Authors:
Stephen Wilcox
This article proposes a model of transparency, the idea that a good tool "disappears" in the hands of skilled users. It then proposes a model of design as the management of a dynamic transparency. In use, we often want a tool to be transparent, but other times, in the showroom or in front of guests, for example, we may want the tool to call attention to itself. Finally, the article argues that design theory (and presumably design models) is best when it too is transparent. —Hugh Dubberly Quite often I find myself speaking to groups about usability, and one…
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