[IxDA Discuss] Interaction08

[pauric]

Heyup Matt...  

Highlighting bad interaction design from the organisation is a fair
thing to point out.  That said, one of the key traits of a good
interaction designer is their ability to explain issues to
developers.

Being able to crit someone's work, in a constructive way, is a very
important skillset. Leading in to that, its valuable to understand
the reasons something might have failed.. the 'projects
constraints'.  Personally, when I get brought in to fix a mess, I
start with questions.  It brings people on board.  Demonstrates a
willingness to understand why a coder created something that you view
as a 'bad design', they are human after all.

Also, it adds a lot of value to ixda.org/discuss if we can debate bad
design instead of just pointing at it.

Where do you feel the registration process fails, what would you do
to improve it?

Do a screengrab and annotate it if the issues are buried in the sign
up process.  That will certainly get the discussion going

kind regards - pauric

p.s. the irony of 'complaining' about someone who 'complains' is
not lost on me (o;

p.p.s. I have nothing to do with the design, I just get a bee in my
bonnet when I see designers beat up coders -unless- that designer has
the goods to code a better solution themselves.


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