::scr Drooling GUI
David Cantrell
scr@thegestalt.org
Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:56:35 +0000
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 05:24:04AM -0800, celia romaniuk wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, David Cantrell wrote:
> > It's my experience that neither users nor customers can articulate
> > what it is they want, nor can they evaluate it when they see it
> > -- Alan Cooper
> That's a classic example of how phrases out of context are misleading.
I don't think it's at all misleading. I know that I sure as hell can't
easily articulate what I want from an interface, and I can't evaluate an
interface just by looking at it.
> Taken on face value, this means 'don't bother talking to people either
> before or after you design'.
No, it means "don't rely solely on talking to the customer".
And whilst we're on the subject of interface design - oh good sigmonster
again!
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