[IxDA Discuss] Do these companies do user research or utesting?

[Pedro-Jorge Adler]

you might want to read the article from Norman "Human-Centered Design
Considered Harmful" (http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/human-centered.html)

taking the article argument, I guess these companies were successful
because they focused in Activity-Centered Design, were good in doing
it and constantly improved their product. So when they became famous
they had committed all major mistakes and solved any big usability
problem.

Adler

On 11/17/06, Donna Maurer <donnam at maadmob.net> wrote:
> I'm wondering if any of you know whether these web 2.0 poster children
> do user research or usability testing (or, if they do it now, whether
> they did before they became famous or bought):
>
> - Flickr
> - Del.icio.us
> - Threadless
> - Youtube
> - Digg
> - Upcoming
> - Lastfm
> - Etsy
>
> I know I could approach each of them, but I'm guessing some of you know
> the answers...
>
> Why do I want to know? I'm writing a keynote at the moment and exploring
> the idea that plenty of terrific stuff gets done without either of these...


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