The Interface designer is nutty.
So last night (late last night) I was studying for a quiz on my interface designer course. It’s an interesting course and currently, we’re looking at usability testing. It’s an interesting subject about how to test a system’s user interface to ensure that it makes sense to the user.
It was interesting to understand how to interview people and conduct usability tests. Then I saw this line:
Asians typically say that things are good - feeling that if not, it is their fault. Europeans are different. They may complain about everything, and are more frank in their opinions…
Although, I do understand the context of the statement* it was just shocking to see something like this in a textbook. It’s almost like reading a medical book for pediatric nursing and seeing, “Yes. Now that you’ve burped the baby. You need to punch it in the gut and then drink it’s blood.”
* It was basically staying that you have to read more than what the person is saying because cultural backgrounds can dictate their behavior when conducting usability tests.
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I’ve read something similar from a usability book. Cultural differences make it more challenging for usability professionals. They say that you need to learn to know which results to discard and to consider.
Sounds like a fun course, though!