[Sigia-l] expert vs novice

[Skot Nelson]

On Oct-21-2005, at 8:19 AM, Austin Govella wrote:

> In About Face 2.0, Cooper and Reimann recommned designing for
> intermediates. Novices aren't novices long, and few ever become
> experts.

Ok. This makes sense.

> Seems like this would be the best practice. Of course mileage varies,
> but designing two separate interfaces would be like driving a Hummer.

I suppose in my case the example was, specifically, "Investors" and  
"Advisors" which some would label "beginners" and "pros"

I'm unclear whether the original poster's "Novice" and "Expert"  
labels were a metaphor, or literal. If they are literal, you advice a  
la Cooper et al. would be most applicable.
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