On Mar 24, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Dan Saffer wrote:
This really bothers me because it is so untrue and we've spent countless hours as a group outlining the differences between the two. The methodologies, history, and focus are all different.
How is it untrue that while in theory they are different, or technically, while they are different, if you're doing one, you're doing the other? IA provides underlying structure and IxD provides the model to move through those structures. This applies to web and non- web systems.
Yes, most of my work is web-centric, but in the non-web-centric environments I've worked on (e.g. handhelds, iPhone apps, kiosks, ATMs, desktop apps) the underlying structure is still technically IA work and the model of moving through that structure is IxD.
Again, technically, they are different, but if you're doing one, you're doing the other.
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