Re: [IxDA Discuss] Will's worst site
I'm curious how many people will actually land on this page. I'd think that lots of people nowadays would just type 'bmw' on Google, and from the UK version of Google this leads me to the UK version of the BMW website. And if you're looking for a specific car and you type something like 'bmw x5' you will land on the main page for that car. IP-based geolocation is great when it works, and crap when it doesn't, i.e. for those who access the net through some corporate firewall which is located in a different country. When I was working for Motorola in the UK, I was regularly getting redirected through some proxy in Germany (!) and I got various websites thinking I'm German. I friend of mine working for Nokia in the UK regularly gets Finnish versions of websites, for the same reason. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't tweak this page a bit to allow for easier country selection. I particularly like what SonyEricsson has done at: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws Cheers, Alex On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: worst site for tonight: bmw.com -- please. someone introduce them to the idea of ip snipping.worst site for tonight: bmw.com -- please. -- You can do it! ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - 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] interactions magazine, July+August 2008
Just published: interactions magazine, July+August 2008 http://interactions.acm.org/ = (Welcome) Interactions: A Quiet Call to Arms Richard Anderson, Jon Kolko = Section: The Changing Relationships between Producers and Consumers (COVER STORY) Changing Energy Use Through Design James Pierce, David Roedl (On Modeling) Learning Curves for Design Hugh Dubberly Organic Digital Marketing 2.0 Conor Brady Mashing Up the Marketing Mix: Introducing the 6th P...Play Michael Graber Knowledge Architecture that Facilitates Trust and Collaboration Xanthe Matychak = Section: Shifting Perspective to Look at Things Differently (True Tales) Hold Your Horses Steve Portigal The Dilemma of the Shared Mobile Phone -- Culture Strain and Product Design in Emerging Economies Apala Lahiri Chavan, Douglas Gorney (Ps and Qs) Maps and Moralities, Blanks and Beasties Elizabeth Churchill (Lifelong Interactions) Older Adults, Health Information, and the Internet Bo Xie (The Way I See It) Workarounds and Hacks: The Leading Edge of Innovation Don Norman (Timelines) Tag Clouds and the Case for Vernacular Visualization Fernanda B. Viégas, Martin Wattenberg = Section: Enabling Better Outcomes and Experiences Designing Worth -- Connecting Preferred Means to Desired Ends Gilbert Cockton (Under Development) Involving Local Undergraduates in Fieldwork Matthew Kam The Theory of Conservation of Complexity David Bishop Web-Conscious Content Experiences Luke Wroblewski (Book Review) Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks by Luke Wroblewski D. Philip Haine (OK/Cancel) Top 10 Tom Chi, Kevin Cheng Interaction Design for Software Engineering: A Boost into the Programming Future Claude Knaus Image Search at the Speed of Thought Santosh Mathan = (Closing) interactions cafe On Marketing, Sustainability, Pessimism, ... Jon Kolko, Richard Anderson One year subscription: $50 ($14 students). http://interactions.acm.org/subscribe.php -- - Richard I. Anderson http://www.riander.com/ http://riander.blogspot.com/ http://interactions.acm.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] Will's worst site
But it has energy-saving mode! :) (leave the page up for 15-30 seconds) Funny thing is, the page sets a locale cookie, which (correctly) IDs me as being in the US. They're just not using it for some reason? On Jun 28, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Alexander Baxevanis wrote: I'm curious how many people will actually land on this page. I'd think that lots of people nowadays would just type 'bmw' on Google, and from the UK version of Google this leads me to the UK version of the BMW website. And if you're looking for a specific car and you type something like 'bmw x5' you will land on the main page for that car. IP-based geolocation is great when it works, and crap when it doesn't, i.e. for those who access the net through some corporate firewall which is located in a different country. When I was working for Motorola in the UK, I was regularly getting redirected through some proxy in Germany (!) and I got various websites thinking I'm German. I friend of mine working for Nokia in the UK regularly gets Finnish versions of websites, for the same reason. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't tweak this page a bit to allow for easier country selection. I particularly like what SonyEricsson has done at: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws Cheers, Alex On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: worst site for tonight: bmw.com -- please. someone introduce them to the idea of ip snipping.worst site for tonight: bmw.com -- please. -- You can do it! ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - 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 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] Will's worst site
Yeah - That energy saving mode really bugged me - as if it actually does anything. Complete marketing bs. All their interactive is run by a bad agency - I will put money on it. Can you prove me wrong? Just so you guys don't think I have a issue with the brand - I have a 2003 M3. I have been a loyal customer since 94. I don't have a problem with the brand. I have a problem with the spurious competence of their interactive agency! - W On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Tim Barkow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it has energy-saving mode! :) (leave the page up for 15-30 seconds) Funny thing is, the page sets a locale cookie, which (correctly) IDs me as being in the US. They're just not using it for some reason? On Jun 28, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Alexander Baxevanis wrote: I'm curious how many people will actually land on this page. I'd think that lots of people nowadays would just type 'bmw' on Google, and from the UK version of Google this leads me to the UK version of the BMW website. And if you're looking for a specific car and you type something like 'bmw x5' you will land on the main page for that car. IP-based geolocation is great when it works, and crap when it doesn't, i.e. for those who access the net through some corporate firewall which is located in a different country. When I was working for Motorola in the UK, I was regularly getting redirected through some proxy in Germany (!) and I got various websites thinking I'm German. I friend of mine working for Nokia in the UK regularly gets Finnish versions of websites, for the same reason. Of course, that doesn't mean you can't tweak this page a bit to allow for easier country selection. I particularly like what SonyEricsson has done at: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws Cheers, Alex On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: worst site for tonight: bmw.com -- please. someone introduce them to the idea of ip snipping.worst site for tonight: bmw.com -- please. -- You can do it! ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - 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 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 -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems - Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill - 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] FW: (Job Offered) Interaction Designer - Seattle, WA (Contract)
Are you a User Experience Designer looking for a company to grow with? Big Fish has an amazing opportunity with a client in Seattle who is looking for a long term fit! Do you have experience in software interaction design? Just doing the visuals for websites won't do it for this company - but if you are into creating an amazing user experience for a variety of programs from software to consumer hardware products, enterprise business software and even games, this is the role for you. We are looking for professionals who can take ambiguous ideas and make them a reality. You should also be able to work well within a team environment but also be able to work independently and be self directed. Main responsibilities * Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to define user interaction and workflow models for software product features. * Work with user researchers to turn observational and other data into creative solutions. * Be able to translate complex information and interaction into simple solutions. * Build Flash, Director, HTML, or After effects prototypes * Development of user experience guidelines, and UI specification documentation. * Develop navigational hierarchies and effectively visualize key concepts of site structure and user pathways. * Create storyboards and plan activity scenarios, flow and sequences. Qualifications: * BA or MA in Visual Communication, Product Design, Industrial design or equivalent. * An online design portfolio showing strong creative skills, ability to generate solid design ideas, and thorough understanding of good design process. * Able to accomplish objectives and possess proactive and strategic problem-solving skills. * Demonstrated proficiency with Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Director, and HTML/Web authoring, In-design or equivalent. Please apply with us online and include the link to your online portfolio Apply online for this job (#4712) and others at http://www.gobigfish.com/jobDetail.aspx?jobid=4712 - Register with Big Fish today! 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] IA of IDEA 2008
Thanks for bringing up the issues that are being seen with the IDEA website. I can assure you the intent was not deceptive. After taking a closer look, I can appreciate what is being called out. I think it has been an oversight--this is the first feedback that I've seen about it, and I am glad to see it pointed out so that we can evaluate and hopefully improve upon it. I can also say that many conferences do not have finalized programs until very close to the conference date--if I recall correctly, the IA Summit did not have a full program until a few weeks prior, and An Event Apart in Chicago (1 week after IDEA) won't be announcing their list until mid-July. Perhaps the Program aspect should be removed or more information should be provided as to when that will be available in the right-hand column to hopefully help alleviate confusion. The same design template has been used for the previous 2 years, and as the date got closer, we published the program in the right column of that page. Thanks again for bringing these issues to light. I appreciate that attention has been brought to this so we can do a better job; IDEA is a pretty young conference and we definitely want to keep improving. Perhaps this is the part where the excuse comes in, but as with many organizations, we are relying upon volunteers who have other responsibilities. I'm truly sorry that the oversight and/or confusion would cause anyone to mark us off of their list as conferences to attend. I think the dialog is great and welcome anything else that I can pass along to the team to work toward improving. --Russ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30852 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] FW: (Job Offered) UI / UX Designer
Calling all User Experience Designers - Big Fish has an amazing opportunity with one of our clients! We are looking for someone to work with our client in designing a next generation release of their software application. Ideal candidates will have previous experience working from the ground up to conceptualize and implement new web and/or software applications. We are looking for portfolios that show samples with a sophisticated user experience as well as strong visual design. You should have experience working on enterprise level products with high visibility. Required experience: You should have experience/knowledge of common UI controls and usage including Navigation, Data Display, Findability metaphors and layout skills. Your visual skills should include strong use of typography, varied design/layout style and strong use of color. We are looking for professionals with strong grammar and general content writing skills as well. Program/code Knowledge: Photoshop, Fireworks, Visual Studio, DHTML, CSS, XHTML This is a long term onsite contract need on the eastside. Please apply with us online to show interest - must include link to online portfolio. Apply online for this job (#4617) and others at http://www.gobigfish.com/jobDetail.aspx?jobid=4617 - Register with Big Fish today! 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] unique search result interfaces
Erin - that is a very interesting finding because I would have thought that the map view would have been better as well. Real estate = maps, makes sense to me!! :) The reason I asked my questions is because I am designing a comparison site and was wondering if it might be better to present results vertically side by side rather than in a list format. I have also designed 3 different variations: a list view, a vertical compare, and one inspired by the viewzi interface (thank you for that pointer!). My next step is to conduct some testing and see what users think. I am itching with curiosity. I will report back here when I have some results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30633 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] examples of HUDs on the web?
Google Maps. http://maps.google.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30832 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] examples of HUDs on the web?
There's a couple of examples at UIPatternFactory under Same-Page Feedback Messages. (Look at the screen shots toward the bottom because they also include screen shots of examples of what I'm imagining you already have.) http://uipatternfactory.com/p=same-page-feedback-messages/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30832 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] Great Online Banking Experiences?
Yes, Chase is pretty good. As soon as I log in, all my accounts are neatly listed. It's sometimes all I need to do. Plus, their variety of email and SMS alerts are very useful. Even more, I love ING Direct. Clean and simple. Putting your PIN in is nice. Click the numbers or type the letters randomly associated with the numbers (so someone will have a harder time seeing you type your PIN). Speaking of Chase, I love their ATMs. No need to go to any menus, as it remembers my preferred amount to withdraw. I just type in my PIN and push quick cash. I just hate waiting for it to spit out my card. My local bank's ATM has finger print scanning, so I don't even need my card. If Chase had that, it would be fantastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30833 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] Great Online Banking Experiences?
I was both a Chase and BOA customer and wound up closing my accounts at chase primarily because of BOA better online experience. i thought chase's experience (while improved from older version) was lousy have also had limited exposure to countrywide but remember being satisfied with it On Jun 27, 2008, at 3:04 PM, pauric wrote: Hands down best banking experience I've ever had is Smile.co.uk http://www.smile.co.uk/images/flash/smiledemo/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30833 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] Sketches of popular web apps
great link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30820 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] Pie Menu Spotted on the Web
I thought about Sweeney Todd Mrs. Lovitt's Worst Pies In London: http://www.sondheim.com/shows/sweeney_todd/ http://www.sweeneytoddmovie.com/ Marilyn PS: I saw two different iterations of the show on Broadway - I could barely sit through the movie. On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Laura Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oops! When I read the title of this post this is what came to mind... http://www.simplesimonspies.co.uk/menu_pies.htm Guess I got the wrong end of the stick! Laura PS - I wanted to link to this site, but cos its flash I couldnt link you to the menu! http://www.pieminister.co.uk/ They are local heroes round here :) 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] Great Online Banking Experiences?
To chart a low point in the experience of online banking check out the Irish bank AIB (aib.ie). For starters, you can only complete a transaction online during normal banking hours. And it goes downhill from there. Neil On Jun 27, 2008, at 9:30 AM, christine chastain wrote: I think Wachovia is also pretty good and is one of the few banks that has done a good job bridging brick and mortar with the online world. On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Jeff White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, Bank of America completely rocks. I've used their online banking for more than 5 years now, and have always loved it. Having lived in Charlotte, NC (BOA headquarters) in the past, I got to see their new ATM designs, which are a good example of Interaction Design at the overall experience/ service design level - the combination of the new ATMs + online banking was really well executed IMO. I believe they won some awards for online banking experience several years ago. Jeff On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM, J. Ambrose Little [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any stellar online banking experiences out there that you know of? --Ambrose 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 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] Badges? We don't need no steenkin' badges.
I agree that Grab the badge is an insufficient call to action. However, replacing that with a different phrase with the same general idea will leave you no better off. Instead, since the site is already issue-centric, tell the potential badge-grabber what they will accomplish by getting the badge. Users don't go to a Save the Whales website looking for a badge for their site, they go because they want to help save the whales. Something like Have a website? Help us raise whale awareness! will attract people who aren't familiar with the idea of badges and make it clear that by getting the badge they will be doing something for the cause they support. People go to campaign sites to find out more about the cause or to try to contribute (if they have already been won over). Telling them to get something implies that they will gain - go to the grocery store to get food, to Starbuck's to grab a coffee, work in order to get paid - but they have come intent on giving. So offer them a way to give. Tell them what they have to power to accomplish, and make sure they know that whatever they do will be valuable to and valued by the cause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30843 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] Pie Menu Spotted on the Web
Pie menus work really great for young children. I'm obsessed with their toy like quality when kept simple, and the expanse of space it allows for little/less motor skilled hands. Here's a simple example where we've implemented one: http://pbskids.org/hooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30716 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] Badges? We don't need no steenkin' badges.
Users don't go to a Save the Whales website looking for a badge for their site, they go because they want to help save the whales. Something like Have a website? Help us raise whale awareness! Great point. This is definitely what I need to communicate here—I just couldn't figure out what sounded wrong about my version, despite being sure that it was the wrong message. Cheers! -r- 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
