Although I'll certainly admit it is somewhat OT, I was thinking of it more generally as designing something that appears to be a solution rather than something that actually is. Or at least that's how I rationalized posting it. :-)
A good general example of this in software design would be progress bars. Some are in fact accurate but many are fudged to some degree or other, and in that case they are just a design element that has been produced to elicit the desired response (patience) from the user. MT On Jan 1, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Jan Cohen wrote: > It's an interesting albeit perhaps OT argument, this one about > imposing security for the sake of making people feel secure. ________________________________________________________________ *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
