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You do realize that this "UX" thing was for decades called "ergonomics" and had a large body of research behind, do you?

• radiorental 9y ago
  Did you mean to say 'Usability' Ergonomics was and still is it's own thing. It very much relates to the physical world exclusively.
  • dozzie 9y ago
    So a digital interface that is displayed on a screen of a desktop is "UX", but the very same digital interface that is displayed on a touchscreen attached to industrial machine is suddenly a totally different field "ergonomics"? Or does it need physical buttons to be called that?
    • daleco 9y ago
      In your case, there would be an overlap. A digital interface is UI. UX is multi disciplinary, it would focus more on the human centered process of building an application that fits the user needs. Ergonomic specialists would take into account the job (task), physical environment, user need, equipement (does the worker wear gloves...). Some are trained to be able to work on both fields (Human factor, cognitive engineer...) UX could also be called cognitive ergonomics.
  • boomlinde 9y ago
    You interact with websites using physical means, so it's an important aspect of how users experience them. If a website has tiny buttons and icons, it might be hard to use with a phone. On a large screen computer with a precision pointing tool it might be preferable that they are small. If the information density is ten words per 2000 vertical pixels, it's going to be a pain in the ass with a scroll wheel, not so much on a tablet where scrolling has almost friction-less inertia. Low contrast might be bad if you are using a phone, great if you're in a dark room. If it's your job to improve the user experience, you're doing a bad job if ergonomics is not a consideration.
    • radiorental 9y ago
      My point (as a UXer) is that up to around 7 years ago we were generally known as practitioners in the field.of usability / user interface design / etc. The people in the field of Human factors and ergonomics pretty much still have those titles. There is a lot of overlap but my point is UXers were known as Usability folks on the whole
• carlmr 9y ago
  Problem being that web design is the most likely computer discipline to not actually have that many academics in it.
• asdjasldkjkljd 9y ago
  What's the point of your comment? You're deriding the author, who may or may not even read this, you're deriding UX as terminology and as a profession, you're oversimplifying the term ergonomics (it's specifically tied to working environments)... You're literally adding nothing but a smug attitude. Does this make you feel good? You could use your knowledge to be, at minimum, mildly informative or helpful to someone who might know less than you... but instead you're trying to project a false sense of superiority to complete strangers.
• AltCtrl 9y ago
  People misunderstand UX; ergonomics, usability, UI are parts of a full UX process