UCD (was Re: Can XD Survive the Hype?)

Dan Saffer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hci.experiencedesign
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On May 15, 2004, at 8:44 AM, Paula Thornton wrote:

>
> I continue to be dismayed by the use of the term UCD. While the 
> underlying
> principles are 'somewhat' sound regardless of a label, here is a term 
> that
> clearly had its roots in products and technology attempting to fake 
> its way
> into human interaction as it expands to the larger scale. In the end it
> fails.
>

What would you suggest as an alternative? I'll grant you that it's not 
only users we need to be aware of when designing (there are, for 
instance, those others that the product affects and other agents (human 
or otherwise) within systems). Would human-center design suit you 
better? Humanistic design?


Dan


Dan Saffer
M.Des. Candidate, Interaction Design
Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.odannyboy.com



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