Re: [IxDA Discuss] Open format between Visio and Omnigraffle?
Hello, Guys! I don't know about Mac.. but Visio... it really old programm. Try To Use Axure RP Pro 5 - it's really better. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29191 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] Looking for upcoming UX conferences in North America and Europe
The Many Faces of User Experience: Usability through holistic practice Conference June 16-20th in Baltimore, MD, USA. http://upa2008.org/ This is the Usability Professionals' Association International Conference. We're expecting 700+ attendees with tracks on: Managing User Experience; e-Government; and an incredible Invited Speakers track: http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2008/keynote-speakers.htm. Carol J. Smith UPA Director of Global Outreach Principal Consultant Midwest Research, LLC - www.mw-research.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] or cell: 773.218.6568 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] Reminder: Queens of Content presentation in SF - May 20
[excuse the cross-posting] Just a reminder that tomorrow Adaptive Path is hosting the Queens of Content for a two-fer presentation at our offices at 363 Brannan. Details here (and please use Upcoming to let us know if you're coming!) http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/668376 We start with Kristina Halvorson, visiting from Minneapolis, talking about: + Content Strategy: The Mania, the Myth, the Method Why do so many web site projects stall out or even implode when it's time to go find the content? Contrary to popular belief, there isn't a Magical Server In the Sky that can instantly populate your site's CMS. You need real people to gather it, analyze it and write it. You also need someone who will advocate for your audience's needs long after the IA team is gone. Find out how a content strategist can save your large-scale site project ... and your sanity. Kristina Halvorson has been writing for web sites since 1997. As president of Brain Traffic, Kristina leads teams of expert web writers to create smart, relevant content for real people with real needs. She is a passionate advocate for content strategy, the hidden discipline that lives between information architecture, web writing, and the build process. Brain Traffic's clients include Target, Ameriprise Financial, UnitedHealthcare, Caribou Coffee, and Medtronic. Follow Kristina on Twitter: @halvorson We then continue with Erika Hall, who will have to walk a full half block to get to AP, presenting: Copy as Interface The words you use could be the most effective part of your interface. Or they could render the experience unintelligible and hostile. The first step is finding the right voice for your application. Erika Hall is a co-founder of Mule Design Studio where she helps create appealing, useful interfaces that make sense. She has been toiling on the Web since 1995 and consulting joyfully for a decade. Mule clients include PBS, The Wall Street Journal, MedicAlert, Federated Media Publishing, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. --peter 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] shape libraries for axure
Can anyone point me to shape libraries for Axure? The drawing tools are so limited. Or possibly, a way to import shapes from Visio? Alinta Thornton User Experience Lead Independent Digital Media 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] Resources for new usability managers
Hi Elise: Sarah Bloomer has some training talking to this specifically User Experience Strategy, Vision and Teams,Building and Managing a Successful User Experience Team and Creating a UX Vision and Strategy See: www.sarahbloomer.com Can also check out materials from - http://mx.adaptivepath.com/ And finally, if you are attending the UPA 2008 conference in Baltimore - Make Yourself Heard! Selling User Experience in Your Organization - https://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/upa_conference/program/2008/activity.php?id=9241 rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29214 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] Shopping Cart Examples
I like the bananarepublic.com one.
the one thing that drives me nuts about it is that initial interaction
makes it seem like it is a drawer that opens and closes, but when you
click to re-open it, you leave the page.
I did an improvement on that experience for an amex site:
see
www.jdgimzek.com/blvd.html
it's a little complicated to see the add to cart action:
FIrst off, type 'polo' in the search field (lefthand side) to see
interactive results - you can click the i icon on the red shirt to
see the expanded view, then once that is open, click add to compare
icon to add the shirt to the comparison tray at the top [fake ajax
magic!].
Finally click the view prices and buy shopping cart icon to see the
individual product page, where you can Add to Cart with more AJAX
action - unlike on BananaRepublic.com, clicking the visual cart
indicator on the page OPENs the cart, rather than sending you off to
the cart page as it does on BR.com
jd
On May 19, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Itamar Medeiros wrote:
Hello, Thomas! So, let me ask you: what is -- in your opinion -- a
good shopping cart?
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Branding / Identity awareness: examples of testing change?
That's more of a general branding issue that I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer. But I've seen lots of cases online where some organisation changed their identity or, more frequently, got bought by some other company. Usually this is accompanied by a lot of publicity, so there's almost always some form of reassurance message prominently displayed in the homescreen e.g.Although ABC Ltd. has now been bought by XYZ Big Corp Inc. we are committed to keep our company values and provide the same excellent level of service in our FooBar 2.0 social network etc. (see for example http://www.jaiku.com/). It's also common that the old company name is used as a subtitle i.e. XYZ (previously ABC) or, in the case of an acquisition, if the acquired brand name is strong enough you often get something like XYZ - an ABC company/brand. An important user experience concern is to make sure that the content of a website is consistent, i.e. all instances of ABC should be changed to XYZ (except perhaps in a company history/about page). While current clients/visitors may be aware of a change and may forgive some inconsistencies, those who arrive after the change are often left wondering what's the difference between ABC and XYZ. Hope this helps! Alex On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:56 PM, mary keitelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An organization is changing its branding/identity. Can anyone point me to examples of 1) how to test brand awareness-- when there is a change? 2) any case studies of what happened when organizations changed identity/look and feel of web properties-- what was the result in terms of user acceptance, user recognition? thanks in advance, Mary Keitelman _ Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_family_safety_052008 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 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] Asking questions to participants in a positive or negative way ?
Hello, If I want to do a survey to participant about, for example, usability of a product. Is it better to formulate questions in a positive way ? Is this product is easy to use ? or rather in a negative way Did you experience difficulties using this product ? Or maybe I should ask them both, because a user could experience difficulties in a product but still find it easy to use. What do you think about that ? chiwah 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] Asking questions to participants in a positive or negative way ?
More importantly, the question you that should always be asked if you want to get any insights that will help you improve your product is WHY they think your product is (un)usable. On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Steve Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chiwah, It's preferable to ask the question in a neutral way: Consider your experience with this product. Did you find it: - very difficult - difficult - average - easy - very easy Alternatively, you could ask them to rate the usability from 0-5 or 0-10 etc. Otherwise, you do indeed risk biasing the responses. A really good book to read on the topic is 'Improving Survey Questions: Design Evaluation' http://www.amazon.com/Improving-Survey-Questions-Evaluation-Research/dp/0803945833 Regards Steve 2008/5/20 chiwah liu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, If I want to do a survey to participant about, for example, usability of a product. Is it better to formulate questions in a positive way ? Is this product is easy to use ? or rather in a negative way Did you experience difficulties using this product ? Or maybe I should ask them both, because a user could experience difficulties in a product but still find it easy to use. What do you think about that ? chiwah 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 -- -- Steve 'Doc' Baty B.Sc (Maths), M.EC, MBA Principal Consultant Meld Consulting M: +61 417 061 292 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UX Statistics: http://uxstats.blogspot.com Member, UPA - www.upassoc.org Member, IA Institute - www.iainstitute.org Member, IxDA - www.ixda.org Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com 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 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] shape libraries for axure
On 5/19/08, Alinta Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone point me to shape libraries for Axure? The drawing tools are so limited. What shapes are you looking for? While there are no libraries out there that I know of, Axure does allow you to make custom widgets. What you do is create a master, right-click on the master, and select Behavior Custom Widget. What this does is to change the behavior of the master such that when you assign it to any page, you can edit each of these instances (if you edit the master, though, the changes are not reflected in the on-page instances). You can make this even more powerful by assigning regular masters *to* your custom widget masters to create large, complex shapes. I use this to make page types. I'll assign my top navigation master, left navigation master, and right sidebar master (or whatever they all happen to be) to my custom widget, and then I'll add individual widgets (text widgets, form fields, etc.). I'll do this for each page type on the site. Then when I create a page that needs to be, e.g., a hub page, I'll drag the Hub Page custom widget to the new page and just change the stuff in the content area. This saves huge amounts of time. Another thing we've done at our organization is to develop a template. We use it in one of two ways. We either start Axure projects using the template, or we import custom widgets from it into our new projects. In essence, it's a pseudo pattern library. Do you have particular shapes or interactions you do the same way each time? If so, I encourage you to set these all up as custom widgets in one Axure file and use that file as a template like I described above. That will get you to your shape libraries. If you want advice on how to create particular shapes, feel free to contact me off list. Take care, F. 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] Omnigraffle IA stencils
I just upgraded to v5. Did they just take off the GUI stencils from the
default list? Why??
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Todd Zazelenchuk (Intuit) and Elizabeth Boling (Indiana University)
created Omnigraffle Stencils
(http://www.userfocus.co.uk/resources/omnigraffle.html); designed for
use with Omnigroup (http://www.omnigroup.com/) visual communication
software for Mac OS/X, these two Omnigraffle stencils were created to
help communicate user-centered design activities and proposals to
clients and development teams.
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Omnigraffle IA stencils
The stencils have all been reorganised but they are all still there. You can now also set Favorites. If there are any stencils you added to the old version you can easily re-import them. On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Vishal Iyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded to v5. Did they just take off the GUI stencils from the default list? Why?? -- -Vishal http://www.vishaliyer.com -- Tim Ostler London 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] getting into a master's program when you havepoorundergraduate grades?
Hi again Michael, Mike Z makes some great points in his post and reminded me that in fact I was accepted on a conditional basis. Mike also makes suggests getting in touch with people in the department. Great idea. Get someone on your side. They may not be able to get you in, but it always helps to have an advocate and someone who can suggest possibilities for getting what you want. It's true that schools and their staff want people who are truly interested in what they offer. It is doable. You story sounds very familiar. It felt like I had to go through hoops several years ago to get into grad school. Feel free to contact me off-list if you'd like to chat more. Pat Barford M.Ed -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Zarro Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 8:35 AM To: Michael Martinez-Campos; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] getting into a master's program when you havepoorundergraduate grades? Michael, With your years of professional experience, the undergrad GPA becomes a smaller part of the overall admissions equation than it would for someone just out of school. Admissions staff, professors, etc... are all looking for ways to help you succeed. Can you contact someone at the school(s) you're most interested in attending and discuss the issue? If/when you do apply, I would suggest you emphasize in the essay and through your references your dedication to learning and advancement in the field. Likely you would be accepted to a program on a conditional basis - meaning if your graduate GPA isn't at a certain level after a semester or two, you would be asked to leave the school. If you think proving academic success would help you get into the school of your choice, perhaps it's possible to enter a certificate program, then apply that coursework towards a Master's degree? good luck! mz On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Barford, Patricia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI Michael, I found myself in a similar situation a few years ago. I had to take courses to prove I wasn't an idiot before being admitted to grad school. (The penalty for having too much fun as an undergrad.) Are there no courses you can take to earn your entry, that would fit with the program you want? I was able to take core courses to get in, then had way more interesting options to choose from within the program. Take anything you can that will put you further down the path you want to take. Even if you can't take courses from the program, there have to be some that will benefit you along the way. Good luck! Pat Barford M.Ed This email contains confidential information that is proprietary to EPCOR and its subsidiary companies in all respects. This information is intended only for the person(s) named in the destination address. Unauthorized distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error please delete it immediately. 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 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 This email contains confidential information that is proprietary to EPCOR and its subsidiary companies in all respects. This information is intended only for the person(s) named in the destination address. Unauthorized distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error please delete it immediately. 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] Asking questions to participants in a positive or negative way ?
Just a quick note: Your hypothesis sounds great. With Likert scales (even if they're using words instead of numbers to rate the participants response) try to use an even number of options. Four is nice. With four options, your participant must to decide between the two poles, but still has room to express the degree to which they agree. So instead of attractive/unattractive, you could have: attractive, somewhat attractive, somewhat unattractive, unattractive (This is just as you were saying in your hypothesis.) I go to a lot of websites that don't necessarily sparkle, but they aren't blaze orange with a looping midi of a Christmas carol. So I know that I'm always grateful for a little bit of room in the middle. One downside of being a Tech Comm graduate student, I have in fact had nightmares about survey reports. I got to breathe, eat, and sleep this stuff for a semester last year. Hope this helps, Christine 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] Asking questions to participants in a positive or negative way ?
What you are prosing is called semantic differential. Think very carefully about the terms you use... it it not as simple as you might think. getting those terms right is the single hardest part of this technique and has the potential to radically skew your results. There is quite a bit of information out there now that you know what to call it. The problem with most lickert scale surveys (not like it, 1 - like it, 10) is that the survey will be pre bias towards an aggregate score of seven. It is really hard to get around that when people administer the survey and people are taking it. Mark On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:12 AM, chiwah liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/5/20 chiwah liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am thinking about bipolar scale. For example to ask users to rate a bipolar scale between attractive vs un attractive What do you think ? I am also thinking; would bipolar scales diminish the probability of positivity bias? I mean we could ask for example if a product is, for example, professional. And ask participant to rate it from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Participants would have a tendency to agree. But if I ask participants to choose between professional and amateur, they could not be agree of disagree, they just have to choose. And they have a better understanding of what is being measured. Is my hypothesis right ? Regards, Chiwah 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 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: Director of User Experience at NavigationArts in Washington D.C. Metro
NavigationArts, a fast growing Washington D.C. metro Internet services company, is seeking qualified candidates for the full-time position as the Director of User Experience. NavigationArts provides professional services to help clients solve complex business problems with Web technologies including: Web sites, intranets, portals, and rich Internet applications. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that offers an outstanding benefit and compensation package and a fantastic work environment. The Director of User Experience reports directly to the Chief Operations Officer and is responsible for leadership of the User Experience function at NavigationArts. This candidate is responsible for the tactical and strategic management of the User Experience department resources (Information Architects, User Researchers, Content Strategists, Web Writers, Interaction Designers, Creative Directors, Art Directors, and Designers). Primary duties include leadership, management and promotion of the User Experience group. Other duties include: Defines and establishes department mission and goals and ensures they are aligned with company strategic plan. Recruits, hires, and manages a team of User Experience professionals. Mentors, evaluates, monitors, and gives timely feedback to group members on skills, performance, work products, and deliverables. Establishes and maintains high quality of work standard for department. Serves as an Senior User Experience consultant on project engagements and acts as company subject matter expert on all User Experience aspects. Drives User-Experience and User-Centric design throughout company. Proactively stays up to date with current Internet trends, technologies, best practices, and User-Centered Design methodologies. Works collaboratively and effectively with other functional groups to develop proposals, Statements of Work, establish work methodologies, and best practices. Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in information science, design, human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, anthropology, computer science, or related fields and at least 8-10+ years experience with information architecture, interaction design, visual design and usability testing of websites, intranets, and/or web-based products and services or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Master's degree preferred. Experience (5-7 years) managing teams of creative web talent (Creative Designers, Information Architects, Interaction Designers, User Experience Designers) preferred. Proficient in general design and multimedia applications (Adobe CS3, Visio, etc) and MS Office tools. Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of industry trends and emerging technologies, with an ability to relate these trends to the company and its objectives. Uses that knowledge, creativity and company practices to obtain solutions to complex problems and to evolve User Experience department's roles, methods, and processes. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Applicants send resume and cover letter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] getting into a master's program when youhavepoorundergraduate grades?
Hi all Don't know if this would fly in the US, but here's a suggestion: try the Open University. This is the UK's distance learning university. It consistently gets the highest ratings for student satisfaction of all UK universities, and it also has a high reputation academically. The point being: you can sign up for postgraduate courses if you have an undergraduate degree. And for a lot of the ones in the computing area, there aren't any entry requirements at all: you merely have to decide that you have enough background knowledge to tackle it. Warning: these courses aren't an easy option. You'll have to set aside 8 or 16 hours a week, do assignments, and take an exam. Get a good result and you'd have demonstrated that you can stick it out at postgrad level (= USA grad school) and pass exams at that level. Only a few OU courses can be studied in the USA, but luckily most of the ones that are available are in management or computing so are likely to be at least somewhat relevant to IXDA people . http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/countries/USA.shtm (Note: levels 1, 2, and 3 are undergraduate. Skip down the page a bit to get to postgraduate). For non-US people who might be interested: the same list applies to most countries outside the EU. If you're inside the EU, or in Switzerland, the Channel Islands, and a couple of other European countries then you can study a much wider range of stuff. (Declaration of interest: the OU is a major client of mine). Caroline Jarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07990 570647 Effortmark Ltd Usability - Forms - Content We have moved. New address: 16 Heath Road Leighton Buzzard LU7 3AB 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] Looking for upcoming UX conferences in North America and Europe
Hi Shahriar, On May 19, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Shahriar Widjaja wrote: I'm looking to go a UX-theme conferences, something similar to IA summit 2008 and Future of Web App 2008. The IDEA Conference October 7-8, Chicago IL http://ideaconference.org/ Cheers, ~ Jorge 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] Resources for new usability managers
Hello Elise, Around 2001, Jon Innes and I had a session at UPA on Managing a Usability Team. We brainstormed a list of problems faced by managers and then used the fishbone diagram method to elaborate on the causes of those problems which included things like being too successful without enough resources, colleagues don't understand UCD, and others. I'll see if I can dig up the notes that we put together and send them along. There are two recent books of case studies in User Centered Design that have some of the information you are looking for. The book by on building an infrastructure by Eric Schaeffer has some good points. One of the things that happens to successful UX/UE/Usability managers is that they do a lot and don't invest in enough infrastructure to support long-term work - things like templates that can be re-used; best practices that can be pulled out on short notice, etc. One of the keys to being a good manager is to understand the goals of others and how others are measured. i wrote an article about that in the ACM magazine Interactions a few years ago. If devlopers are rewarded for fixing bugs, meeting schedules, and features (but not usability or a good user experience), then you might need to get the reward scheme changed so that involvement and measures of usability count for them as well as you. I think that the recent new edition of the book on ROI by Bias and Mayhew has some good stuff in it; many companies are pushing to understand the value of usability and managers will be asked that. It is very hard to measure the ROI since many people play a role in design and evaluation at large companies. Chauncey 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] Usage Of Print Friendly Functionality
Does anyone have a link to any good RD on the usage of a Print Friendly link on a website. If it's used at all, if 1% of people click on it, etc. There's a discussion on the guidelines of it's usage... http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=28529 ...but no discussion on IF it's actually used. I just notice that I see it in a lot of mockups we get from ad companies(the kids of design companies that don't do many websites), and I just don't put a print link into any of my mockups, since I figure it's a pretty much useless function. Wouldn't an Open in Word be more useful? Stripping the template out, and having a nice word doc with the content in it. _ Try Chicktionary, a game that tests how many words you can form from the letters given. Find this and more puzzles at Live Search Games! http://g.msn.ca/ca55/207 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] iXda badge
didnt someone make some iXda badges to put up on one's site to link to iXda.org ? If not, I am going to do some, so speak up if you can save me 20 minutes ! jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.com 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 badge
http://www.lukew.com/ff/img/member_ixda.gif On May 20, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Jeff Gimzek wrote: didnt someone make some iXda badges to put up on one's site to link to iXda.org ? If not, I am going to do some, so speak up if you can save me 20 minutes ! jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.com 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 :: ::Luke Wroblewski -[ www.lukew.com ] ::Principal/Founder, LukeW Interface Designs ::[EMAIL PROTECTED] | 408.513.7207 :: ::Blog: http://www.lukew.com/ff/ ::Book: http://www.lukew.com/resources/site_seeing.html :: 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 badge
thanks man ! can we post this on the iXda site someplace for other peeps to snag ? jd On May 20, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Luke Wroblewski wrote: http://www.lukew.com/ff/img/member_ixda.gif On May 20, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Jeff Gimzek wrote: didnt someone make some iXda badges to put up on one's site to link to iXda.org ? If not, I am going to do some, so speak up if you can save me 20 minutes ! jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.com 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] Usage Of Print Friendly Functionality
I use it on every single site that gives me information of value that I wish to save, or read on the subway, or in the bathtub. I do a lot of research online, so that means I use it a lot. I hate killing the trees, but I am ALWAYS printing. And it makes me absolutely SCREAM when I encounter pages that are impossible to print effectively. That may not be the data that you are looking for, but I've never heard of anyone calling a site's Print versions useless before. The very idea makes me break out in hives. Chris On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Bob Sampson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have a link to any good RD on the usage of a Print Friendly link on a website. If it's used at all, if 1% of people click on it, etc. There's a discussion on the guidelines of it's usage... http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=28529 ...but no discussion on IF it's actually used. I just notice that I see it in a lot of mockups we get from ad companies(the kids of design companies that don't do many websites), and I just don't put a print link into any of my mockups, since I figure it's a pretty much useless function. Wouldn't an Open in Word be more useful? Stripping the template out, and having a nice word doc with the content in it. _ Try Chicktionary, a game that tests how many words you can form from the letters given. Find this and more puzzles at Live Search Games! http://g.msn.ca/ca55/207 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 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] Resources for new usability managers
Hi Elise, I am the list moderator of the UX Management list, hosted by the IA Institute. The list is free to join and our recent conversations have focused on questions to ask in an interview, salary surveys and how to structure your team. http://lists.iainstitute.org/listinfo.cgi/ux-management-iainstitute.org Please feel free to email me, if you want to know more. Mags Mags Hanley Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +44 7789 132726 - Original Message From: Elise Edson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IxDA Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 20 May, 2008 2:36:53 AM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Resources for new usability managers Hi folks, Can anyone recommend coursework, books or other resources to help managers understand how to handle IxD / usability professionals and manage the user experience? (Not so much the methodology, but direct guidance on resource planning, logistics, evangelizing usability, budget, performance metrics, etc.) Thanks! Elise 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 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] Content inventory link ID numbering conventions
Hello! Not a very exciting query I'm afraid, but I'm hoping you can all help me clear up a little debate we've been having all day. * When doing a content inventory, is there a correct (standard) way to number the sections starting from the home page?* According to most sources [1] it appears to be 1.0, but then each option from the primary navigation seems a little lost and the numbering scheme seems to get excessively complex on account of this extra digit; the alternative of course being to label the home page 0 and then each main menu option 1, 2, 3 and so on [eg. 2] and some include a letter [eg. 3]. *There also seems to be some variation between the number of digits used; does a 4 digit number imply a 3rd or 4th level page? Is a 0 on the end understood to mean there are child pages? (though this seems to force some unnatural numbering). * eg. 1.0 Home 1.1 *(or 1.1.0?)* Activities 1.1.1 *(or 1.1.1.0)* Flying 1.1.1.1 *(or ...)* Handgliding 1.1.1.1.1 Tandem 1.1.1.1.2 Solo 1.1.1.2 Parapenting 1.1.1.2.1 Tandem 1.1.1.2.2 Solo 1.1.2 Diving 1.2 Bookings *Also, is there a specific way to treat the secondary navegation options such as contact and site map? I figure this is where an initial letter maybe useful.* I know there are a lot of articles about this, but they all seem to skim over this point or say something different. Seeing as we've got a few redesigns on the horizon, I'd rest easier if I knew we'd got off to a good start! Many thanks Elizabeth [1] http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/10/fraser/ To create the IDs, I start by giving every page on the site-wide navigation its own number. Home, for instance, stands alone at the top level of the site. Its number is 1.0. At the next level, you might find About the Company, Products, and Customer Service. These would be numbered 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, respectively. Within the Products section, the Applications top page would be 1.1.1.0 and the Service Products top page would be 1.1.2.0. If there were five Service Products content pages below that, they would be 1.1.2.1, 1.1.2.2, 1.1.2.3, and so on. http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/site_diagrams_mapping_an_information_space 1.0 Home 1.1 Who We Are 1.1.1 Our History 1.1.2.Our Staff 1.1.2.1–1.1.2.8 Staff Bios 1.2 What We Do 1.2.1 Products 1.2.2 Services [2] http://www.gdoss.com/web_info/CAPTUS_site_ias.pdf http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/40.php (Note. I'm not entirely sure this article is saying the home is 0, but it seems to be). [3] http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/re_architecting_peoplesoft_com_from_the_bottom_up 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
