Re: [sugar] Squeak / Etoys RPMs (

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:09:16 -0700

Dan Williams wrote: 
On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 16:27 -0400, Ivan Krstić wrote:
  
Christopher Blizzard wrote:
    
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/02/its_the_stupid.html
      
This has nothing to do with low-level bits.
    

No, it has a lot to do with them.  The user experience filters down to,
and influences, _everything_.  If it doesn't, then we've got a huge
problem.

Dan

"Effective designs should empower users and create a greater sense of control, mastery, predictability, and clarity." --Ben Shneiderman. 

Ben is one of the world's long-standing gurus of user experience and human-computer interaction. The quote comes from "Human Values and the Future of Technology: A Declaration of Empowerment" (his Keynote address for ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computers and the Quality of Life - Sept 1990).
Kathy &co at Headrush are right on target with their "I Rule!" characterization of the User Experience.  The low-level bits are how we get there.

All those low-level bits add up -- Just enough to get it done right -- no more, and no less!  More would be bloated, and less would be broken or "simplistic" (as opposed to "simple" and sufficient.)

The real meaning of KISS: Keep It Simple & Sufficient (paraphrasing Einstein's "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.")

That's smart, not stupid.   ;-)

cheers,
--ken

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