“The customers, the visitors, the patients, the readers, the guests, whatever you call them - their experience is what determines the company’s success or failure. So focus first on the overall experience. It’s strategic, not tactical. It’s about the people, not the tool. Focusing on the larger picture first will set a better context in which to work - later - on usability tactics.” - Mark Hurst
Read Mark’s article “The top 8 mistakes in usability (and companies investing in it)” here.


Jun 12th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Nice quote. I think you ca simplify it by referring to the people as ‘consumers’ (of products/services, medical care, media/information, environment). Consumers seems to me not to be used because it feels old fashioned. It is, nevertheless, a nice succinct group name.
Paul