Usability Testing & Social Interaction Design

Dana Chisnell 💪🏼💻🗳🇺🇸 @danachis

@daveixd For you, my thoughts on researching and testing SxD: http://bit.ly/dO8iN9

Dan Saffer @odannyboy

I hate the term "social interaction design" although I guess I should be grateful it's not "social media design."

Brynn Evans @brynn

@odannyboy Why do you hate the term social interaction design? If not that, then what's better?

Dan Saffer @odannyboy

@brynn It implies most interaction design isn't social. But I can't think of anything better, aside from just, well, "interaction design."

Brynn Evans @brynn

@odannyboy Yeah, true! Did "interaction design" originally come from human-computer interaction, though? That field was not very social.

Dan Saffer @odannyboy

@brynn No, HCI came out of Computer Science departments. IxD came out of industrial and visual design, although steals heavily from HCI.

Brynn Evans @brynn

@odannyboy Well, there is still the question of what you're interacting with. Website elements? People? Groups?

Brynn Evans @brynn

@odannyboy My current work is mostly website interactions. There is a social element but I can't apply the same known ixd priciples for that

Brynn Evans @brynn

@odannyboy Either way, your point is a good one. What's a better term to use than sxd or ixd, then?

Dan Saffer @odannyboy

@brynn This is a long discussion. I cover it briefly in chapter one of my book.

Brynn Evans @brynn

@odannyboy Well, I should probably read your book then! ;-)

Dan Saffer @odannyboy

@brynn Interaction design is the term I'd use for designing transactions between humans. Ch. 1 has details: http://is.gd/i0nV6 (pdf)

Dan Saffer @odannyboy

@noriyo Not entirely accurate. For some people, all interaction design IS social, so it's a redundancy.

Noriyo Asano @noriyo

.@odannyboy Right. Thanks for your reply QT: Not entirely accurate. For some people, all interaction design IS social, so it's a redundancy

Brynn Evans @brynn

@danachis Interesting. Then sxd is for advanced ux-ers?

Dana Chisnell 💪🏼💻🗳🇺🇸 @danachis

@usableinterface Randolph and I have a love-agitator relationship.

Dana Chisnell 💪🏼💻🗳🇺🇸 @danachis

.@brynn Your point is good. I think SxD is complex and researching it and evaluating it are also complex. SxD maybe not for newbies.

Dana Chisnell 💪🏼💻🗳🇺🇸 @danachis

@odannyboy @inkblurt Got a better name for it? I'm open.

Dan Saffer @odannyboy

@danachis @inkblurt I don't, although there are those who say all interaction design is inherently social, so "interaction design" suffices.

Dana Chisnell 💪🏼💻🗳🇺🇸 @danachis

@odannyboy @inkblurt I'm sort of feeling like this labeling is temporary, for the very reasons you cite.

AndrewHinton is on Mastodon @inkblurt

@danachis didn't register with me that you'd used the term in the piece; I just saw @odannyboy's tweet and it resonated. (cont)

AndrewHinton is on Mastodon @inkblurt

@danachis nutshell: feel most who talk about social interaction design make a distinction without a difference (which kinda= your point eh?)