Comments on: Libertarian paternalism and interface design http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2007/01/16/libertarian-paternalism-and-interface-design/ Chicago, user experience, interaction design, information architecture, information design, usability, graphic design, product design, strategy. Mostly. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:10:02 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: tim http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2007/01/16/libertarian-paternalism-and-interface-design/comment-page-1/#comment-194 tim Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:26:07 +0000 http://www.everythingisdesign.com/2007/01/16/libertarian-paternalism-and-interface-design/#comment-194 when we were working on protestwiki, we intentionally reskinned mediawiki to reduce the number of choices that users had. when i had showed mediawiki to non-tech ppl they flipped out and were overwhelmed by the options. users could also toggle into "advanced mode" that had all the regular mediawiki features/options. i tried to interest jimbo wales and those guys in it, but they never bit. i think they are pretty much in the unix-hacker model where the harder it is, the better, because it filters out users. that's pretty fucking dumb. at some point, after the bar exam, i need to go back and upload the entire skin we designed, plus documentation, to the mediawiki site. when we were working on protestwiki, we intentionally reskinned mediawiki to reduce the number of choices that users had. when i had showed mediawiki to non-tech ppl they flipped out and were overwhelmed by the options. users could also toggle into “advanced mode” that had all the regular mediawiki features/options.

i tried to interest jimbo wales and those guys in it, but they never bit. i think they are pretty much in the unix-hacker model where the harder it is, the better, because it filters out users. that’s pretty fucking dumb. at some point, after the bar exam, i need to go back and upload the entire skin we designed, plus documentation, to the mediawiki site.

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