[Sigia-l] Context Recognition (was Re: Rollover Question (Web 2.0)

[Andrew]

Ziya Oz wrote:
> Andrew:
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>   
>> Aha! Sounds like a best practice in the making :)
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>
> Well, for a designer the trick is not in knowing that layering is 101, but
> knowing when/how to apply it in a *given context,* which is sort of the
> antithesis of best practice. :-)
>
>   
OK, the secret is not to mindlessly apply what other people know, but to 
know yourself when to do it and when not? The true evil of a best 
practice is not that it is a best practice per se, but that someone 
might read it like a recipe? One of those AD&D "Intelligence" vs 
"Wisdom" things? Does it follow then that context recognition is the 
very heart of big D Design?

And the supplementary: is the promulgation of "best practices" necessary 
for this context recognition to take place? That is, that the Designer 
must know the options before being able to match them against the 
contexts that suit them?

Cheers, Andrew