Thoughts on Interaction Design Chapters 3, 4, and 5

  • Understanding ethnography would give you the opportunity to observe the interactions between a user of a certain nationality or culture and the variances in interaction that another might possess. This would assist greatly in the planning of a banking website’s layout based on language variants of a site. Certain versions might require more or less explanation of features, as well as functions altogether.
  • While the purpose of a design may be reached, like all art, the work is never truly complete. However, often it will be considered, “accomplished,” in a sense once the goal or functional purpose of a design is reached. This is often specified by the interests of the person who commissioned the designer to pursue a goal.
  • As I sit currently, I use a device under the Microsoft branding. More specifically, it’s a laptop. Throughout my life, I have had three others, all running different Windows operating systems. The reason I find myself coming back to this so frequently is because their branding emphasizes affordability, user freedom, and a satisfying interface. Though they avoid the sleek minimalism of an Apple device, they make up for that in the amount of freedom allowed to be pursued with their operating system, as well as the affordability.