Re: [IxDA Discuss] Must we be Leonardo de Vinci?

2007-12-21 Thread Adrian Howard
On 20 Dec 2007, at 23:38, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: On Dec 20, 2007, at 11:24 AM, David Malouf wrote: I love ya man, but this point I REALLY have to disagree with. My experience here at Motorola Enterprise Mobility is that innovation is best done in groups. The cathartic energy of a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Must we be Leonardo de Vinci?

2007-12-21 Thread Mark Schraad
On Dec 21, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Adrian Howard wrote: On 20 Dec 2007, at 23:38, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: On Dec 20, 2007, at 11:24 AM, David Malouf wrote: I love ya man, but this point I REALLY have to disagree with. My experience here at Motorola Enterprise Mobility is that innovation is best

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting tab navigation example

2007-12-21 Thread William Evans
IMHO they are orthogonal. using/not using js has no relationship to a standard def of accessibility. I belie will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.281.1281 On Dec 21, 2007, at 5:02 AM, pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lucy: I've noticed the form to post to this list is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting tab navigation example

2007-12-21 Thread pauric
Lucy: I've noticed the form to post to this list is also javascript controlled. What functionality would be lost if that were changed to default html submit button that would be accessible to more folk? I -think- it avoids the vulnerability exposed in posting html to the list. Some html is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Must we be Leonardo de Vinci?

2007-12-21 Thread Adrian Howard
On 21 Dec 2007, at 13:15, Mark Schraad wrote: [snip] What IS frustrating within the corporate environment is that so often compromise is the outcome. Aye. Collaboration and consensus is generally what happens when there is talent, domain expertise and mutual respect. It has been said

Re: [IxDA Discuss] When/Where/How did you decide to be a designer?

2007-12-21 Thread Todd Roberts
My path is somewhat similar to Nick Q from earlier in the thread. Start out as pre-med Biology major Take a psych class and think it's super interesting Switch to psych major w/ a slight focus on cognition and aging, intending to end up as a geriatric psychiatrist Work in a judgment and decision

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting tab navigation example

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan Minihan
Javascript is an indirect accessibility issue because many text-to-speech browsers and other specialties can't interpret Javascript to properly render the form for users. I don't know how well they support actual submit commands, so there may be some leeway there if you tested on those browsers.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting tab navigation example

2007-12-21 Thread W Evans
Ahh - so real accessibility issues - as opposed to the fact that I couldn't see the tabs because the site was either incorrectly implemented or MS just didn't care about me seeing it on my iPhone with Safari. Sorry about that - actually BFOH - euphemism for old school sys admins/hackers that are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] When/Where/How did you decide to be a designer?

2007-12-21 Thread Vlad Fratila
Hi! In my first post here... sorry if it's inappropriate...I just wanted to say that your manifesto is useful for one context, that is, the one that life in general creates. It was very inspiring, and I thank you. I'm thinking about Hesse, maybe because I'm reading him, or maybe not just that.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design in Interaction Design?

2007-12-21 Thread Murli Nagasundaram
Rich, placing something second on a list of firsts, if you will, doesn't mean one can do without it. It's something like asking, What's the single most important organ in the human body, and no matter what anybody answers, you can always claim, but how could you ever live without X, so obviously,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting tab navigation example

2007-12-21 Thread Andrei Herasimchuk
On Dec 21, 2007, at 12:33 AM, Lucy Buykx wrote: On the other hand they have focused on the visual design and not considered any deviation. It does not gracefully degrade without javascript or style. This is simply not true. Anyone who knows the ins and outs of traditional print layout and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Bring your OLPC XO laptops to Interaction08!

2007-12-21 Thread Robert Hoekman, Jr.
I just got my new OLPC XO laptop as part of their Buy 1 Get 1 program. Craig Peters and I both have them as well now, but I am not currently planning to be at Interaction08. -r- *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Bring your OLPC XO laptops to Interaction08!

2007-12-21 Thread pauric
Also, its possible to run Sugar in an emulator on a PC Mac. I've had is running on a mac... but it seemed to need to be networked with other instances for many of the features to work. http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/emulating_olpc_sugar.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Bring your OLPC XO laptops to Interaction08!

2007-12-21 Thread Matthew Nish-Lapidus
I'd love to try this myself, but it seems that the disk image download is gone from the link you sent.. know of another source by any chance? On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:30, pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, its possible to run Sugar in an emulator on a PC Mac. I've had is running on a

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Human Factors Engineer: Suburbs of Philadelphia, PA: Recruiter: Contract

2007-12-21 Thread Megan Metz
Human Factors Engineer - Philadelphia, PA The Human Factors Engineer will conduct user research including ethnographic studies, interviews and user taxonomy studies, usability testing, and cognitive walkthroughs. This role will lead the translation of user requirements into highly intuitive

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting tab navigation example

2007-12-21 Thread Jeff Seager
Will Evans asked: How does js implementation effect text-2-speech? Is this really a 508 issue or are we talking about accessibility for BHOF's that use emacs and opera on Linux and stubbornly choose to turn off javascript? Here's my take on this, and I'm assuming we're talking about

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting tab navigation example

2007-12-21 Thread Jeff Seager
Ah, I was hoping someone besides me would say this, Lucy (quoted below)! Thank you for this and a similar post earlier in the thread. In that post, if I recall correctly, you mentioned the RNIB -- one of my favorite resources on web accessibility issues. I highly recommend them to everyone

[IxDA Discuss] Design in Interaction Design?

2007-12-21 Thread Katie Albers
The definition issues keep coming up in this forum, not surprisingly. What this field is called, what its practitioners are called and who is or is not in the field has been under active debate for a very long time. I've seen people working in this area of interaction who I think would be

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting tab navigation example

2007-12-21 Thread Jim Jeffers
I would note that overflow is sometimes used as a shortcut to addressing an actual design problem in CSS. As pages are resized or text is enlarged designs can break. Simply adding overflow to a fixed height containing element is an easy way to ensure the overall layout stays somewhat

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design in Interaction Design?

2007-12-21 Thread dave malouf
Katie, A few thoughts ... 1) since the beginning of this virutal community we have come back to debates like these time and time again. We always will so long as a few things continue. a) People concentrate on what they DO instead of on the discipline and theory as the core of the conversation and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] When/Where/How did you decide to be a designer?

2007-12-21 Thread Josh Evnin
Might as well pitch in my 2c of history: I think it all began back in the mid-80s when I overheard my parents arguing about whether they should get a computer. I distinctly remember my dad saying: A computer!? The only computer I'll ever need is [pointing to his head] *right here.* I sat in the