RE: [microsound] music in the digital age

[Simon Hampson <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> The central problem is not the interface, but the user's understanding
>> of what they want from the interface and what options exist.

>I agree.

I don't - why should the user accept responsibility for bad design? The
interface has to mediate a user's actions with computers. It is the job of
good usability engineering to design interfaces (software or hardware based)
that are intuitive. There should be feedback-loops and recognisable
consequences of actions.

Clearly the way we work with computers currently is not satisfactory - the
'one system for everything' concept doesn't really work. We ask one system
to adapt to many different uses with the same input/display hardware.

The greatest enemy to good design is familiarity with imperfect systems...

Simon.


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