[IxDA Discuss] Why do crappy interfaces sell?

[Katie Albers]

In this context, I'd like to not see the word "user" used since it 
apparently differentiates practitioners  and the lay public from one 
another. We are all users of something (and far too often of 
something poorly thought out and badly designed).

I have no idea how it would translate, either in language or in 
concept, but what about "Make it easy day"

Katie


At 12:54 PM -0500 1/24/08, Chauncey Wilson wrote:
>The term "usability" is not a term used much by the public and I think
>that we should change the name of World Usability Day to something
>more like "Making things easier for everyone" (OK, that can be much
>improved).  World Usability Day seems like a term for usability
>practitioners and not the general public.  The term "user experience"
>seems to be more common with it coming up in TV and print ads.  So
>there is a localization issue, but also a bigger issue of public
>understanding of "usability".  We often talk about elevator speeches
>to explain what we do whereas when I tell people that I help create
>and design products that easier to use they seem to grasp the concept
>immediately (often referring to home appliances or autos or kitchen
>gadgets).
>
>Chauncey
>
>On Jan 23, 2008 10:33 AM, Luis de la Orden Morais <luis at webalorixa.net> wrote:
>>  "This is why World Usability Day was started a few years ago."
>>
>>  With all due respect Sue, I cannot see how WUD is trying to reach the public
>>  with the World Usability Day when from the start the name of the event is
>>  not consistently localised to a country's language. You know, the always
>>  Coca-Cola/Toujours Coca-Cola principle. In Brazil, UPA calls the event as
>>  World Usability Day and the newspapers call it "Dia Mundial da Usabilidade",
>>  and the same happens in every other country as well, a little bit of a
>>  wasted PR effort, in my opinion.
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Katie Albers
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