Hi Alan, There is no problem with separating scenarios into those that result from malicious intent versus actions with no true malicious intent. From the perspective of the owner though the results could be the same from intentional or unintentional behaviors. My thought is that we need to consider a set of scenarios that include:
Normal scenarios What-if scenarios Misuse scenarios Exception scenarios Chauncey On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Alan Wexelblat <awexelb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Chauncey Wilson > <chauncey.wil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Designers need to consider misuse scenarios in planning. > > I tend to agree but I think we need to separate two concerns: > > One is "how should the system respond to out-of-bounds information". > Putting a heavy child on a postal scale, for example. > Two is "how should the system respond to behavior that may be > malicious." Ripping the scale out of the kiosk, for example. > > In considering the design of a whole system both factors should be > considered to some degree but I'm uncomfortable with mixing the two > up. > > Best regards, > --Alan > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
