Comments on: UX Designers Focus On Your Users

By: Kris C

Kris C — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:27:13 +0000

Has your husband ever watched a user actually use the products he is developing? In my experience, developers that I invite to usability tests 100% of the time, view their jobs differently after watching users struggle to do something that was so easily executed in their own heads. While a developer doesn’t need to master taxonomy or focus on whether one of ten icon concepts is the right metaphorical symbol, he does need to realize that at the end of the day, when he lays his head on the pillow, the work he did is not for the company, or for his family, or for his mental stimulation… it is for a user, somewhere. Users drive the sales that pay for the marketing that support the development of new products and long-life of existing ones. One or two usability observations is usually all it takes to make the point crystal clear.

By: UX Designers Focus On Your Users | Designing User Experience Writer River

UX Designers Focus On Your Users | Designing User Experience Writer River — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:54:51 +0000

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:40:48 +0000

So… Does this all mean the battle of [FUNCTION/FORM] over [FORM/FUNCTION] ends??? …. … I rather enjoyed those. {smirk}