The relevance of this at first blush may appear tenuous. My first defence is to say that the site is intrinsically interesting, but my second is to ask a question: why should IT workers be less concerned with interface issues than anyone else? Apart from the programmer's specific role in interface development, IT professionals generally are in the business of making the complex simple, not only for users, but for themselves as well.
I don't think there is any evidence suggesting that we have interface issues solved correctly across the IT board [when using a computing device is as simple as using a toaster, then we will have made some success]. It behooves us then to consider examples of bad interfacing, such as those supplied on this site, from all its aspects. The intended reaction is "WHAT were they thinking of" -- that the answer was not an effective interface seems obvious, and can serve as a useful discussion starter in many aspects of IT education.
The site provides monthly and categorized archives.
Posted by jho at January 17, 2004 10:30 AM