Posted by mrcakey on 01/24/08 10:27

"Neredbojias" <monstersquasher@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:31:04
> GMT Toby A Inkster scribed:
>
>> Back to websites: you might have pages and pages of beautifully
>> drafted prose, but if nobody can understand how to use your "unique
>> and innovative navigation scheme", then nobody's going to be able to
>> admire them.
>>
>> Aesthetics may be important, but usability and fitness for purpose are
>> *fundamental* to good design.
>
> You seem to be equating design with engineering. It can be argued that
> the 2 are separate disciplines and design is primarily a province of
> aesthetics.
>

Disagree strongly. See HM's *good* analogy of a pretty mug with a badly
designed handle / nearly everything Apple has ever done.

+mrcakey

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