http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html Usability, design and customer experience Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-1116 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:58:32 +0000 http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-1116 [...] Now it would be dumb of me to precis this article. Go read it and agree or disagree as you see fit. What do I think? Well, I agree with the premise, and I warm strongly to the idea that ‘an activity’ is a base unit rather than a ‘task’. Task based usability taken to extreme is just ‘Operations and Methods’ for the 21st Century, and is the foundation for the idea of Usability as Behaviorism. [...] […] Now it would be dumb of me to precis this article. Go read it and agree or disagree as you see fit. What do I think? Well, I agree with the premise, and I warm strongly to the idea that ‘an activity’ is a base unit rather than a ‘task’. Task based usability taken to extreme is just ‘Operations and Methods’ for the 21st Century, and is the foundation for the idea of Usability as Behaviorism. […]

]]> http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-47 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:57:24 +0000 http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-47 [...] Finally, I agree with Jakob Nielsen about Amazon and E-Commerce Design. At last. It has been a vary long time since we last agreed. Way back in the mid 90’s I was a great fan. I enjoyed his Usability Engineering and his ‘guerrilla’ approaches. He was a real pioneer back then, a tech made good. But I have found his later work to be turgid and repetitive, with no real new insights. In Usability as Behaviourism? I have described his approach as reminiscent of behaviorism, treating users as black boxes with no considered emotions or cognitions, just like rats in a maze. [...] […] Finally, I agree with Jakob Nielsen about Amazon and E-Commerce Design. At last. It has been a vary long time since we last agreed. Way back in the mid 90’s I was a great fan. I enjoyed his Usability Engineering and his ‘guerrilla’ approaches. He was a real pioneer back then, a tech made good. But I have found his later work to be turgid and repetitive, with no real new insights. In Usability as Behaviourism? I have described his approach as reminiscent of behaviorism, treating users as black boxes with no considered emotions or cognitions, just like rats in a maze. […]

]]> http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-19 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-19 Some good food for thought there Dave, Thanks. Some good food for thought there Dave, Thanks.

]]> http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-20 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-20 I think you're giving both the 'Experientialists' and the 'Usabilitists' way too much credit. I think you’re giving both the ‘Experientialists’ and the ‘Usabilitists’ way too much credit.

]]> http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-21 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/12/13/usability-as-behaviourism.html#comment-21 OK, I'll bite ... in what way do you think I'm giving them too much credit, and if they don't deserve credit, who does (or does not)? OK, I’ll bite … in what way do you think I’m giving them too much credit, and if they don’t deserve credit, who does (or does not)?

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