I don't know that there's a hate-on in progress, but I do think that there is a spirited debate, and a much-needed one.
My problem is with the term User Centered Design itself. I agree that it's become over generalized. But every time I hear it, I ask myself, "As opposed to what"? In my work, I define design as the practice of defining goals and problems and then working to solve them. (note: I'm only speaking practically, I'm not trying to define design in its entirety for everyone) If you're building a web site, how could you do anything other than put the user and their interaction with the site first and foremost in every decision? Like many things in our industry, I think that people tend to introduce jargon in an attempt to legitimize the field. If it sounds fancy, it must be good! In my opinion it's just design, plain and simple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33885 ________________________________________________________________ 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
