<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Dan Williams wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1161262638.3053.3.camel@localhost.localdomain" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 16:27 -0400, Ivan Krstić wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Christopher Blizzard wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/02/its_the_stupid.html">http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/02/its_the_stupid.html</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">This has nothing to do with low-level bits. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> No, it has a lot to do with them. The user experience filters down to, and influences, _everything_. If it doesn't, then we've got a huge problem. Dan </pre> </blockquote> "Effective designs should empower users and create a greater sense of control, mastery, predictability, and clarity." --Ben Shneiderman. Ben is one of the world's long-standing gurus of user experience and human-computer interaction. The quote comes from "Human Values and the Future of Technology: A Declaration of Empowerment" (his Keynote address for ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computers and the Quality of Life - Sept 1990). Kathy &co at Headrush are right on target with their "I Rule!" characterization of the User Experience. The low-level bits are how we get there. All those low-level bits add up -- Just enough to get it done right -- no more, and no less! More would be bloated, and less would be broken or "simplistic" (as opposed to "simple" and sufficient.) The real meaning of KISS: Keep It Simple & Sufficient (paraphrasing Einstein's "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.") That's smart, not stupid. ;-) cheers, --ken </body> </html>