[Sigia-l] Usability Testing

[Donna Maurer]

Christopher Fahey wrote:
> I would be overjoyed to see an IA or UX designer stand up for their
> expertise for once instead of deferring to research without questioning
> their all-too-often flawed methodologies or specious relevance to the
> particular problem.
>   
Huh? I do this *all* the time. I frequently ignore research and 
usability testing results. Both only represent a tiny part of the design 
picture. I dislike nothing more than a usability tester who says 'We 
observed x, you should do y.' I only want to know about what they 
observed - they don't know the whole context, constraints, goals etc so 
they don't get to do the design ;)

But I can do this because of my experience, and because of my 
experience, I don't have to post these types of questions. I'm sure 
there are plenty of good IAs and UX designers doing exactly this, with 
no need to come to the surface on a mailing list...

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Donna Maurer
Maadmob Interaction Design
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