Robert's point is well-taken: "They said a Usability Specialist does design work. After that discussion last week, I'm surprised no one jumped on this."
That was my initial reaction as well. In my graduate coursework in HCI, we were taught usability techniques. However, I don't consider myself a Usability Engineer. Nor do I consider Usability Engineers to be Interaction Designers. The description of that job title is wrong to confuse the two. I'm sure many people are doing portions of both jobs with each title just as there are plenty of programmers that do the interaction design at many companies. This doesn't mean it's the way it should be. I suppose it's good that the article is bringing this field to light, but the confusion over what Usability Engineers do shows how young this field is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23918 ________________________________________________________________ *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
