[Sigia-l] HCD vs ACD -- basic categories (was: Human-Centered Design 99% bad)

Eric Scheid eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au
Tue Aug 2 05:38:49 EDT 2005


On 2/8/05 6:18 PM, "Listera" <listera at rcn.com> wrote:

>> Very few people would say siamese, tabby, manx, african lion, tiger, liger,
>> panther, manx. 
> 
> Millions of Mac OS X users would beg to differ.

I haven't met a mac user yet that has formed a single conceptual category
which contains fuzzy domestic pets, large predators, and versions of
computer operating systems.

The question, remember, was "name some breeds of cat".

If the question was "name some versions of OS" then you might have a point.

It wasn't, you don't, ;-)

e.




More information about the Sigia-l mailing list