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Bezig met laden... Living with Complexitydoor Donald A. Norman
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Good discussion of the complexities of making things simpler. Certainly a good introduction for those who design in a world where experience is now king. ( ) The key message of this book is that life in general is complex, and that the stuff we design needs to reflect and handle that complexity rather than being dumbed down to arcane notions of usability and simplicity. Norman's style of everyday examples and advocacy is highly effective, and the book is an easy and enjoyable read which at times comes out like a sequel or update to the seminal "Psychology of Everyday Things". From an interaction design knowledge point of view, though, you might feel that it would have been more timely ten or fifteen years ago. Norman is writing about complexity and design as it relates to the tools (technology) and services we use. Complexity is a fact of life these days. Good design is about making complexity easier to deal with. Using lots of examples, Norman teaches us about good and bad design, and about how things like culture creates complexity. He thinks design should be in service to people - people friendly. Here he talks about the often differing goals of engineers and designers. One of my favorite parts was his chapter on "systems and services," the complexity of the latter, although we may only be aware of the front end of any particular service (consider our utilities). He talks about the difficulty in working with complex, and how they are best dealt with by designers if treated as a whole system. He uses several examples, each pretty interesting, but the most one is the Apple ipod music service. Here he contends that the success of this venture was not so much the ipod product itself... "the secret {to Apple's success} is that they understood that the core problem was not just the design of the product: it was to simplify the entire system of finding, buying, getting, and playing music, and also to overcome the legal issues...Apple treated the ipod as a service not an isolated product." Another interesting bit was the "Design of Waits" Waiting lines, queues, are side effects of complex systems, Norman tells us. And if lines are inescapable how can the experience by enhanced by design? I have not thought about of waiting lines/rooms as something that might be 'designed' - he proposes 6 design rules for waiting lines and expounds on each. He also discusses how culture complications queuing up (in some places it's appropriate to allow someone to cut in front or in back of you without consulting the people around you in line). I've only touched on some of what is in this book. Norman sums up by saying that taming our complex world, our technologies, is a partnership between designers and users, and even good design demands that we take the time to learn and understand the principles and underlying structures. The ideas in this book are thought-provoking in and of themselves, but, though not a self-help book, the principles can certainly can be applied to many areas of our lives. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Why we don't really want simplicity, and how we can learn to live with complexity.If only today's technology were simpler! It's the universal lament, but it's wrong. In this provocative and informative book, Don Norman writes that the complexity of our technology must mirror the complexity and richness of our lives. It's not complexity that's the problem, it's bad design. Bad design complicates things unnecessarily and confuses us. Good design can tame complexity. Norman gives us a crash course in the virtues of complexity. Designers have to produce things that tame complexity. But we too have to do our part- we have to take the time to learn the structure and practice the skills. This is how we mastered reading and writing, driving a car, and playing sports, and this is how we can master our complex tools. Complexity is good. Simplicity is misleading. The good life is complex, rich, and rewarding-but only if it is understandable, sensible, and meaningful. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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