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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Emotion Design - The Next Thing to Dig For
From:       Sébastien_Laoût <slaout () linux62 ! org>
Date:       2006-09-30 16:10:25
Message-ID: 200609301810.25177.slaout () linux62 ! org
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Le samedi 30 septembre 2006 17:00, Celeste Lyn Paul a écrit :
> I don tknow if its really all that disconnected from usability.  In reality
> this project is more about usability as this is only one portion of the HCI
> working group.  We are all concerned with information architecture,
> interaction design, and user experience -- user experience being the more
> pragmatic term for "emotional design".
>
> Don Norman is famous for this topic, which sharply contrasts the ideals of
> his partner Jakob Nielsen.  Norman's position is that things that are
> beautify make us more creative, which in turn helps us solve problems
> better.  As such it is our job as designers of the user experience to
> balance practical usability with beauty and aesthetics.  This is what the
> Appeal project is about.

Nice to read it's took in consideration in the KDE 4 HCI and Appeal.

> I suggest in your further readings you read Don Normas book
> entitled "Emotional Design".  It is perhaps the most relevant book I have
> read in this topic, I have read other books which are more about product
> design and marketing which do not touch on the same psychology of being
> human in a world full of technology.

OK. I will get the book.
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