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[Jared M. Spool]

At 12:39 PM 8/10/2005, Listera wrote:

>Jared M. Spool:
>
> > Things that are "designed well" often don't perform well
>
>That's an oxymoron: performance is part of design. You're, perhaps,
>confusing cosmetic design with Design, the discipline of problem solving?

No, no. By "designed well", I mean something is identified by the community 
of designers as something they are proud of. (That's why I put it into 
quotes.) Various design artifacts are constantly being promoted as "well 
designed". That's all I was refering to.

I agree that performance is part of design. But it's not necessarily a 
consideration when something is pronounced as being "designed well."

> > If, in the process, I've made you step back and think for a moment, 
> then I've
> > accomplished my goal.
>
>I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Designers are known to think once in
>a while.

Ok. Poorly chosen words. Jeez. :)

What I *meant to say* was, "if I've made you step back and reconsider what 
is good design and what isn't, I've accomplished my goal." Now, I'm sure 
you do this without my help on a regular basis, but I'd like to think our 
work has *some* influence on how your work evolves going forward.

If it doesn't, then I'd like to know how we can do better. After all, it is 
the world of designers that we serve.


Jared M. Spool, Founding Principal
User Interface Engineering
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Middleton, MA 01949
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jspool at uie.com
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