Counterpoint:
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/02/27/lesson-from-madlibs-signup-fad-do-your-own-tests/
(found via hacker news)
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Two quotes jump to mind:
The effectiveness of a research report is inversely proportional to the
thickness of its binding
- Todd Wilkens
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being
read.
- Winston Churchill
Good luck!
://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=usb+foot+pedal+for+transcription
You may want to consider whether you really need to transcribe the lot or
just the interesting bits.
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they have a
budget in mind?
Once you've done the requirements capture, the lab will almost design itself
:-)
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I'd personally steer clear of mediawiki, unless you have a group of people
who are familiar with writing/editing articles using wiki markup. The
learning curve is quite steep, and once the novelty wears off you might find
you're the only one who's holding the fort.
You're probably thinking of Jensen Harris:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/
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viral campaign. Hats off to DDB - it's very nice indeed. But its
not quite what it claims to be. Moving beyond novelty - that's where the
hard work is.
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, that's SOP these days for almost
everyone. But I think you're over-egging the pudding.
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on this list? A few times?
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In other words -
You can fix it now on the drafting board with an eraser or you can
fix it later on the construction site with a sledge hammer - Frank
Loyd Wright
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since there's no way of aggregating the data -
each video has to be watched sequentially.
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This article seems relevant to your question, Sam -
http://www.getelastic.com/continue-shopping-means-what/
http://www.getelastic.com/continue-shopping-means-what/You’ve added your
item to your cart, but you’re not finished shopping. So, you look for the
“Continue Shopping” link to thrust you back
I was trying to say that evidence that your audience finds compelling is
still worth gathering (provided it's not prohibitively expensive), even if
you personally don't find it particularly useful and you get everything you
need from good old fashioned observation and interviewing.
I'm sure you'll
re: flawed, misleading or made-up - I only was making an indirect
reference to that lighthearted post when you mentionned getting a just say
no to eye trackers t-shirt printed, and suggested Ouija Boards might be
more effective. :-)
I remember it because I recently quoted you in a presentation I
dangerous? I'm intrigued...
thanks
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this perspective I also think remote UT may prove useful for people in
certain political situations.
Still, it's different stroke for different folks!
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form of iterative user research and design. If a company is
used to dreaming up some requirements and then just building them, then
moving to a UXD process is going to bring more immediate costs.
Anyone else care to comment?
Harry
A number of the discussions on this list are reminding me of the Ron
Jeffries article We tried baseball and it didn't work -
http://xprogramming.com/xpmag/jatBaseball
In other words, I can't help wondering that discussions around methods being
great / rubbish boil down to past experiences with a
to the opportunity of getting their voices heard.
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but not the webcam -
so you may find it less distracting if you export the video without webcam
footage in the corner (I'm not sure if you can do this in camtasia though).
Adithya, a while ago I put together a list of apps here:
http://j.mp/4ehGeX- check out the comments too.
best of luck
Harry
help wondering whether a hard, slick glass surface and
plastic stylus would allow you to write in that kind of detail. Is some
degree of friction and give necessary to allow you to write that small?
Any TabletPC users care to comment?
Harry
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Nice little example:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/feb/10/gameculture-apple
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/feb/10/gameculture-apple
iShoot was widely ignored for several weeks before Nicholas decided to
produce a cut-down 'Lite' version which he made
Carsten Schmitt and Poppy James did a talk on this general topic at a recent
UX Brighton event. The video is here if you're interested:
http://www.vimeo.com/6113642
http://www.vimeo.com/6113642
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We are looking for a user experience designer with very strong skills
in information, visual, and interaction design with a primary focus
on consumer mobile applications.
The company:
Siri, Inc. is building a virtual personal assistant that will launch
later this summer. With deep experience
anyway).
It really depends on the context of the site you're testing, your research
objectives, and the politics of your workplace...
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Hiya IxDA peeps,
On the off-chance that any of you are in Brighton (UK) on August 11th - the
next UX Brighton event will located in the lovely iCrossing offices, and
there will be free drinks provided by Madgex. More info below!
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Don't bother writing an introduction. If there are two or three key facts
that need to be known prior to installation present them as large,
conspicuous bullet points.
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Hi Alan
You might find the NHS Direct self help guide interesting.
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/help/index.aspx
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or anecdotes?
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-ours/
And here are some related links:
http://ajaxpatterns.org/Lazy_Registration
http://webjackalope.com/lazy-registration
good luck!
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Slightly off topic, but in various pieces of mobile-related research I've
done over the past few years (in the UK), I've noticed that a surprising
number of people don't know what SMS means. Text message is pretty
universally understood, though.
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impressive, never tried it myself
though...
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On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:49 AM, greg greg.petr...@sap.com wrote:
One thing that may help in building IVR's is better tools to do it.
Check this out: http
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Johanna Kollmann
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Back at Flow Interactive, I frequently worked with Criteria
http://www.criteria.co.uk/
I can recommend them
it, isn't going to
receive widespread adoption.
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Daniel letran...@yahoo.com wrote:
There are two Delete patterns I have noticed out there:
1. - Immediate Deletion: As the name implies, the delete action takes
Looks interesting - I've registered for the beta.
The list of sites tested is impressive (ebay, yahoo, apple...) but I have a
feeling these aren't actually clients but site's they've tested
independently.
Also I'd love to know who's behind this. Loop11 people - care to speak up?
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Hi Nicole,
Have you considered faceted navigation and rejected it? (e.g.
http://konigi.com/interface/hulu-faceted-navigation ) sounds like the
perfect solution to me.
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remove the email confirmation field unless you have a really solid
reason for needing it...
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, I know, but perhaps worth experimenting with.
Good luck!
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and derive inspiration from
research, or research and live by the data, that is a choice, but I would
argue that one is design and the other is not.
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on this?
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is going to feel
inappropriately heavyweight.
I'd really hoped to discover a large scale quant study on this... Anyone?
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inappropriately heavyweight.
I'd really hoped to discover a large scale quant study on this...
Looks like there's nothing publicly available?
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a terrible idea, or if it's already been
done, do let me know!
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be useful to
newcomers to the field, people who aren't big RSS-heads, and so on.
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Does anyone have any stats on captchas and the impact they have on
conversion rates?
Marcelo Calbucci of Sampa.com reported that they have a 10% uplift in
conversion rates by removing captchas ( http://tinyurl.com/bqtdef ). Anyone
got any more figures like this?
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for taking notes in interviews? Are
there any other apps that do this?
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message) but they never completely go away.
I wonder if this view is shared by everyone on IXDA - if anyone disagrees,
it would be a welcome discussion!
Harry
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Hi Harry
We would like to get pre-screened participants
, Selenium looks entirely inappropriate. Perhaps
you're after a screen recording app like morae, silverback or camtasia - but
without knowing more about your needs, it's hard to guess.
Tell us more and we'd be happy to help :-)
Harry
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Nik Lazell
nik.laz
, as
they've pointed out.
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camera for some possibilities...
Hope that helps
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Hi Ali
You might find this presentation interesting:
http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/08/18/my-presentation-on-out-of-box-experience-design/
It's a talk gave on out-of-box experience design for UX Brighton.
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, and so on. In general, this kind
of UI tends to be designed quite badly, and I'd love to be pointed to some
good examples.
Thanks in advance!
Harry (long time IXDA lurker)
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I remember some years ago (~1995?) when a female Ford engineer was
featured and she was explaining some of the details (and
difficulties) designing the control panel for the Ford Taurus.
Also, a recent Lexus commercial features the satisfying touch and
feel of the controls in the Rx350
. . . .
Hi, Gloria Paige;
Good additions; some comments:
the question about whether the sytem was client-facing or employee
facing is part of what was intended with the which audience
question I posed first... you can break financial interactions
down further by asking if it's DIRECTLY client facing or
look at all flashy but works great.
I can send you to some bad ones too ;(
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