Jim Brain wrote:
Tony Duell wrote:
And IMHO one common expression of 'brain
damage' is when the design
omitted to ccosider soemthing that later became a major issue.
Do you design for a living? If so, then my hat is off to you for
thinking of *EVERY POSSIBLE* use of the design you have made. I design
for a living, and I think you're asking way too much of a designer. The
best designers plan for the stated requirements and try to consider the
long term, but they are not prophets.
I do design for a living, and, although your point regarding being
unable to predict the future with perfect accuracy rings true, I would
argue that prototypes really help with getting the really big screw-ups
out of your designs.
Peace... Sridhar