We believe that the term Mapping in how it relates to Don Norman’s work and philosophy can be defined or described as follows: Mapping is a technical term meaning the relationship between two things, in this case between the controls and their movements and the results in the world.
http://www.cooper.com/journal/2002/05/dont_get_burned_by_bad_mapping.html
In this link they talk about the controls of a stove and how the mapping controls don’t really explain how to use the product. Bad mapping can make the user feel like inferior. When you do one function expecting it to do one thing, it will do another task. Like turning on the wrong burner because you cant tell from the picture that it’s the correct one.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751_97_fall/projects/follow_me/exam/alexandre.html
Should we conform to our technology, or should our technology conform to us? Norman addresses this question in today’s technological products in “how people are the ones to change their habits just to be able to use technology”. The most obvious solution would be to “change our technology so that it better matches our needs and at the same time is easier to use”. Norman addresses the issues in why designers today fall short of this and some of the challenges they face in coming to this obvious solution.
Donald Norman- The Design of Everyday Things…
http://interarchdesign.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/donald-norman-the-design-of-everyday-things/
Norman brings the definition of “mapping” as: “a mental model of how to use the object” so that the “object also yields a conceptual model (usually a product of the designer’s intentions)” When the two perspectives coincide, then there is a closer “mapping”. Norman writes that the designer usually expects the user’s model to follow the designer’s mental model- but this is obviously not always the case. The designer needs to better understand the user, the design itself must be a comfortable fit for the simple user.
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