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>Design is complicated and very much like taste - subjective. Aesthetics are subjective. Design is not. Design can contain aesthetics, which complicates things
by bluthru 12y ago
>Design is complicated and very much like taste - subjective.
Aesthetics are subjective. Design is not. Design can contain aesthetics, which complicates things.
Just because something is difficult to measure doesn't mean that it can't be measured. A design exists to solve a problem. How well it solves problems is not subjective. The priorities might be subjective, but how well it fulfills its goals is not subjective.
- jrochkind1 12y ago> How well it solves problems is not subjective. It may very well solve the problem better for some people than others. Which is one definition of 'subjective'. You can decide you want to target some types or groups of people and not others, for commercial or other reasons. Even "most people" is some people and not others, and is a choice.
- bluthru 12y ago>It may very well solve the problem better for some people than others. Which is one definition of 'subjective'. That's like saying a hammer's effectiveness is subjective because it doesn't work well with screws.
- jrochkind1 12y agoWhat about saying a scissors effectiveness is subjective because it doesn't work well when used by left-handed people?
- bluthru 12y ago...it objectively doesn't work well for left-handed people. It's not really a matter of personal taste. A right hand glove does not "subjectively" fit poorly on a left hand.