Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: "Most of these tools are horrible from a UX perspective. They were designed by engineers, focused on the technology first and slapped some lipstick on it to make it look tolerable."
Hey Todd - don't go saying that engineers provide poorly designed interfaces. GOOD engineers definitely take the time and effort to come up with a good user interface when the product being engineered is going to be used by a user. I would say that programmers and computer scientists may fit your statement a little better, but a true engineer takes the entire package into consideration. Engineer is a professional term that gets thrown around way too much in the realm of software development. Engineers are trained to perform that role, and part of that training includes designing things properly, which includes the UI when designing an end-user product. I would guess that 90% of the people in the realm of software development that are called engineers should not be based on training alone. Now, of the remaining 10%, I can't really comment, but I would guess that more of those people actually perform the role admirably. Sorry, but as an actual engineer, it really bugs me to see the term misused as often as it is. :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46278 ________________________________________________________________ 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
