[Pdx-pm] "Seems perfectly sensible to me" (was Re: Making web pages that display "working on your request")

[darthsmily]

... "seems perfectly sensible to me" ..."

Yes, that term is usually a big red flag.

I would also like to add to your excellent statements.

User: do have prejudices about how the device is supposed to work. It's 
not based on any internals, but they do have expectations.





Michael G Schwern wrote:

>Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
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>>Seems perfectly sensible to me.
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>Excuse me while I rant for a moment.
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>Coder:  Expert programmer with years of experience on the details of web
>        development and author of the code in question with detailed knowledge
>        of its inner workings and weeks training yourself to its behaviors.
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>User:   None of the above.
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>Coder:  Can see inside the black box of how the site works.
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>User:   Cannot.
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>Coder:  Idea of how the site works is influenced by how it actually works.
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>User:   Idea of how the site works is influenced only by the site itself,
>        how similar things work and how they want it to work.
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>The user does not know what you know.
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>They do not have the knowledge of how the device works.
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>They do not have prejudices about how the device is supposed to work based on
>its internals.
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>Coders see the inside (how it works) and outside (the interface).
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>Users only see the outside.
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>Coders tend to focus on the inside, that's what they work with.
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>Users can only focus on the interface, that's all they can work with.
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>Whenever I hear the phrase "seems perfectly sensible to me" come from the
>designer I immediately look for where the designer is allowing the ability to
>see inside the box influencing their thinking about what is and is not sensible.
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