There%u2019s a difference between usability, and the business objectives for which usability and design is being used. You are talking about business objectives. Usability is a method to achieve those business objectives, and is a general societal concept next to things like Internet, electricity etc. It just is; it does not carry values on its own. Values and meanings are attached to products and their usability through business objectives, agendas and politics.
What you are really talking about is oversight so that companies would not abuse their power. That is good and necessary, but is orthogonal from usability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48267 ________________________________________________________________ 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
