http://www.simplifyinginterfaces.com/2010/01/please-enough-already/ Marc Van Rymenant's blog about User Experience and Behavioral Sciences applied to web design Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:54:42 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.simplifyinginterfaces.com/2010/01/please-enough-already/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Visin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:04:59 +0000 http://www.simplifyinginterfaces.com/?p=136#comment-181 I have seen how such articles and people are bastardizing the profession. As a engineer with a Human factors degree, this is appalling to not only me but to everyone who put in 2 years of sweat to get their Master's degree. I have seen how such articles and people are bastardizing the profession. As a engineer with a Human factors degree, this is appalling to not only me but to everyone who put in 2 years of sweat to get their Master’s degree.

]]> http://www.simplifyinginterfaces.com/2010/01/please-enough-already/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Mary Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:33:56 +0000 http://www.simplifyinginterfaces.com/?p=136#comment-180 Marc you raise very good points and I do not agree with this article. I like the analogies but the truth of the matter is you can learn to set up and run a usability test in 3 days but that does not mean you can moderate it without "leading" the test participant. One needs to be skilled, experienced and educated enough to understands the nuances of behavior, or your collecting and acting on bad data. I liked what Susan Dray wrote and it went something like this: She was moderating and then let her assistant take over and she was appalled to watch him lead the test participant down the interaction path. I am sure her assistant had more than 3 days of training. Jakob has to write this or he could not sell his usability training same goes for HFI. I have noticed in my years that a good usability analyst is not necessarily a good UI designer. etc. Marc you raise very good points and I do not agree with this article. I like the analogies but the truth of the matter is you can learn to set up and run a usability test in 3 days but that does not mean you can moderate it without “leading” the test participant. One needs to be skilled, experienced and educated enough to understands the nuances of behavior, or your collecting and acting on bad data.
I liked what Susan Dray wrote and it went something like this: She was moderating and then let her assistant take over and she was appalled to watch him lead the test participant down the interaction path.
I am sure her assistant had more than 3 days of training. Jakob has to write this or he could not sell his usability training same goes for HFI. I have noticed in my years that a good usability analyst is not necessarily a good UI designer. etc.

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