[Sigia-l] Human-Centered Design 99% bad

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Alexander Johannesen
>  
> "The HCD manual" (and note the "The") is a metaphor for what most
> practitioners would think. What you claim is a dead giveaway is just
> pure nonsense;

Mind you, this is your so-called "very clear" statement:

AJ> Now let me put this in a very clear way : I do not believe that
AJ> HCD is about tools adapting to users *because* there is no manual
AJ> that states "HCD basic belief is tools adapting to user";

That statement refers to manual, not "The HCD manual".


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> Here is a hammer. Peter wants to open his mail with this hammer. Do
> you adapt the hammer to Peter, or do you design a letter-opener? And
> don't say "use a knife" because that's not what Peter wants.

No wonder you denied the HCD belief of adapting to user. You see
adaptation as an either/or choice against design. But it doesn't have
to be that black and white. One can "adapt the hammer" as a part of
"designing a letter-opener".


Boniface