And my point is, what if the user experience designer distorts the graphical representation of the amount left... in order to better facilitate the usage pattern? This would be lying as well, but with good intent, right? So the crime here is not so much the distortion or interpretaion, but in the intent.
On Nov 13, 2007, at 11:11 PM, Steve Baty wrote: > On 14/11/2007, Mark Schraad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are relative and fuzzy scale indicators. They may not be > linear, but how do we know that they do not accurately reflect the > situation.. The second half of a tank of gas in my car always goes > faster than the first... > > Mark, if my limited electrical engineering skills serve me, the > rate of discharge of a lithium ion battery is not linear but > follows something like a two-hump curve where the battery loses > charge faster at very high & very low charge levels, and at a > slower rate through the mid-range, with the slowest rate of loss at > around 30% charge. > > Car fuel tanks are less complicated, but they're usually not evenly- > shaped, so the 'level' of fuel is not necessarily a good indicator > of the actual amount of fuel residing in the tank. > > However, the basic issue raised by Christopher - that some > businesses will consciously distort the graphical representation of > a numeric value to create a false impression is true and in > evidence in a broad range of areas. > > Regards > Steve > > ---------------------------------------------- > Steve 'Doc' Baty B.Sc (Maths), M.EC, MBA > Director, User Experience Strategy > Red Square > P: +612 8289 4930 > M: +61 417 061 292 > > Member, UPA - www.upassoc.org > Member, IxDA - www.ixda.org > Member, Web Standards Group - www.webstandardsgroup.org > Contributor, UXMatters - www.uxmatters.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
