[IxDA Discuss] Common design mistakes?

[Jenifer Tidwell]

Thanks, Robert -- that's a really good point.  I am in fact looking
for mistakes made "on the  mockups," in visual design, navigation, and
intra-page interaction design.

Process mistakes are a different issue entirely.  Common, but
different.  And as for design background, there are other CHI courses
(and books, etc.) that go over data gathering, task analysis,
contextual design, etc., so I won't address those.  A half-day course
is a little too short to solve all common design problems. :-)

This is very helpful, everyone...

             - Jenifer

On 8/14/06, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <rhoekmanjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great thread!
>
> Jennifer: The only thing I would really add is that you should be careful to
> limit the scope of what you mean by "design". Your original list was mainly
> focused on UI specific stuff and some of the replies have broadened that to
> include higher-level issues like focus groups and design-by-committee. I
> agree that all of these things affect a novice designer, but a more focused
> definition of design might help your purpose a bit more. Just a thought ...
>
> -r-

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