[OT] How long before..

[Chipp Walters]

I certainly would not consider 10% Mac marketshare as 'success'? If that is
the case, then Windows would be considered an interface personally touched
by the gods. And it can be argued iOS is 2 steps forward and 3 steps
backward. The fact is, it is not an iOS focussed on productivity. With no
file system, it's hard to believe it ever will be.

Nope. Marketing should not be the sole measure of a successful interface
design.

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Ken Corey <ken at kencorey.com> wrote:

> If the HIG are not scientifically provable "usability", but simply
> subjective statements, then how can we measure "usability"?
>
> You could argue that financial success is the greatest judge of
> "usability".  After all, 312 million iOS purchasers can't be wrong, can
> they?  (march 2012, http://statspotting.com/2012/**
> 03/in-total-how-many-ios-**devices-are-out-there/<http://statspotting.com/2012/03/in-total-how-many-ios-devices-are-out-there/>
> )
>
> If not financials, and not the number of users, then by what metric does
> one measure usability (note the lack of quotes here...I mean real
> usability)?
>