Comments on: Programmers vs. Users http://www.integrativestream.com/2006/04/28/programmers-vs-users.html Disrupting Innovation since 2002 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:57:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charlie http://www.integrativestream.com/2006/04/28/programmers-vs-users.html/comment-page-1#comment-467 Charlie Wed, 10 May 2006 20:52:38 +0000 http://www.integrativestream.com/2006/04/28/programmers-vs-users.html#comment-467 It's so frustrating to try explaining to my father why computer programs are so "complex." He always wants to know why all those other options are there, obscuring the one function he needs. I've tried to tell him that everyone has a different set of functions they use, but he just doesn't understand that computers != toasters. Then again, he also doesn't understand why people use resolution settings above 600x800. ("Those pictures you sent me were HUGE!") It’s so frustrating to try explaining to my father why computer programs are so “complex.” He always wants to know why all those other options are there, obscuring the one function he needs. I’ve tried to tell him that everyone has a different set of functions they use, but he just doesn’t understand that computers != toasters.

Then again, he also doesn’t understand why people use resolution settings above 600×800. (”Those pictures you sent me were HUGE!”)

]]> By: Will Crawford http://www.integrativestream.com/2006/04/28/programmers-vs-users.html/comment-page-1#comment-314 Will Crawford Mon, 08 May 2006 14:55:54 +0000 http://www.integrativestream.com/2006/04/28/programmers-vs-users.html#comment-314 Because not everybody needs the same software - and because users aren't very good at explaining what they <i>do</i> need. Because not everybody needs the same software – and because users aren’t very good at explaining what they do need.

]]> By: Francine Crawford http://www.integrativestream.com/2006/04/28/programmers-vs-users.html/comment-page-1#comment-313 Francine Crawford Mon, 08 May 2006 14:51:54 +0000 http://www.integrativestream.com/2006/04/28/programmers-vs-users.html#comment-313 Why spend time looking at buttons and options one doesn't need? Software designers should design pages with old mothers in mind. WWJD can become WWMD. Why spend time looking at buttons and options one doesn’t need? Software designers should design pages with old mothers in mind. WWJD can become WWMD.

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