Comments on: Design starts with Proposition (ergo Usability)

By: The Hungry Ant » links for 2009-03-16

The Hungry Ant » links for 2009-03-16 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:21:25 +0000

[...] disambiguity » Design starts with Proposition (ergo Usability) A nice explanation of why you need to understand your users and their needs before you start building something. (tags: design proposition) posted by Dharmesh at 8:02 pm [...]

By: Mario Valdan Bembo

Mario Valdan Bembo — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:17:09 +0000

illuminating post ! thx friend

By: IxD » Design starts with Proposition (ergo Usability)

IxD » Design starts with Proposition (ergo Usability) — Thu, 10 May 2007 09:24:58 +0000

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By: Blaise Galinier

Blaise Galinier — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:36:45 +0000

Great post, I couldn’t agree more : without a solid idea/service to rely on, even the most dashing HCI is no more than an empty shell.

I’ve got a vocabulary question though : you seem to consider that the Proposition is a part a usability (opposed to “surface usability”). But isn’t the word “usability” precisely supposed to leave aside the profound matters (the proposition) and focus on the surface (= the interface : buttons, labels,…) ?
Isn’t there a better word like “usefulness” or “utility” to describe the fact that there is a real added value ?
It may be my French interfering, but I’d like to know what you guys think about it.

Keep on with the grat blog (just added it to my feed reader)

By: Tori Breitling

Tori Breitling — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:07:28 +0000

I’m really late to the conversation here, but I have to ask… how do we, exactly, validate the value of an offering, if people are bad at reporting their own behavior? If a customer says, when looking at a prototype, oh yes, this is something I would use, or love to have, do we take them at their word? How many thumbs up equal validation? If there are other resources where I can read about this issue, I’d love to know where.

Great post, thanks.

By: Balkan Witch » Blog Archive » It ain’t just about usability

Balkan Witch » Blog Archive » It ain’t just about usability — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:45:35 +0000

[...] Here is a post from Leisa at Disambiguity in which she illustrates very clearly the way I see things. Creating something that people will use is a little more involved than worrying about whether or not they can use it. Creating a compelling user experience starts much earlier than the positioning of buttons. [...]

By: graphpaper.com - Interaction Design Style (My IA Summit 2007 Presentation)

graphpaper.com - Interaction Design Style (My IA Summit 2007 Presentation) — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:43:59 +0000

[...] Leisa Reichelt on appearance vs. proposition (website) [...]

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:34:15 +0000

Very good point indeed, Leisa.
And it was something I had in the back of mind during the recent Sydney BarCamp. There was a clear theme of ’start-ups’, with many people enthusiastically speaking about their big ideas.
This is great, but to be totally honest I would say many of them hadn’t really thought their ideas through. They hadn’t tested their proposition beyond their own atypical POV (ie geekhood).
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the fact that they were geeks (I am one too) but the intended audience for most of these start-ups was not predominantly geeky.

By: Peter Bagnal

Peter Bagnal — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:05:11 +0000

I tend to talk to clients about the best they can expect unless they think about the proposition is a “brilliant solution to a non-existant problem”. That generally gets people to sit up and take notice.

By: ivanka

ivanka — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:42:20 +0000

I was wondering how many of my customers I could use the ‘polishing a turd’ metaphor with. So tempted, so often!

I witnessed one of my clients say the following to his team recently: “Last time we built what we thought and look what we ended up with – let’s check with the customers this time!”

Hurrah!