Chris Peters: Web Developer

The human-centered view vs. the machine-centered view

Filed under: Usability — Chris Peters, September 29, 2006

Don't design for a cyborg. Design for a human. Don Norman makes a great observation about the mindset of most of today’s technology professionals at the end of Chapter 7 in The Invisible Computer. Most technology professionals still look at technology solutions from a machine-centered point of view. Norman suggests a solution by pointing out a different point of view where the human wins.

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