For example, how about pooling of mCommerce transactions whilst roaming in an area which would normally incur a foreign exchange conversion on each transaction. With a new system, designed for expansion and almost certainly built on object technology such future changes are much more likely. So future improvements in the user experience are more likely. Interaction Design must influence back-end architecture As more and more eCommerce and eService moves onto wireless devices and the age of ubiquitous, pervasive computing is upon us, the need for instant response to the user who seeks instant gratification will be greater and greater. Or better yet, just bin the digital dinosaurs in the climate controlled glass house and put in all new systems instead.
New systems facilitate flexibility.
Interaction Designers as a group have tended to shy away from conflict when back-end systems are involved. Wishing to pick their battles carefully, they have focused on grafting as elegant an interface as possible onto the middleware wrapped big iron. Well, it's time to drop the silence. A better user experience needs better interaction design which in turn needs real time transaction processing, across larger data sets than has ever been seen before. Nothing less will satisfy information age man, preprogrammed with attention deficit disorder.