That's not quite true ;) As people become more accustomed to websites and web application conventions, their experience with these increases. Intuitiveness is dependent on experience, so the ease of use/intuitiveness also changes. I wouldn't say that something from 2003 is out of date, but there have been definite changes over the past few years in things like familiarity with breadcrumbs (some studies in early 2000 suggested that people neither understood nor used them; more recent studies show the opposite), and willingness to scroll (studies from the late 90s indicated that people wouldn't scroll vertically ;)
So human abilities don't change that quickly, but experiences do, and experiences matter when considering general usability and ease of learning. The fact that coding techniques change is a great thing for us usability fellows. Often means that we can offer richer interactions better geared to natural human abilities... Donna On 4 Aug 2005 at 22:32, Terrence Wood wrote: > No. Generally speaking usability is a pretty stable field, it's only > the coding techniques that change. > > kind regards > Terrence Wood. > -- Donna Maurer Maadmob Interaction Design e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: http://maadmob.com.au/ blog: http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/ AOL IM: maadmob ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
