[IxDA Discuss] Top Ten IxD examples? What it takes

[Robert Hoekman, Jr.]

Interesting list.

In fact, it brings up an interesting point. You seem to define
interaction design as making technology useful to people in new and
engaging and fun ways. I define it more as the design of the actual
interactions involved in using the technology - the ways the
technology is made usable by people to enable the fun.

The email client and web browser, for example, at a macro level, are
great ideas that certainly open up amazing possibilities for people
interacting with technology. But at the micro level, they're not
really comprised of good interactions.

It would be interesting to see how people on this list feel. Could be
worth a new thread.

-r-


On 8/31/06, Dan Saffer <dan at odannyboy.com> wrote:
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> In no particular order:
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> TiVo
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> The email client
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> The web browser
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> The word processor
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> The spreadsheet
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> ATMs
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> AIM
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> The karaoke machine
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> Airline check-in kiosks
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> Gaming consols
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> Amazon
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> Dan Saffer
> book http://www.designingforinteraction.com
> work http://www.adaptivepath.com
> site   http://www.odannyboy.com
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