Who decides when it's right?
17 Aug 2006
It doesn’t matter if the solution is technically right, if it doesn’t match the end user’s needs, you’ve failed. Esther Derby has a great illustration of this:.
"These frames are not crooked," he pronounced. "They are perfectly straight."
"But when I put them on they’re lower on the right side," I responded.
"These frames are straight," he repeated.
I tried a different tack: "I think we have a different definition of 'crooked,'" I said. "Would you please adjust my glasses so they are even with my face?"
"Oh, I can do that," the optician said. "But they won’t be straight."