On 11/13/07, Christopher Fahey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you think? Would you ever design a system this way, putting > the business's needs above the user's needs? Even to the point of > lying to the user? >
Wow. What if you *unknowingly* perpetuate the lie? Damn. I had no idea. (Although it does make sense now that I read it) In a former gig, I worked on an product that connected to Bluetooth capable phones. In the UI (it had a high res display), I exposed the battery life and signal strength - basically values that the phone provided converted into icons. The phone said "signal = 3", I put up 3 bars, etc. Does that make me a liar too? "Bluetooth capable" or "compatible", now that I think of it, is also pretty much BS. There are "official" standards, but no 2 phone mfrs follow them in the same way. Each one does it differently, and they aren't eager to share their data formats with 3rd parties. Especially ones that would provide enough duplicate functionality to allow users to safely keep their handsets in their pocket/glovebox/briefcase and out of sight during use. Ones that would effectively take over the oh-so-valuable "mindshare". So, that's doesn't constitute lying, but they are definitely interesting competitive business practices. ~Lisa ________________________________________________________________ *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
