Best Practices / Patterns and the likes are important part of the designers toolbox.
But the Designer needs to understand when its is best to use the best practice or the pattern based on the context of the work / organization / etc...etc... So ultimately they are just another set of tools for the designer to use. Regards, Jay Kumar On 7/1/08, Matthew Zuckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People in my office seem to be obsessed with "best practices" lately - a > notion that seems a bit ethereal to me. After all, splash pages, lead-based > paint, burning witches, and other such concepts are now obsolete (or at > least frowned upon). In the past, I have tried to steer people towards the > idea that certain interfaces or features may be a "standard practice," but I > am wondering if patterns are now the best evaluation tool. > > Any thoughts? > > > ./matthew > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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