Agreed :) That's pretty much what I was saying, it seemed to me that the previous posts were saying the the design shouldn't be related to the technology at all, which isn't quite right.
On Nov 13, 2007 12:11 PM, Jeff White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we're agreeing with each other and just getting hung up on > semantics? Strange for this list :-) > > Regardless, my bottom line opinion is that business processes and the > designs that support them should not be defined by the limitations of > technology. Don't choose a technology, framework, etc until you know > the goals and some high level needs of whatever project you're > undertaking. > > > On Nov 13, 2007 11:57 AM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If it's not one of the major factors then what are you designing? > > Generally you will know that you are designing software, or a website, > > or a car, or a phone ... you can't just design "a product" .. you have > > to know what the product is ... and when you know what the product is > > then your medium and technology begins to come into play. > > > > I'm not saying that those things should be the sole driving force > > behind the design.. but you can't design in a vacuum. > > > > > > On Nov 13, 2007 11:50 AM, Jeff White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "I also think this sounds a little strange... shouldn't we design for > > > our specific medium? " > > > > > > I think this is kind of the point - don't choose the medium until you > > > know what has to be accomplished. That said, of course the medium > > > impacts the design. But it should not be the sole (or major) > > > determining factor when making design decisions, IMO. > > > > > > Jeff -- Matt Nish-Lapidus email/gtalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattnl Home: http://www.nishlapidus.com ________________________________________________________________ *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
