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software as a medium for the creation of virtualities—the world in which a user of the software perceives, acts, and responds to experiences.
The term virtuality highlights the perspective that the world is virtual, in a space that is neither a mental construct of the user nor a mental construct of the designer.
Software is not just a device with which the user interacts; it is also the generator of a space in which the user lives. Software design is like architecture: When an architect designs a home or an office building, a structure is being specified. More significantly, though, the patterns of life for its inhabitants are being shaped. People are thought of as inhabitants rather than as users of buildings. In this book, we approach software users as inhabitants, focusing on an how they live in the spaces that designers create. Our goal is to situate the work of the designer in the world of the user.
The phrase software design is often used to characterize the discipline that is also called software engineering—the discipline concerned with the construction of software that is efficient, reliable, robust, and easy to maintain.
The term virtuality highlights the perspective that the world is virtual, in a space that is neither a mental construct of the user nor a mental construct of the designer.
Software is not just a device with which the user interacts; it is also the generator of a space in which the user lives. Software design is like architecture: When an architect designs a home or an office building, a structure is being specified. More significantly, though, the patterns of life for its inhabitants are being shaped. People are thought of as inhabitants rather than as users of buildings. In this book, we approach software users as inhabitants, focusing on an how they live in the spaces that designers create. Our goal is to situate the work of the designer in the world of the user.
The phrase software design is often used to characterize the discipline that is also called software engineering—the discipline concerned with the construction of software that is efficient, reliable, robust, and easy to maintain.