Note For This Week
By Mitch Berg
I’m running a round of usability testing this entire week.
Which means I’m going to be in a lab, focusing on people doing stuff with software.
Which means if your comment goes in the moderation queue, it will be likely late afternoon before I can get around to approving comments.
That is, of course, for those of you whose comments get approved pro forma. Those of you on suspension will still need to do what you were asked to do to unblock your comments.
I apologize for the inconvenience.
February 13th, 2017 at 8:44 am
When you get to the part where a team member says “We don’t need to worry about that, nobody would be dumb enough to . . . ” just give me a call and I’ll help you demonstrate exactly how dumb end-users can be.
February 13th, 2017 at 9:24 am
Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
February 13th, 2017 at 12:01 pm
DMA, I’ve heard it put this way: “The fallacy of designing something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of a complete fool.”
February 13th, 2017 at 4:44 pm
UXer rule #22: End users aren’t stupid. Software is.
UXer rule #45: Foolproof is a myth.
February 13th, 2017 at 5:18 pm
AI axiom: you never really appreciate an imbecile until you try to build your own from scratch.