Posted by Neredbojias on 01/25/08 03:41

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:15:57
GMT Kevin Scholl scribed:

> Neredbojias wrote:
>> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Thu, 24 Jan 2008
>> 19:13:29 GMT Kevin Scholl scribed:
>>
>>> On Jan 24, 11:45 am, Travis Newbury <TravisNewb...@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Jan 24, 10:12 am, Kevin Scholl <ksch...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is
>>>>> how it works." - Steve Jobs, 2003
>>>> This from a man who's company would not survive if it were not
>>>> subsidized by Microsoft....
>>> Who said it, and company dynamics notwithstanding, the statement
>>> itself contains a great deal of logical truth.
>>
>> The statement itself contains neither truth nor logic. It may,
>> however, sound good to those in a mental fugue.
>
> Whatever. You demonstrate a very narrow mind if you think that design
> has no part in how a Web site works.

I'm not saying design has _no part in how_ a web site "works", I'm saying
design is not _how_ it works. You changed the meaning of the word "works"
in your reply.

The design of a web site certainly affects how it "works" both by its
ergonomic and aesthetic layout for appeal, and by the ease and accuracy of
its dynamics for functionality. But how _this functionality works_ is a
non-design issue.

Steve Jobs was just putting on airs. The quote is bullshit.

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Neredbojias
Riches are their own reward.

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