I'd agree with the last comment -- it makes sense for Sat and Sun to be
placed together on a calendar -- these being, for me (and many people who
work a standard working week) -- the weekend, and Monday to Friday being
weekdays; therefore two distinct units within the week.
Although I live in the
Ever had a moment when you’re presenting your detailed design work and
you get an unenthusiastic Is that it? from your audience?
This can sometimes happen when a project has been in design
development without conceptual feedback or consensus-building. We
often move forward rapidly with our
Nikhil -
I think it shows a shift the way new mobile interfaces are breaking news
as much, if not more than the hardware. See HTC Sense, LG S-Class. It's
great you see people saying i want this or that UI ported onto my phone.
Little bit on the design process here:
Hi Jennifer,
You're in a challenging position. Another thing to keep in mind is
that you might be able to convince your Bosses the right thing to do
is talk to your users directly to find their goals. I'm not being
discouraging, because it's helpful to keep in mind as you try to
sway them.
I'll
Hello IXDA,
My name is Adrienne Massanari, and I am an Assistant Professor at Loyola
University Chicago in the School of Communication. I am currently
working on a project related to information architecture/interaction
design practice, and I’d like your help.
I want to understand how
If your app is intended for European users, please use Monday as
starting day. The Sunday - Saturday week is so annoying if you
aren't used to it, believe me :)
arjuna
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I forgot to note that, as the name implies, the DataTables plugin is
meant for manipulation of tables, but still might help you for the
live filter aspect. (Although I'm sure there is probably a more
suitable filter plugin out there)
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Hi Shannon,
While I don't remember coming across a code snippet or plugin that
does exactly what you're looking for, you might find the DataTables
plugin (http://plugins.jquery.com/project/DataTables) helpful for the
filter-as-you-type functionality.
For what it's worth, the whole thing should
Sears Holdings Management Corporation provides corporate services to
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) and its family of
companies. Sears Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Kmart
and Sears, Roebuck and Co., is the nation's fourth largest
broad-line retailer with over $50 billion
How would users even access the links in the drop down if JavaScript is
disabled then? They need to at least be able to click on the hover element
and be sent to a list of the links that would have shown in the dropdown. I
would show them the site with JavaScript disabled. If they want some data
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Hi all,
Can anyone advice me on how to conduct the usability review of a share point
application?
What are the guidelines that i need to stick to?
Please help...
Thanks,
Shilpa
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Hi All,
*We have received some queries regarding the scope of Forum Nokia Design
Challenge 2009, we would like to clarify that we design solution/ aids shall
not only be limited to the Mobile phone application but could be **a
product, applications, solutions including mobile
I understand creating the following different deliverable documents in
order:
1. Creating user personas
2. Scenarios
3. High level use cases document
4. Requirements specifications document
5. Low-level use cases document
6. Design draft documents
7. Wireframes creation
8. Task flow diagrams
9.
Shivan -
My thinking is that typography, colour palettes and iconography should
be part of the UI specification. Typography and colour palettes are
primarily an issue of aesthetics, so would be specified by a graphics
designer but approved by a usability/UX practitioner (for legibility and
Hi Shivan,
I'd put Typography specifications, Color palettes info and Iconography
in UI specifications
These deliverables are developed primarily by graphic designer, with support
from UI designer/UX practitioner, (Is there a difference between these 2?)
Everyone will benefit from this info,
@ Fabian:
sorry about the discontinuation:
While the design drafts address project managers, detailed version (UI
specs) are given to people who actually implement them.
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@ Fabian: Thanks for response :)
6. Design draft documents are like the 1st iteration of the detailed
UI specification. It contains mostly of visuals that are to be
verified by business owner or project managers. For example, it could
contain those UI layouts with only a brief description about
I agree. Seems that, as you put it, the degree of innovation needs to be
factored in as a design constraint. It seems to me that a
successful/ideal/best design is the one that best fits the context and
constraints. It may not be the most admired, but I think that's often
because the potential
Shivan -
The UI spec is meant for the folks implementing the UI. They will need to know
what colours and fonts are to be used. The wireframes are not detailed enough
for this to matter. If you were talking about a desktop UI, the coders actually
do need to know what to use for the
On 6 Aug 2009, at 06:58, Arjuna Del Toso wrote:
If your app is intended for European users, please use Monday as
starting day. The Sunday - Saturday week is so annoying if you
aren't used to it, believe me :)
Depends where in Europe :-) The UK uses Sun-Sat for example.
Cheers,
Adrian
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On 6 Aug 2009, at 15:35, jennifer wolfgang wrote:
[snip]
What I've come to realize while reading your responses and mulling
it over a bit more is that our VP, as well as many in our
organization, honestly - in their hearts - feel that what the company
is doing on the website is exactly what our
Partly this depends on the skills and composition of your team. Visual
design specs are part of the UI spec, but they tend to be created by
different people.
Is there an existing corporate styleguide with branding that documents
colors, type, etc? If so, reference it as part of the UI spec.
Of
anyone care to summarize this thread and add it to some kind of ixd
knowledge base or faq?
even a summary: sun vs. mon, sabbath, judeo-christian, varies by country,
jarring, defaults, etc. *in* this thread is something I could then link to
from the Calendar Picker pattern in the Yahoo! library (
To innovate or not to innovate is a decision that should hinge on the
innovation adding value to the business/product.
Measuring adding value is a little tricky, for a business it seems to be
simply does the innovation move business objectives forward or not.
I've been involved in many projects
Adrian is right:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 13:26, Adrian Howard adri...@quietstars.com wrote:
It's a classic mistake. Leading to all those terrible web sites where the
site navigation is basically the company's org chart.
Yes, the business view (not goals) is by management area.
But the users,
Get to know the user base really well first. If possible, observe them
using the application in their own space to understand their
frustrations as well as what works best for them now.
Learn the limitations of Sharepoint so that when you communicate
usability recommendations, you won't hear too
Hello folks,
I work as a technical writer and have a User Centered Design background.
My background constantly reminds me to look at terms and phrases from a
user's viewpoint.
One term, which I hate, has been decided by the management to be used in
our manuals.
My understanding is that this term
I agree with Samantha. If you can get an interview with the users
before they use the application, this will be useful.
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Mobile Station is an oxy-moron, like Jumbo Shrimp.
Which is it - mobile, or stationary?
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Its the term for BOTH Bryan! :)
A mobile is called portable mobile station and a stationary is called
fixed mobile station :)
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Mobile Station? Who on earth came up with that? No, never mind,
don't tell me.
I'd ask a bunch of users/potential users (and no, I don't mean their
bosses/managers/supervisors - I trust we all know better than that)
What is a Mobile Station? It's my bet that they will all look at you
I agree...if they're emergency personnel, ask them what they'd call
it if they had to yell for one in a fire.
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Here I mean that my company calls a radio a SUBSCRIBER. So its not the
users who call it a subscriber.
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Your marketing team need not have gone far to the UK or US coz, this
really is a localization issue. It does not matter what or how it is
used in the US as it never would work the same way if you were
elsewhere. I think it may be because they thought US is the world and
everything that works there
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