SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: [Sigia-l] Information Visualization
Re: [Sigia-l] Information Visualization
From: Listera (listera_at_rcn.com)
Date: Tue Nov 11 2003 - 18:48:29 EST
"Eric Reiss" wrote:
> Interesting observation, Ziya. But using this pattern of argument, it
> would also be fair to say that my driving skills are dependent on my
> ability to find my car keys.
Absolutely. To the extent that you can't find your car keys, your driving
skills *are* irrelevant and utterly useless.
> I hardly think finding car keys should be made a manditory part of driver's
> ed.
What ought to be made mandatory for IAs and UI designers, for example, is a
solid understanding of the ramifications of their design on the rest of the
system. A designer who thinks it's useful and interesting to put a slider on
a page whose value is bound to some data in a terabyte DB ought to be shot.
I really don't care what else they can do with their free time.
----
Ziya
Any problem that requires walking on water
as a solution is a problem ill-stated.
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