[Irl-dean] A wee conundrum

[Paul Walsh, Segala]

Mark,

Where exactly did you come across this - it's the first I've heard of it and
I'm Chair of the British Interactive Media Association. That of course is
not to say it's not a common belief in Ireland or the UK.

Cheers
Paul

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: irl-dean-admin at list.eeng.dcu.ie
[mailto:irl-dean-admin at list.eeng.dcu.ie] On
> Behalf Of Mark Magennis
> Sent: 25 April 2007 16:26
> To: Irl-DeAN
> Subject: [Irl-dean] A wee conundrum
> 
> I was just doing a bit of reading about interaction design and I
> repeatedly came across the following statement about the value of
> using personas:
> 
> "defining and designing for a set of specific personas helps to avoid
> the common practice of trying to design for all users".
> 
> So is there a fundamental conflict between Design for All and good
> interaction design practice? Or is Design for All not the same thing
> as designing for all users?
> 
> Discuss.
> 
> Mark
> 
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