Re: [IxDA Discuss] Office or Vista - That is the Question
I have been using Office 2007 and to be honest, I like the new ribbon. It kind of makes more sense and the frequently used buttons are bigger so they're easier to select. About Vista, well, it has some nice features but looks otherwise unpolished. And the dialogs demanding authorization every time, what a nightmare! Who the hell had that idea in the first place? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=23403 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] [Event] Chicago IxDA - Jan. 9th - Designing with the mobile experience in mind
Hello fellow Chicagoans, We're excited to announce our first event of 2008: Designing with the mobile experience in mind. Some say 2007 was the year of social media. Will 2008 be the year of mobile media? Come join us for an interactive discussion--and bring relevant examples as well as your mobile device of choice. Our colleagues from Critical Mass and Motorola will start the discussion, and Critical Mass has graciously offered up their space for January's event. When: Wednesday, January 9th Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Critical Mass, 225 N. Michigan Ave. (Lake Michigan), Suite 2050 (20th floor). Enter the building via the Lake Street entrance (east of the CVS). RSVP to this address (chicago-local(at)ixda.org) as we need to supply the security desk with names. We'll give you a contact number upon RSVPing in case you encounter any problems. Even if you don't design currently for mobile devices, it won't be long before you're asked to. Join in! The success of our events relies on all of us sharing what we know and asking about what we don't know. (Note: We have 80 people on our Chicago event reminder list! A vibrant community, indeed! If you are interested in planning, hosting, or leading an event, please let us know.) *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Forward/reverse in a mobile phone's music player
I think it is a really useful feature for (as has been mentioned) Podcasts and those annoying 'secret tracks' that come 15 minutes into the last track on a CD. If I haven't been paying enough attention when ripping, or don't have the time to edit the track it is very useful to be able to skip through the 11 minutes of silence! It could be argued that this is initially bad design by the manufacturers who could just put the track on the CD as a normal track. James *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Screen Capture Software of Interest
Jing is nice because it works on multiple platforms, but the workflow in Skitch (OSX-based) is far more streamlined. I recently wrote a blog post[1] about it to show how we're using it to our process for providing feedback for wireframes and when submitting bug tickets. It doesn't handle video, but for screenshots and such... it's become such a vital addition to my tool belt. [1] http://rubyurl.com/zbw Cheers, Robby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=23401 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Forward/reverse in a mobile phone's music player
On Dec 11, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Sachendra Yadav wrote: Hi, Initially mobile phones used to have Play, Pause, Previous, Next (in some cases Stop instead of Pause). Of late, quite a few mobile phones have started adding Forward and Reverse within the current song. Does Forward/Reverse add any solid value in a music player for mobile phones or is it an unnecessary feature creep which can be dropped? Depends on how the fwd/rev buttons are implemented. Are they separate buttons, or are they integrated into the next/prev like many cd players? (i.e. Press the button to skip the track. Hold the button to scan within the current track.) If the fwd/rev functionality is mapped to the current physical buttons, then who cares? It's a transparent feature, and it's not like fwd/rev is overly complex and buggy. Many people might not even notice that the functionality exists, and people looking for the functionality will have been conditioned to expect it on those buttons from interactions with cd players. If new physical buttons are added, then why was this method chosen? Is the interface too cluttered? Are the buttons too small? If you mean why would someone even use this functionality? Then there's plenty of reasons. podcasts, skipping 8 minutes of silence to get to the hidden song on an album. (Now there's a usability issue! What's up with hiding songs?) Adding features isn't bad per se. It's the addition of features that interfere with using the product that is bad. -- Jonathan Koren [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~jonathan/ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX Holiday Party in NYC was a huge success!!!
I'm bummed that I couldn't make it. Way too far from Seattle... Maybe next year when I'm in DC. Callie Neylan, MFA | Visual + Interaction Design | NEYLAN DESIGN COMPANY | T 206 718 9909 | F 206 400 1664 | E [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Screen Capture Software of Interest
Thank you Robby! Skitch, video: http://plasq.com/skitch#demo looks perfect for one of my clients.. they usually put all their 'ideas' in to a ppt. I've put them on to this app, and with the upload to flickr functionaly, we should be able to get a more fluid conversation going with a closed flickr album. Cheers! -p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=23401 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Screen Capture Software of Interest
I've been using Jing for internal sharing. If someone doesn't already have a tool to use I think it's worth a look. It's a lightweight tool but quick, easy to use, and free. Still captures only capture the viewport, not a whole page, however, you can select different regions of a window or screen - for example, full screen, just a toolbar, etc.. There are also some rudimentary annotation tools. Jing records video as well so you can use it to capture, for example, prototype demos or, of course, training - or demonstrate reference examples. It records audio simultaneously. You can email the finished capture or share it via Jing's online sharing service - free for a little storage space, fees for more. Faith -- Faith Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:14:16, pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Robby! Skitch, video: http://plasq.com/skitch#demo looks perfect for one of my clients.. *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] article on interactive identity
I wrote an article on the future of Corporate Design and how this discipline relates to Enterprise IT, Intranet Design, Software User Interfaces, and the expected rise of the consolidated Information Workplace. http://www.guenther.cx/index.php/a.Interactive+Identity Since my thoughts on those topics are very much inspired by some discussions on this list, please let me know what you think. milan -- ||| | | || | || | || milan guenther * interaction design p +49 173 2856689 * www.guenther.cx *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX Holiday Party in NYC was a huge success!!!
Wow! I am so bummed I couldnt make it. will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.281.1281 On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Bryan Haggerty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Certainly one of the best UX social events yet. It was great to see that there was a good contingent of people from the various UX groups show up. Bryan Haggerty On Dec 11, 9:53 pm, David Malouf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wow! what a turn out and what avfreat mix of people!!! great event!! I met old friends and a lot of new people. too dark for photos, though. - dave *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today:http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help ..http://www.ixda.org/help *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Screen Capture Software of Interest
I have installed http://www.jingproject.com/ It has a cool UI with some nice ideas and it%u2019s also pretty easy to use, the only major problem is that you cannot copy an image to your clipboard and paste it in another program (Outlook e-mail for instance), They missed the most common task for some reason, so, bottom line I%u2019m going to stay with %u2018Snagit%u2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23401 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA give-back
On Dec 11, 2007 9:00 PM, Fred Beecher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/11/07, Michael Tuminello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could add something to the ixda site that let non-profits submit projects for consideration for pro-bono work by our members... That sounds like a fabulous idea. Great idea, indeed! Continuing the give back theme, we could also structure something that would allow members with little IxD experience to gain some, under the supervision of one or more experienced IxDs. The concept sounds very good to me. Exposure to projects and senior guidance is what I, at least, as a young designer, would benefit most from. Any other people want to practice interaction design but don't often have the chance? If yes, this could go in one of the personas for the list's members that I read a while ago :) I'm thinking we'd have to set something up that would allow people to indicate that they're interesting in either doing or moderating, and then distribute projects as they come along. Of course this is me blowing it up to large proportions again. : ) Thoughts? I'm thinking if a basic tool is in place in the beginning (subscribe project + subscribe to project) , we can substitute the lack of features and collaborate through ad-hoc e-mails (and maybe other tools on the web). If the idea is successful (there are enough projects and enough volunteers), then it may be worth blowing it up to larger proportions. -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] FW: Office or Vista - That is the Question
I agree with you Katie, with one exception: if the company is a small software vendor with a strategic partnership with Microsoft, then doing the whole Office 2007 Ribbon thing may get your program shown off by a very large distributed Microsoft sales team. If I was deciding based upon usability and user acceptance, traditional Windows-style wins, but there may be business reasons for a small vendor to go the other way. Large well-known software houses, specialist leaders in their verticals, web shops, or in-house work can probably safely ignore the '07 Ribbon forever - it's only the little software startups on the edge who may want to take the dare and hope that the Microsoft sales force benefit outweighs the '07 Ribbon annoyance. Michael Micheletti On Dec 11, 2007 3:16 PM, Katie Albers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the moment Vista has a very low adoption rate and a very high Oh, my God -- let's go back to Windows! rate...So, I think that at this point it makes a lot of sense to stick with the Windows standards...generally speaking. *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] FW: Office or Vista - That is the Question
My team just finished a project were we implemented the Ribbon bar using the DotNetBar Suite: http://www.devcomponents.com/dotnetbar/. We are currently conducting training sessions and I haven't seen any major problems besides the file menu. No one wants to click on it. Hmmm... maybe because all your other features are clearly pointed out on the ribbon, so why hide others under a big round button? The contextual ribbons which only appear when certain items are selected are great. I have noticed if you include more than 2 sub-tabs within a contextual ribbon it causes some confusion as to which features appear on which tab. I will warn you that it took a LONG time to organize everything correctly. Some users would get very annoyed from having to click back and forth between the tabs. Try to keep items that they use frequently on the main tab to avoid this. *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Screen Capture Software of Interest
What appeals to me most about Jing is the quick video snagging. I always want to capture interesting dynamic interactions for later reference (you never know when a site will be redesigned and your great example will be gone)! This is the first tool I've seen that can help me do this quickly, but to be honest I've never looked into it much. Are there other great tools I've missed? How do other people keep track of interesting interaction examples? (I've used Skitch at home but we use Windows in the office, so I'm stuck there...) Meredith --- Meredith Noble Information Architect, Usability Matters Inc. 416-598-7770, ext. 6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:discuss- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Faith Peterson Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Screen Capture Software of Interest I've been using Jing for internal sharing. If someone doesn't already have a tool to use I think it's worth a look. It's a lightweight tool but quick, easy to use, and free. Still captures only capture the viewport, not a whole page, however, you can select different regions of a window or screen - for example, full screen, just a toolbar, etc.. There are also some rudimentary annotation tools. Jing records video as well so you can use it to capture, for example, prototype demos or, of course, training - or demonstrate reference examples. It records audio simultaneously. You can email the finished capture or share it via Jing's online sharing service - free for a little storage space, fees for more. Faith -- Faith Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:14:16, pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Robby! Skitch, video: http://plasq.com/skitch#demo looks perfect for one of my clients.. *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Office or Vista - That is the Question
I made the switch to Office 2007 and have found the ribbon to work, on the whole, better than the old file menus. The round File Menu button is probably the worst part, and while confusing at first, did not take long to learn. Microsoft certainly should have rethought the placement and styling of that button to make it clearer what's in there. With that being said, they have added one accelerator that I think is a great idea. The user can scroll through the ribbon's tabs using the mouse wheel if they hover over the general area. Used properly, this reduces clicks through the tabs and makes it easier to browse through the available features with little commitment in terms of action. I wonder how this works for most other users and whether it improves their experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=23403 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Collaborative Design Tools
Hi Folks, I'm looking for recommendations on a collaborative design tool that can be used in meetings with remote teams. The tool I'm looking for replaces the everyone-getting-together and-working-through-design-ideas-on-the-whiteboard, which is great when everyone is in the same location, but doesn't work so well for remote participants. Ideally, the tool would allow each member to add, edit, and comment the design, while other members can see real-time updates and participate in the live discussion (which is happening over a separate voice conference, if need be.) I'm open to any suggestion - relatively low or hi-fi - so long as you feel it works reasonably well (no major performance issues, rendering issues, etc.) My motivation for using a tool like this is to work through design ideas with the remote team I'm supporting, in advance of providing them with a full UI spec. Trying to bridge that throw it over the wall gap that can happen when team members aren't co-located. Thanks in advance for your ideas and suggestions, Nina Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA give-back
So, this seems to gel with what people have said, in that it is both tangible and possibly doable for Feb, and also a framework rather than just a one-off. As a next step, maybe we generate a list of things we'd like to be able to do with it? please feel free to chip in to the list below. It's great people on the list (susie at least) already have experience with doing something like this. * allow non-profits to submit potential projects for IxDA folks to work on (project submission page) * info needed for this page: ** organization name ** contact info *** name *** email *** phone *** address ** brief description (ie need site usability evaluation) ** extended description ** relevant URLs (could be part of description)? ** ability to add attachments? ** type of expertise needed? ** estimated scope/time for project ** status: new/in progress/finished * allow IxDA people to browse requests (phase 2 - search requests?) (project list page) * info displayed in this page ** org name ** brief description ** type of expertise needed ** estimated scope/time for project * all IxDA people to examine individual requests in detail (project detail page) * admin page ** to edit/delete submitted records ** to change project status or assign projects to particular individuals * nice to have: ability to add notes to the individually submitted proposals (ie - I looked over your proposal, and I think you need to more clearly define what you need done before anyone will take it on, or did you know this functionality is already available from this open source project?) * nice to have - ability for project submitter to receive any notes posted to their project via email * nice to have: ability to look back at finished projects * nice to have: ability to attach case study summaries to finished projects. (so people can browse through old projects as an educational resource) * general requirement: minimize or eliminate the need for a system owner/admin. should be as community-driven as possible * possible requirement: privacy - need to protect/hide contact info Michael On Dec 11, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Fred Beecher wrote: On 12/11/07, Michael Tuminello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could add something to the ixda site that let non-profits submit projects for consideration for pro-bono work by our members... That sounds like a fabulous idea. Continuing the give back theme, we could also structure something that would allow members with little IxD experience to gain some, under the supervision of one or more experienced IxDs. I'm thinking we'd have to set something up that would allow people to indicate that they're interesting in either doing or moderating, and then distribute projects as they come along. Of course this is me blowing it up to large proportions again. : ) Thoughts? Fred *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements?
I was discussing a new project with someone from our Sales group, and they asked me how I kept track of fields in case they were dropped from the actual implementation for some reason. I said that I kept old versions of the wire frames and usually commented any changes following the first version. However, I realized that not only didn't I keep a master list of UI elements, I'd never actually seen one outside of wire frames. In my previous life as a systems engineer, this type of directory of all database and system fields would have very likely been a piece of the project. So, does anybody on this list create a deliverable of this nature? If so, are there specific conditions under which you would do this? Most of my colleagues just create the wire frames and let them speak for themselves. Thanks Mark Richman Product Designer Intelliverse *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA give-back
On 12/12/07, Michael Tuminello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a next step, maybe we generate a list of things we'd like to be able to do with it? please feel free to chip in to the list below. It's great people on the list (susie at least) already have experience with doing something like this. Excellent list (and an ingenious method of representing a hierarchical list in plain text, heh)! I think that pretty much covers the project-focused aspect of this activity. I do have one question though... will non-profits *know* what kind of expertise they need? I'm guessing they might know that their site is hard to use or that it's not accomplishing their goals, but not why. The other half of this activity is getting IxDA'ers signed up and assigned to projects. To do this, we'll need to allow people to create and manage their profiles. A profile would include: *Basic contact info **Name **Email **Phone (optional) **IM (optional) **Mailing address (optional) *Desired role **Participant - Standard (just an IxDA'er doing some good) **Participant - Mentee (doing good while getting experience) **Mentor (5+ years exp. in the field, assisting those indicating they are mentees) **Project manager (not sure about this one, but it seemed worth mentioning) *Areas of interest (text field, optional) *Areas of expertise (text field, required for standard participants and mentors) *Typical availability per week (in hours) Am I missing anything here? Going back to my question about type of expertise needed, maybe that's something a human moderator could determine? Some generous soul in the IxDA could volunteer to moderate pro-bono requests, distributing them to participants based on areas of interest expertise. Thoughts? Another aspect of this project would need to be *promoting it* to the non-profits. But that's probably a completely separate discussion. - Fred *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements?
I don't have a hardened process, but for projects that need to build on what I've done (long term), I tend to deliver the following: Functioning DHTML prototype connecting all of the graphic assets together Documented CSS explaining what the key styles are Palette file listing the colors used in the CSS Bulleted list of common and unique graphic elements, plus names of their master files (PNG from Fireworks) and prod files (GIF or JPG) PNG files containing the last iteration of wireframes or mockups (whichever is most relevant to the prototype) I'd say I probably have time to do ALL of the above for about 10% of projects. Another 30% get the basic gist of the above, missing one or two items here or there. I did most of the graphics for my last company's enterprise portal, so I finally built a web index of all translated buttons, styles and graphic elements relevant for portlet developers. It turned out to be pretty popular, and survived about five years. To my knowledge, they're still using it. Since I quasi-managed most of the redesigns over the years, I tried to avoid having to replace all of the translated elements we built over time. It really illustrated how prior planning could have reduced our being locked into one goofy rounded rectangle button style (which I hated after about...a month). Something that would be handy is a little utility that could take a nested folder containing all of the above and let you document each one in a tabular form layout, then deliver to the customer in web or PDF form. I'd pay for that =] Bryan http://www.bryanminihan.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Richman Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:17 PM To: discuss@lists.interactiondesigners.com Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements? So, does anybody on this list create a deliverable of this nature? If so, are there specific conditions under which you would do this? Most of my colleagues just create the wire frames and let them speak for themselves. Thanks Mark Richman Product Designer Intelliverse *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements?
a good design pattern library might include this if you're lucky enough to have to time to create one. some tools like Axure allow you to assemble libraries of UI elements you use in your prototypes and it has a 'Masters' option that allows you to include them in specs you generate. On 12/12/07, Mark Richman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was discussing a new project with someone from our Sales group, and they asked me how I kept track of fields in case they were dropped from the actual implementation for some reason. I said that I kept old versions of the wire frames and usually commented any changes following the first version. However, I realized that not only didn't I keep a master list of UI elements, I'd never actually seen one outside of wire frames. In my previous life as a systems engineer, this type of directory of all database and system fields would have very likely been a piece of the project. So, does anybody on this list create a deliverable of this nature? If so, are there specific conditions under which you would do this? Most of my colleagues just create the wire frames and let them speak for themselves. Thanks Mark Richman Product Designer Intelliverse *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- -- www.flyingyogi.com -- *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements?
Mark, Not sure if this addresses your question... These days, we're making modular wireframes: creating individual screen components and assembling wireframes from those lego bricks. As part of that process, we usually generate a spreadsheet of all the components we want to create. This allows us to validate the list before diving in and wireframing all of them. One advantage to this modular approach is that we can then quickly and easily create a document that specifies behaviors/details for each component -- a component catalog. Imagine that each component is wireframed separately in individual Visio (or whatever format you use) files. We simply drop the component into a specification document instead of a screen template. (We call those views.) As for specific conditions, the component catalog is ideal when we create a wide set of components for use in a variety of circumstances that are not covered by all the wireframes/templates. That is, the range of wireframes does not include every possible component. There are other situations, but that one came to mind... -- Dan On 12/12/07, Mark Richman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was discussing a new project with someone from our Sales group, and they asked me how I kept track of fields in case they were dropped from the actual implementation for some reason. I said that I kept old versions of the wire frames and usually commented any changes following the first version. -- | work: eightshapes.com | book: communicatingdesign.com | blog: greenonions.com | talk: +1 (301) 801-4850 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements?
When I originally posted this I was thinking of distinct data elements such as order type, customer number, credit card number, which are UI fields as well as database fields. However, UI elements would more appropriately reference widgets and style elements. I love Dan's solution, which is kind of like using a standard widget guide and customizing it as needed for an individual project. If I create a document like that, it usually takes shape throughout the life of the project. Of course it makes more sense to get it done early and refer to it as needed. Mark On Dec 12, 2007 4:54 PM, Dan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, Not sure if this addresses your question... These days, we're making modular wireframes: creating individual screen components and assembling wireframes from those lego bricks. As part of that process, we usually generate a spreadsheet of all the components we want to create. This allows us to validate the list before diving in and wireframing all of them. One advantage to this modular approach is that we can then quickly and easily create a document that specifies behaviors/details for each component -- a component catalog. Imagine that each component is wireframed separately in individual Visio (or whatever format you use) files. We simply drop the component into a specification document instead of a screen template. (We call those views.) As for specific conditions, the component catalog is ideal when we create a wide set of components for use in a variety of circumstances that are not covered by all the wireframes/templates. That is, the range of wireframes does not include every possible component. There are other situations, but that one came to mind... -- Dan On 12/12/07, Mark Richman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was discussing a new project with someone from our Sales group, and they asked me how I kept track of fields in case they were dropped from the actual implementation for some reason. I said that I kept old versions of the wire frames and usually commented any changes following the first version. -- | work: eightshapes.com | book: communicatingdesign.com | blog: greenonions.com | talk: +1 (301) 801-4850 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Forward/reverse in a mobile phone's music player
I'm starting work on audio functions and have looked at audio controls key mapping: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2105437562size=o The majority of phones share the same general idea, but there is a lot of variations in the details. Morten On Dec 11, 2007 6:20 PM, Sachendra Yadav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Initially mobile phones used to have Play, Pause, Previous, Next (in some cases Stop instead of Pause). Of late, quite a few mobile phones have started adding Forward and Reverse within the current song. Does Forward/Reverse add any solid value in a music player for mobile phones or is it an unnecessary feature creep which can be dropped? -- Sachendra Yadav *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Morten Hjerde http://sender11.typepad.com *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] When those who know little about Usability offer Usability Services
I'm happy you are happy to see action from Lisbon. :) When I've made reference the closed way in the APPU, was not in the context of the civil association and the open associative membership, that I think it's great and a an important initiative. I don't want to be unfair. And I don't what to measure forces that I don't have (please), I just what to know the possible relation between the APPU and the idea of Face2face IxD group in Lisbon, but for that we really need to talk, the question its that Bruno just doesn't reply to my emails... Thank you for your availability and lets meet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23374 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements?
We've been using a similar approach for about 2 years now and found it to be extremely effective and productive. It's taking wireframing/ patterns to the level that software development is—object/pattern based. On Dec 12, 2007, at 4:54 PM, Dan Brown wrote: These days, we're making modular wireframes: creating individual screen components and assembling wireframes from those lego bricks. As part of that process, we usually generate a spreadsheet of all the components we want to create. This allows us to validate the list before diving in and wireframing all of them. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] (JOB) Interaction Design Consultants Downtown Seattle 'Recruiter' Fulltime
My client is a growing startup founded in 2000 and has been profitable since. Large and small including lots of cool startup projects are so abundant, my client is in a position where they have to turn down business. However this gives them the leisure of being able to pick and choose. It is a small collaborative atmosphere with good employee retention. We are currently seeking an Interaction Designer who will take leadership in design-focused client engagements. The ideal candidate will have previous consulting experience with a track record of delivering compelling solutions on-time and on-budget. Because the work is focused on web-based and client-based software applications, the position requires deep experience with interaction design. Your portfolio should reflect extensive experience wireframing and documenting screen-level interactions. Qualifications should include * Education in user-centered design (UCD) or ability to display a formal understanding of UCD theory and practice. * Experience designing and conducting usability studies. * Extensive Wireframing experience * Ability to blend both user goals and business goals in creating an effective interactive experience. * Working knowledge of browser-based technology constraints/capabilities (e.g. HTML, JavaScript, Flash). * Experience with a range of software development practices, including agile and use-case based methods. * Superlative oral and written communication skills. * Experience working directly with clients in a consulting role, including leading client meetings is strongly preferred * Working knowledge of visual design tools (e.g. Visio). * You will need access to a car to drive to client meetings on a regular basis, but will be reimbursed for mileage. Interested Candidates Please send me your resume and a good time to call. Ryan Lum Contract Services T +1 425 635 0300 C +1 425 533 1928 F +1 425 635 0333 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlum Greythorn Inc 40 Lake Bellevue Dr Suite 100 Bellevue, WA 98005 www.greythorn.com ** Any statements made, or intentions expressed in this communication may not necessarily reflect the view of Greythorn. Be advised that no content herein may be held binding upon Greythorn or any associated company unless confirmed by the issuance of a formal contractual document. This email is confidential and intended only for the stated addressee(s). If you receive this in error, please inform us immediately and delete it and all copies from your system. Any unauthorized disclosure, use, or dissemination, either whole or partial, is prohibited. Any views or opinions contained in this email are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by Greythorn, and the company cannot be held responsible for any misuse. This email and its attachments are believed to be free of any virus, or defect, but it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure this. Greythorn does not accept responsibility or liability for any loss or damage arising in any way from its receipt or use or for any errors or omissions in its contents which may arise as a result of its transmission. This email is covered by Greythorns Terms and Conditions of Business, a copy of which can be viewed on our website, or obtained on request. ** *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Design Masters Thesis Extent of Realization
I took part yesterday in a Thesis Committee meeting for a student working on a project for her Masters degree in design. She is designing a website with the purpose of facilitating a community for female cancer victims. There was a fair amount of discussion surrounding how far she must take the project to be granted the degree. There were faculty members on the committee from other visual arts disciplines, and they expect a thesis project to result in a finished work of art. There was some discomfort in the suggestion that the website would not have to be implemented and put into use for her to complete her thesis and her degree. While the student very much wants to build and launch the site and is working on getting the sponsorship/funding and collaborators with the necessary skill sets to make it a reality, it is my own opinion that her thesis is much more about the process she followed and what she has learned than it is about the final artifact. I and the other design faculty argued that as long as the design was completed satisfactorily, she could deliver her thesis and receive her degree before implementation has finished. I know that when I was working on my own Masters degree, there was no expectation that my project would result in running software. With the advances in web application development in recent years, and with technologies such as Ruby on Rails and Flash making running software a more accessible possibility to those without a degree in software engineering, I wonder if expectations are increasing. I'd like to hear what the IxDA community thinks about it. Best, Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com There is no good design that is not based on the understanding of people. - Stefano Marzano CEO of Philips Design *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA give-back
On Dec 12, 2007 3:14 PM, Fred Beecher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/12/07, Michael Tuminello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do have one question though... will non-profits *know* what kind of expertise they need? I'm guessing they might know that their site is hard to use or that it's not accomplishing their goals, but not why. Good point. The other half of this activity is getting IxDA'ers signed up and assigned to projects. To do this, we'll need to allow people to create and manage their profiles. A profile would include: Am I missing anything here? I don't think so. An improvement might be to use tags for members to list their skills. It's already being done on the site and hopefully it wouldn't be to tough to apply that to member accounts in some way. Would make the whole thing a lot easier if the moderator didn't have to sort through all the text field entries to find matches for the gigs. Going back to my question about type of expertise needed, maybe that's something a human moderator could determine? Some generous soul in the IxDA could volunteer to moderate pro-bono requests, distributing them to participants based on areas of interest expertise. I think the moderator idea is a good one. I'll throw my name in the hat for this if we go in that direction, or anything else I can do to help. What say the IxDA board members about all this? :-) I don't think any have chimed in on this thread yet. Jeff *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Masters Thesis Extent of Realization
Hi Jack, I did my Masters by research actually, and I thought I would provide my 2 cents. ;P The question in my view is not about a finished product ready to be launched and used, as that goes beyond the research area, and involves other items that are more inline to business. It all depends on the expectations and purpose of the thesis. Usually it is bring you through the process of research and second your research questions. From a process perspective, a theory only research would do, no need to proof practically if your research is applicable. From a research standpoint, the question is has the thesis questions been answered using the work that has been created. I would think you would need to create a prototype that can show how it can and will be used and how it answers your questions you started out with. But, without a usable prototype it would be hard to show how your research can help and does solve the questions. But I have read a lot of research papers which are very much theory based without any practical implementations or minimal emphasis on them. Regards, Jay Kumar On 12/13/07, Jack Moffett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took part yesterday in a Thesis Committee meeting for a student working on a project for her Masters degree in design. She is designing a website with the purpose of facilitating a community for female cancer victims. There was a fair amount of discussion surrounding how far she must take the project to be granted the degree. There were faculty members on the committee from other visual arts disciplines, and they expect a thesis project to result in a finished work of art. There was some discomfort in the suggestion that the website would not have to be implemented and put into use for her to complete her thesis and her degree. While the student very much wants to build and launch the site and is working on getting the sponsorship/funding and collaborators with the necessary skill sets to make it a reality, it is my own opinion that her thesis is much more about the process she followed and what she has learned than it is about the final artifact. I and the other design faculty argued that as long as the design was completed satisfactorily, she could deliver her thesis and receive her degree before implementation has finished. I know that when I was working on my own Masters degree, there was no expectation that my project would result in running software. With the advances in web application development in recent years, and with technologies such as Ruby on Rails and Flash making running software a more accessible possibility to those without a degree in software engineering, I wonder if expectations are increasing. I'd like to hear what the IxDA community thinks about it. Best, Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com There is no good design that is not based on the understanding of people. - Stefano Marzano CEO of Philips Design *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Has anyone been asked to create a directory of UI elements?
we do not have a library of UI elements as of now. But its been quite some time now that we have initiated the process of having a UI library containing most of the UI elements. It is essential: 1. As we have team of UI designers working on same product. 2. We can share these elements as standard with the devs for functionalities/features that do not have prototypes or mocked up work flows. 3. Easy for the new UI designers to use these components. 4. going further we will also have a UI component's gallery like the AJAX controls, having a repository will help I believe. Though there was no request from the client side for the UI components. ~ Bhakti *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
