[IxDA Discuss] Usability as Feature

[pauric]

And its great when the stars and the moon align.  Was GoDaddy languishing in
obscurity before they realized  the badly needed you? Will 3Com continue to
turn over a loss even though we have best in class web interfaces?

A designer does not sell products.  A team that includes marketing,
engineering, program management & sales do.  Each bring their own to the
recipe of a successful product. All I'm saying is that we are part of a
bigger picture and no matter how hard or well we apply our skills we are not
the be-all and end-all of product's success.  There are things that follow
on from this but my needle is edging towards rant.. I shall go for a walk
(o;

On 2/1/07, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <rhoekmanjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Ok then, time for a little blasphemy.  Is the ultimate goal to make
> > > the
> > > ideal user's life a little easier or to sell products to pay our
> > > bills?
> >
> > I'm sorry. At what point did they become mutually exclusive?
>
>
> Exactly.
>
> The goal, I believe, is to pay our bills by selling products that make our
> users' lives easier.
>
> -r-
>
>


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