Re: annoying websites and just plain old... stuff

A woman after my own heart.  Clicks and mortar is not so different from 
bricks and mortar  --   KNOW thy users/customers, for they are not you.


At 02:21 PM 7/8/01 -0400, Elizabeth J. Allen wrote:
>Oh please. I and my users do count, just not on your site. And you don't
>count on mine.
>
>That's the point--generalities and assumptions do not suffice when designing
>a Web site. Know *YOUR* users.
>
>repeatedly,
>
>Elizabeth J. Allen
>--
>Web Systems Architect     beth(at)vcubed.com
>V3 Semiconductor Inc.     www.vcubed.com
>
>
>
>At 7/8/01 3:10 AM, Matt Stone writes:
>
> > No, you don't count because you are less the 1% of the user base.
> > I for one am NOT going to sacrifice a nice looking site that teeny
> > percentage of the market can view my site.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Elizabeth J. Allen
> > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 11:55 PM
> > To: Cook, Shelby; hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> > Subject: Re: annoying websites and just plain old... stuff
> >
> >
> > mantra: "Know your user."
> >
> > I can walk down the aisle at work and there will be a number of folks
> > accessing their files from the DOS prompt. Or a *nix shell. Or some form of
> > command line interface.
> >
> > These are the people that visit my company's Web site.
> >
> > Are you saying we don't count 'cuz we're not like you?
> >
> > Curiously,
> >
> > Elizabeth J. Allen
> > --
> > Web Systems Architect     beth(at)vcubed.com
> > V3 Semiconductor Inc.     www.vcubed.com
> >
> >
> >
> > At 7/6/01 4:24 PM, Cook, Shelby writes:
> >
> >> Yes, that's why we're all still using a dos prompt to access our computer
> >> information.
> >
> >

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Chris Hawkins
Web Architect / UI and Design
650-620-9524 h
===========
The idea is not to make art, but to be in that wonderful state which makes art
  inevitable.   	-- Robert Henri





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