[Sigia-l] IA and medium

[Groot, Boyd de]

Challis Hodge wrote:
>One example is usability engineering. We saw the principles and roles
expand
>from a niche in software out into the Internet and converge with a similar
>trend in hardware design. This has been followed by a trend toward other
>member(s) of a team filling the usability engineers role and the entire
team
>adopting the principles while the usability engineers are again practicing
>in niche areas.


Is software (always) a frontrunner?

before I entered (G)UI-design, web, mobile, etc. my first job as a trainee
was designing control panels for washing machines based on what I had
learned in Information Ergonomics classes (come to think of it, did I call
myself an Information Ergonomist then? :-)

I find the principles I learned there are still very useful. Sort of like
Disco returning :-)


Boyd de Groot