wiki-thon? Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats.org usability review

Carl Beeth carl.beeth at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 03:56:10 PST 2006


On 2/9/06, Tantek Çelik <tantek at cs.stanford.edu> wrote:

> Note - the notion of focusing on human needs and behaviors first is actually
> both quite essential for microformats and a huge distinction between
> microformats and numerous other standards efforts which are focused on
> "building a web for machines" etc.  Thus it is critical to point this out at
> the beginning like this.

Yes and no. Yes the human part is central and the differentiator but
the text in my opinion states the Unique Sales Proposal without
stating the what it is. It is like an MP3 player ad that would
emphasize its ease of use and portability without saying that it is an
MP3 player.


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