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

Ted Han notheory at gmail.com
Mon Aug 1 11:39:27 EDT 2005


On 8/1/05, Stewart Dean <stew8dean at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Secondly the reson to focus on activity is to average out user behavour to
> avoid over specialisation. You can find out a lot about usage from 10 people
> but for hard core streamlined functional support I feel requires many more
> users using it in situ - that is refinement through use. This goes beyond
> the individual needs but is how people use something.

But... but, this isn't actually... a change, is it?  What you've just
described is understanding what conclusions can be drawn from
behavio(u)ral data.  Is this a problem with "human centered design"? 
And if it is, does fixing this problem (whether it's learning
statistics, or a "focus on activity") really constitute a change
substantial enough to qualify for new terminology?

-T




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