Actually, it's not, really. I was thinking primarily of the technical underpinnings of a system, and not the whole of the technology itself. Yeah, even in a perfect world, the fact that something is a web application (the technology) has to have something to do with the design (improve or diminish its effect). I meant the application of a particular technology shouldn't have anything to do with the design, good or bad.
You're right in that I was being a little too general in my glibness =] Bryan http://www.bryanminihan.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Howard Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:50 AM To: IXDA list Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] What comes first, the Design or the Technology ... On 12 Nov 2007, at 21:57, Bryan Minihan wrote: [snip] > In a perfect world, the technology should have no effect on the > design. [snip] Isn't that like saying "stone should have no effect on sculpture", "paints should have no effect on portraiture"? Seems somewhat strange to me... Adrian ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
