For Friday Sept 25, 2009 " The Design of Everyday Things" (cont.)

1. In Norman's "The Design of Everyday Things", there was one passage that stuck out to me which was "The paradox of technology should be never be used as an excuse for poor design. It is true that as the number of options and capabilities of any device increases, so too must the number and complexity of the controls." In this passage the author discussed how the wave of new technology shouldn't allow poor design. Some manufacturers feel the need to incorporate all types of new technology in the items that they are producing, which can be a door way for poor design. When manufacturers incorporate this new technology they also have to make the control more complex, thus for making the product harder for people to understand, leading to poor design.
2. This book still continues to be influential today, because it goes into detail explanation between the difference of a good design and a bad design. A manufacturers can use this book to help them make their designs more efficient for the consumer. The basic concepts in this book never change.
3. Factors for evaluating the design of a product: visibility, feedback, mapping, simplicity, appropriate clues, and the usefulness of all the features.