These are all great comments. I appreciate your insight. The things that stuck out to me so far:
@Doug: Metaknowledge = Common Sense. I love your term… :)
@Colin: Anticipation is something I feel is left out of way too many products. I think it is one of the keystone of user-centered design.
@Christian: I hate manuals! :) Your comment goes right along with Colin’s; if the user (or the activity, in the case of the iPod) is the focus, the it’s easy to create something that’s intuitive. You just know what to do with it as soon as you pick it up.
These are all great comments. I appreciate your insight. The things that stuck out to me so far:
@Doug: Metaknowledge = Common Sense. I love your term… :)
@Colin: Anticipation is something I feel is left out of way too many products. I think it is one of the keystone of user-centered design.
@Christian: I hate manuals! :) Your comment goes right along with Colin’s; if the user (or the activity, in the case of the iPod) is the focus, the it’s easy to create something that’s intuitive. You just know what to do with it as soon as you pick it up.
posted by Rick Moore on Friday, Oct 24, 2008