[Sigia-l] User Test Cost - Does this sound reasonable?

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Kevin Cheng:

> On a project I was on last year, I was involved with
> developers in London, Bangalore, and Austin.
> 
> Having them attend usability tests...

Isn't there something inherently problematic about Developers attending
usability tests or dealing with usability issues directly at all, unless
specifically requested by Designers? (I can't imagine Designers being asked
to attend, for example, a test of optimizing an app server function.)

Ziya
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