Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any good book on interaction Design/UX

2009-09-04 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Hi Sunil This topic has been covered a lot - try a search for 'Design books' or similar Here are two great threads: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=35729 http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=33808 :-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is using JavaScript to submit a form WCAG 2.0 compliant?

2009-02-11 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Hi Marcus I did some training a few years ago with the RNIB. One of the ladies there (she was a screen reader user) said that most screen reader users turn off Javascript for browsing because there is so much bad stuff out there they frequently end up in an unpleasant and unescapable loop. If

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms and Conditions with a twist

2008-10-27 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Slightly away from the original topic, Chauncey I think you raise a great point... I wonder if the lawyers who insist TCs are prominent and must be fully 'eye-balled' to be accepted would be willing to take it a step further and look at the usability of their document? Maybe creating an index of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms and Conditions with a twist

2008-10-27 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Can't we make that the lawyers problem? ;-) Seriously, I wasn't thinking of re-writing the doc, more like a layman's reference... take for example Chauncey's case above about limited use of the clip art graphic. That's really important information that most people will miss. So the reference

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Identifying PDF/Word links

2008-09-30 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Is the file type and size going to be a decision factor as to which file they download, or is it just informative? What about hiding them until mouseover? I just did a quick CSS experiment using a span inside the to make the file type and size and same as the bg colour, and therefore invisible,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why are password fields asterisked on join-up forms?

2008-09-09 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Jake, I'm not understanding your comment... *You should never EVER input your password into a field that isn't asterisked. This goes way beyond someone peering over your shoulder.* I've been experimenting with this on a new site and from what my developer colleagues have told me, using