise me this: Don't just implement feature > requests from "user representatives" or "business analysts." The most > common way to get usability wrong is to listen to what users say rather > than actually watching what they do. > > Question: > > How many of you have had a customer (for independents, not in-house > developers) who were happy to pay for you to watch their people work for > a couple of days? > > In 25 years of app dev, I've _never_ had a customer like this. > > I love Jakob. I just wish there was someone like him who talked in > practical terms for those of us with < multi-million dev budgets.... > > Whil No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1291 - Release Date: 2/21/2008 11:05 AM _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
