Obviously, when designing something, the user's needs are always very important and need to be taken into consideration for the final product. But, do all of the user's needs need to be granted? Is the user always correct in what they want? Some demands made may be impractical because the user may not know exactly what they want or how they want it. So, does the designer always need to meet all of the requirements of the user just based on what they ask for? Some features may be included into the final design just to please the user, even if they don't make sense with the rest of the product. Unfortunately, it seems like the user is always right and the designer is always at fault when a demand by the user isn't included.
In my final design for the treadmill in project 2, I didn't eliminate any features, I rearranged the buttons to reduce clutter and prioritize them. However, maybe some features need to be eliminated because the original design may have had options that were only included to meet a specific user. Since the display was larger on my re-design, maybe some of the buttons can be physically taken off and added into the display as options.
-Matthew Richichi
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Good post. I think it's great you recognized that making the layout more clear is not always the best solution. Often there are many features in a treadmill that are rarely used and are part of the '80%'. Which features do you think these would be. By removing those, not only will the control panel be less cluttered, but it'll also be more clear because there are fewer options to choose from.
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