[IxDA Discuss] Interaction design is design of time

[Oleh Kovalchuke]

> This is one way to look at it:
> http://www.challishodge.com/images/ed_equation.gif
>
> -challis

The classification illustrated by the diagram is misleading. Both UI
and IA should be viewed as branches of interaction design.

Why UI design is interaction design? Take a look at any illustration
of eye tracking of UI. They unfold in time. Hence guided time
perception is indelible from UI design. Users spend time looking and
discovering familiar patterns and use them as anchors for further
interactions.

Why IA is interaction design? It is primary goal is reducing time of
finding relevant information.

In this classification user experience is associated with interaction
design, even though it is indeed wider category (a lot of experience
is not designed).

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Oleh Kovalchuke