Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of accordions
If I understand you correctly, Sachin, your concern is that we are impeding the progress of good web design if we caution against the use of this accordion structure that I call a "gimmick." Rather, what I want to suggest is that we move forward thoughtfully. I am an accessibility advocate, and accessibility does not concern itself only with screen readers and other alternatives to the standard browser. In the end, it requires exactly what Angel points to above: Adherence to Web Standards, Progressive Enhancement, Graceful Degradation, and Unobtrusive Enhancements. Kordian has now clarified that the accordion function is only a small component of the final product, and we can see already that the model he provided was accessible without javascript ... some accordion implementations are not. So really, I wouldn't discourage its use. I just personally favor simplicity, and I believe that any feature of an interface that isn't truly useful (not merely pretty) should be discarded. The most beautiful cars are the ones with the cleanest lines, not the ones with the most accessories attached to them. The same may be said of women (men too, I suppose) and web interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36908 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs
Just don't fall into the trap of building it out in the language it will be built in. Clients see something 'working' and instantly think 'almost done' rather than 'not yet started'. Begin the precedent and un-training a client becomes more and more impossible. Better to draw on a napkin than to prototype quick-and-dirty with the same tool the final item will be done in. Even flash is a bad idea for an Ajax site, because clients see a browser and think 'almost done'. Avoid it. At all costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37032 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Outstanding examples of permission management UIs
The problem with permissions is they are a part of administration, which often means it is something required by the CMS to work, but outside the scope of what the 'real' users are going to have to deal with. In other words, it get's a raw deal. Right-now, the general concept of permissions is really shallow. There is about one kind of permission 'system' and it is often the wrong one for the task at hand. Permissions simulate something in the real world, but they have unfortunately been tainted by the same concept as implemented by computers forever. The two things aren't the same. So you end up, invariably, with many user types with really large CMSs. The solution is not universal. It requires treating permissions NOT as an afterthought but as the primary control structure for what your users can get to. In some cases this might mean the traditional system, but with more thought about it from day one. Common, but it shouldn't be the default. Almost any CMS designed for a specific setting is going to be better served by some other method. Or at least a two stage method. And for the love of god multifaceted and not one-group one-person. If your CMS has 5 major sections: Media generation, Authoring, Section Management, Page construction, and Administration. You might not need more than those 5 user-types where you can mix and match. In which case, adding new types isn't something you need in the CMS itself at all. It really depends on the system you are building. But regardless, you need a holistic approach. Not a one-stop-shop solution for all CMSs. As a side note. I find all one-size-fits-all CMS solutions to be abominable. Perhaps some lower-budget sites 'need' these to exist. And I see the desire for people using the free ones. But at the end of the day, I rather see more site-type-specific CMS solutions. Blog, News, So on. In the end, CMS is making the web more and more hum-drum and samey. Convention is great, but only when it is the right ones, and only when it doesn't stand in the way... Then again, an easy-enough to use same-o CMS beats a crapily built custom CMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37015 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs
On Jan 10, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Milan Guenther wrote: - using a paper prototype, and the computer (a human) simulates all rich interactions, so you have a lot more flexibility to get all the interface states you want. you may document that in a series of videos as a walkthrough. A stop-motion video of a paper prototype can be really effective. Once scripted, they are quick to film and edit. Think: http://commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english Jared Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Experimental Commenting System on my Blog
*feature request*Would you make it so after selecting one line I could hold down command on a mac or ctrl on a pc and select multiple lines and then inject that into a an unordered list? I find myself pulling more than one line of a time I want to be comment specific about. This came to me during a hike. After I went to this art gallery and one of the prints I saw had the silhouette of a bird in the folds of a T shirt hanging from a close line, titled 'Respond'. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM, jason z wrote: > Good stuff. A quick thought: rather than scroll the page to the bottom > when > replying to a comment, can you instead put the 'create comment' interface > in > a floaty panel just below the comment you are responding to? (Inline > below > might be confusing). > As for jQuery resources, I am really digging the book jQuery in Action by > Bibeault and Katz. > > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Jim Jeffers wrote: > > > I recently went about messing around with jQuery to produce a simple > proof > > of concept of what can be done to enhance discussions on blogs. This > could > > be applicable in other discussion forums as well. I borrowed a few ideas > > from others. Credit is given where due. You can check it out here: > > > > http://donttrustthisguy.com/2009/01/04/encouraged-commentary/ > > > > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design
On 10 Jan 2009, at 02:02, Whitney Hess wrote: Hi folks, Just wanted to share an article I wrote titled “10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design” that was published today on Mashable. http://mashable.com/2009/01/09/user-experience-design/ I really look forward to hearing your thoughts. Very good. Hits several important nails on the head. User Experience I would say is fairly well formed and it's interesting to see how much commonality there is in the industry. The one liner issue is an interesting one. My two responses tend to be 'I draw boxes' (which is not very helpful but very true some weeks) and 'what a real architect does for buildings I do for interactive things like websites'. That avoids the whole 'so you're a web designer' or 'you're a programmer' thing. Thanks for a great list - it'll be very useful for internal communication in our company. Cheers Stewart Dean Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Isaac Weinhausen wrote: > Greetings (my first post)! > > As we continue to adopt asynchronous models of interaction (AJAX, Flex/AIR, > etc), documenting these has become much more complex and dynamic. Would > anyone mind sharing ideas or links? > Hi Issac, The way I do it is through a prototyping/documentation tool called Axure. I randomly discovered it just as AJAX, etc. was starting to become big. And for that, I am incredibly grateful. It has allowed me to become a more effective designer. For me, prototyping serves two purposes, design refinement and communication. With a larger palette of possible interactions than the traditional click >> page, I need to ensure that the interactions I design are intuitable. Although there are those who will argue this point with me, I find paper prototyping (especially when doing remote testing) to fall a little flat when it comes to these rich applications. The other purpose, communication, is equally important. I need to communicate with business stakeholders, users, creatives, developers, business analysts, etc. about how a system will work. Showing is *always* better than telling. This is even more true when you throw dynamic interactions into the mix. While Axure was the first tool like this I was exposed to, I've stuck with it because for me it remains the best. It allows you to output copiously annotated printed documentation from your prototype, and you can generate an interactive prototype that allows users to access those annotations. This is really great for Agile developers who are paper-phobic. Go to http:\\www.axure.com\ for more info and a free trial. I hope that's helpful! Take care, F. -- Fred Beecher Sr. User Experience Consultant Evantage Consulting O: 612.230.3838 // M: 612.810.6745 IM: fbeec...@gmail.com (google/msn) // fredevc (aim/yahoo) T: http://twitter.com/fred_beecher Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Outstanding examples of permission management UIs
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Harry wrote: > Can anyone recommend any outstanding examples of permission management UIs > for CMS or similar systems? > Hi Harry. The Sitecore CMS has pretty robust permission management capabilities. The UI for it is a little overwhelming (one checkbox for each option, but they're *nice looking* checkboxes). http://www.sitecore.net/en/Products/Sitecore%20CMS/Site%20Control.aspx?nav=s (See "Security") F. -- Fred Beecher Sr. User Experience Consultant Evantage Consulting O: 612.230.3838 // M: 612.810.6745 IM: fbeec...@gmail.com (google/msn) // fredevc (aim/yahoo) T: http://twitter.com/fred_beecher Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Whitney Hess wrote: > Just wanted to share an article I wrote titled ³10 Most Common > Misconceptions About User Experience Design² that was published today on > Mashable. > > http://mashable.com/2009/01/09/user-experience-design/ Thanks! I look forward to using this as a client education piece. Good stuff. Barbara Ballard barb...@littlespringsdesign.com 1-785-838-3003 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] prevention, prediction and wellness
Thanks Chauncey - I'll take anything you've got! :) Interestingly, having observed work on and having been involved with numerous clinical trials now, I have seen that people often do not react in the way we might expect and their perceptions can be very different as well even in cases where a trial has gone very wrong - where there have been deaths and the trial has been stopped. In the case of one such situation, people in the "trial gone wrong" signed up for a similar trial a few months later despite their experience with fellow trial members passing away in the first trial. They did not place blame on the investigators and staff and retained a good relationship with both. So it is possible they did indeed understand the risk at the onset of the trial and/or they formed such a bond with the trial team and their fellow trial members that they were willing to risk and put their personal concerns aside (why, we do not yet fully understand). On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Chauncey Wilson wrote: > This might be off on somewhat of a tangent, but there are tools to indicate > risk, but then there are all the cognitive biases that affect how people > perceive risk in the social and cognitive psychology. The work of Tversky > and Kahneman and others on biases like the salience bias where perceptions > of risk are influenced by the salience of related events. For example, a > person who just had someone die from a medical condition is likely to view > risk differently. > I'm not near my references now, but if this seems relevant, I can provide > some more detailed references. > > Good topic and interesting research. > Chauncey > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:24 PM, christine chastain < > chastain.christ...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good morning! >> >> Thanks to those that responded to me offline and I'm sorry I have been so >> nebulous however I wanted to see what - anything - that would come back >> with such a broad, undefined question. >> >> I work for the Innovation Center at the Mayo Clinic and also as a >> researcher >> on various clinical trials. I am very active in the prevention and >> prediction space i.e. how can we study the use of prevention and >> prediction >> tools and then develop better or entirely different tools that >> enable patients, providers and the larger community to understand risk and >> actively participate in their healthcare. >> >> We have a number of prototypes up and running in various areas, the most >> interesting in genomic testing and family history. I'd be interested in >> work >> that has been done in this area in the past - these do NOT have to be >> healthcare related necessarily. These could be risk/prediction models of >> any >> kind and any research or first-hand knowledge that has been successful or >> not in the past. >> >> Thanks again! >> Christine >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Boyd > >wrote: >> >> > Thanks for asking the question, David :) >> > >> > I spent a couple of years in the health space myself - I think Christine >> > might be using wellness in the holistic health/preventative medicine >> sense. >> > >> > Cheers, Andrew >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:17 AM, David Shaw > >wrote: >> > >> >> Can you define "prevention, prediction, wellness"? I do work in the >> >> healthcare space, but I don't know if what I do fits what you are >> looking >> >> to >> >> find out. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> David >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM, christine chastain < >> >> chastain.christ...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi all, >> >> > >> >> > Happy new year! >> >> > >> >> > Has anyone or is anyone working on or know anyone working in the >> >> > prevention, >> >> > prediction and wellness space? If so, I'd like to connect. >> >> > >> >> > Thanks much - Christine >> >> > >> >> > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> >> > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org >> >> > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> >> > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> >> > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> "Making peoples lives easier daily... since 1969" >> >> >> >> w: http://spinjunkey.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> >> To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org >> >> Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> >> List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> >> List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > --- >> > Andrew Boyd >> > http://uxcommunity.org -- User Experience Community >> > http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss >> > >> >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Associatio
Re: [IxDA Discuss] prevention, prediction and wellness
This might be off on somewhat of a tangent, but there are tools to indicate risk, but then there are all the cognitive biases that affect how people perceive risk in the social and cognitive psychology. The work of Tversky and Kahneman and others on biases like the salience bias where perceptions of risk are influenced by the salience of related events. For example, a person who just had someone die from a medical condition is likely to view risk differently. I'm not near my references now, but if this seems relevant, I can provide some more detailed references. Good topic and interesting research. Chauncey On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:24 PM, christine chastain < chastain.christ...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good morning! > > Thanks to those that responded to me offline and I'm sorry I have been so > nebulous however I wanted to see what - anything - that would come back > with such a broad, undefined question. > > I work for the Innovation Center at the Mayo Clinic and also as a > researcher > on various clinical trials. I am very active in the prevention and > prediction space i.e. how can we study the use of prevention and prediction > tools and then develop better or entirely different tools that > enable patients, providers and the larger community to understand risk and > actively participate in their healthcare. > > We have a number of prototypes up and running in various areas, the most > interesting in genomic testing and family history. I'd be interested in > work > that has been done in this area in the past - these do NOT have to be > healthcare related necessarily. These could be risk/prediction models of > any > kind and any research or first-hand knowledge that has been successful or > not in the past. > > Thanks again! > Christine > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Boyd >wrote: > > > Thanks for asking the question, David :) > > > > I spent a couple of years in the health space myself - I think Christine > > might be using wellness in the holistic health/preventative medicine > sense. > > > > Cheers, Andrew > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:17 AM, David Shaw >wrote: > > > >> Can you define "prevention, prediction, wellness"? I do work in the > >> healthcare space, but I don't know if what I do fits what you are > looking > >> to > >> find out. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> David > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM, christine chastain < > >> chastain.christ...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > Happy new year! > >> > > >> > Has anyone or is anyone working on or know anyone working in the > >> > prevention, > >> > prediction and wellness space? If so, I'd like to connect. > >> > > >> > Thanks much - Christine > >> > > >> > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > >> > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > >> > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > >> > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > >> > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> "Making peoples lives easier daily... since 1969" > >> > >> w: http://spinjunkey.wordpress.com > >> > >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > >> To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > >> Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > >> List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > >> List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > --- > > Andrew Boyd > > http://uxcommunity.org -- User Experience Community > > http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss > > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > 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 ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Video conferencing for distributed design???
Jeff - great stuff!!! Thank you so much. You addressed all the scale-up issues we are worried about -- but as you say, we may not be able to square that circle, especially with the budget we have. But this is great info for us to consider as we move forward. Your hands-on analysis will help us greatly. Bonnie P. S., I forgot to mention that these "get-togethers" happen twice a week, so flying isn't an option - we'd always be in the air ;-) Jeff Howard wrote: Hi Bonnie, I've suffered through plenty of group meetings/presentations over video conference and even with an expensive Polycom system (fantastic video quality) it was nearly always a train wreck. One observation is that you really need to be able to see both the presenter and what's being presented simultaneously for an effective presentation. Our Polycom system had the ability to pan and zoom the camera and we would go back and forth from the speaker to whatever they were presenting, but it's not enough. You need to be able to see with perfect clarity what's being presented, and zooming in on whatever they're projecting on their side doesn't cut it. You also need to be able to see who's talking. Otherwise it's easy to lose interest. Plus all that panning is incredibly tedious. I've addressed this in a couple different ways. When I interviewed for my first job out of grad school I knew it was going to be over video conference since they had a west coast and east coast location. My solution was to make two copies of my presentation on large format 11x17 paper, number the pages, put them in a plastic binder (by Itoya) and Fed-Ex one copy to the west coast office. That way I could take a bit of unfamiliar technology out of the equation, and we could use the videoconference to focus on face-to-face communication. It worked really well. The downside is that this doesn't scale beyond about half-a-dozen people on each side of the call and it would require an incredible amount of up-front work (and expense) for your students to prepare multiple copies of their presentations far enough in advance to actually Fed-Ex them across the planet in time. We tried this at CMU once for a project with a sponsor on the west coast and cut thing very close (the FedEx arrived literally during the video call). So it's logistically difficult. The solution I formulated once I began to work with videoconferencing on a daily/weekly basis was a dual-screen system. Using the main conference system for face-to-face communication and then using VNC to create a mirror of the presenter's computer slides so we could see what they were seeing without constantly having to verbally sync (what slide are you on?). Normally we'd crowd around the mirrored laptop, but again, that doesn't scale so you'd have to use a projector. That introduces another problem. Making the room dark enough to project while making it also light enough for video conferencing is a tricky balance. The needs of the projector usually win out and you end up putting everyone to sleep in the dark. The ideal would be to have a large-format HDTV secondary display at each location to use for the slide presentation. It should be located near the screen being used to videoconference. Of course, this all only works if you have digital presentations. The only way I can see this really working for design school type crits is to have a videographer (student volunteer?) on each side streaming images of the wall sketches from a secondary video camera to the mirrored presentation screen in real time. You could hook that secondary camera up to the mirrored laptop via firewire. But you'd also need some way to switch between the A and B streams whenever things switch from presenting analog sketches to presenting digital slides. That means you'd need a 2nd student volunteer operating the laptop to handing the directorial duties. What I've just described is a poor man's version of something called "telepresence" being developed by companies like Cisco, HP and others. They generally set up dedicated telepresence suites. These are probably out of your price range, but you might look to them for inspiration. Here are some systems that stood out when I researched this a few years ago. - Cisco Telepresence 3000 - HP Halo Collaboration Studio - Polycom RPX Telepresence Solutions - Telanetrix Digital Presence Systems - Teliris VirtuaLive HD Modular Telepresence Solution - Destiny Telesuite System Room configuration is really important (which is one of the advantages to the pre-designed suite). Imagine that your near and far locations are arranged so that each side can see each other through a common window (the TV). If the presenter is near the TV, they're placed in a position of having to turn their back on either the near or far group. This alienates one group or the other, and things quickly devolve into multiple separate groups rather than one bi
Re: [IxDA Discuss] prevention, prediction and wellness
Good morning! Thanks to those that responded to me offline and I'm sorry I have been so nebulous however I wanted to see what - anything - that would come back with such a broad, undefined question. I work for the Innovation Center at the Mayo Clinic and also as a researcher on various clinical trials. I am very active in the prevention and prediction space i.e. how can we study the use of prevention and prediction tools and then develop better or entirely different tools that enable patients, providers and the larger community to understand risk and actively participate in their healthcare. We have a number of prototypes up and running in various areas, the most interesting in genomic testing and family history. I'd be interested in work that has been done in this area in the past - these do NOT have to be healthcare related necessarily. These could be risk/prediction models of any kind and any research or first-hand knowledge that has been successful or not in the past. Thanks again! Christine On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Boyd wrote: > Thanks for asking the question, David :) > > I spent a couple of years in the health space myself - I think Christine > might be using wellness in the holistic health/preventative medicine sense. > > Cheers, Andrew > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:17 AM, David Shaw wrote: > >> Can you define "prevention, prediction, wellness"? I do work in the >> healthcare space, but I don't know if what I do fits what you are looking >> to >> find out. >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:01 PM, christine chastain < >> chastain.christ...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Happy new year! >> > >> > Has anyone or is anyone working on or know anyone working in the >> > prevention, >> > prediction and wellness space? If so, I'd like to connect. >> > >> > Thanks much - Christine >> > >> > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org >> > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> "Making peoples lives easier daily... since 1969" >> >> w: http://spinjunkey.wordpress.com >> >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org >> Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > > > -- > --- > Andrew Boyd > http://uxcommunity.org -- User Experience Community > http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] "People are Used to it"
See, this is one of the issues with big conversation on IxDA. EVENTUALLY, The people responsible for the actual examples are going to pop up and destroy all hope of retaining the example as a metaphor. Paul, Jim, If either of you thought to include the optometrist selection of TV settings. Kudos. My only real annoyance with my Philips TV is the lack of an aspect ratio button. With the often-wrong prediction of how I want to view my TV, I want an override. And there seem to be un-mapped red-blue-green-yellow buttons. outside the menu So maybe next-time you include it? Or maybe my TV is just bobo. I wanted to ground my example in something easy to think about and easy to understand instantly. And it did a good job. But what accounts for the same -kinds- of mistakes in the web world. Where the costs of these things are microscopic? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36646 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Product design 101 primer?
I like this -- http://www.infodesign.com.au/articlespresentations/articles/humansadesignersguide.asp rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36974 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Conference Overview
The obvious quick answer is Interactions09 http://interactions09.ixda.org . Why? It's a fantastic conference that crosses boundaries of physical and software product design. There are great speakers. And Vancouver is beautiful. I'm also considering: UX London — also great speakers, relevant topics, and well, London. UIE — Jared and UIE always put on a great conference http://www.uie.com/events/ UIE Web App Summit — if you're working on applications, it's a great conference to attend Web App Summit Adaptive Path UX Conferences — also great subject matter and speakers. SxSW is a great conference if you're looking primarily for a social scene. On Jan 10, 2009, at 3:44 AM, Pietro Desiato wrote: what are in your opinion the conferences we should not miss and why? Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: t...@messagefirst.com AIM:twar...@mac.com Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] "People are Used to it"
I can attest to the truth of Peter's comment: This isn't laziness as > such, but a combination of: > - siloed organizations > - risk aversion > The Philips TV is a good example, because I can pretty much guarantee > that the designers of the TV software, TV hardware, and the remote > control were in different teams, and coordinating their work was > nearly impossible. When I was working on the UI for first Philips digital TVs, I once tried to persuade the folks in charge of labeling to inputs on the back of the set to coordinate the naming and arrangement with our team doing the on-screen UI and remote. The response was, and I quote: "This isn't the UI. This is the back panel!" - Jim Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs
In my experience there are two very good ways to prototype that: - using a paper prototype, and the computer (a human) simulates all rich interactions, so you have a lot more flexibility to get all the interface states you want. you may document that in a series of videos as a walkthrough. - using flash or another interactive animation technology, if you have the time and resources needed to do that. flash makes it easy to simulate things like drag&drop or dynamic lists via pre-built interface components and the ability to code "quick & dirty". milan > As we continue to adopt asynchronous models of interaction (AJAX, > Flex/AIR, etc), documenting these has become much more complex and > dynamic. Would anyone mind sharing ideas or links? -- milan guenther * interaction design ||| | | || | || | || +33 6 67 11 13 83 * www.guenther.cx Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Microsoft Surface and Windows 7
Hi, The company I work for (http://www.intuilab.com) works for 2 years on surface computing application's design. We experienced devices like diamondtouch or stantum's SMK. We have also designed and produced our own multitouch hardware solution (see http://www.intuiface.com). We also are currently "playing" with Microsoft Surface SDK and hardware. In my point of view, the main challenge is designing both for multi-touch AND multi-users. Switching from a single "pointer" (whatever the input : monotouch screen, mouse...) to multitouch gestures is a wide gap. It increases possibilities for users to interact and complexity that designers have to manage. Another point : the Microsoft Surface is a table. This is obvisous to say, but this has wide impacts on design. That means that users can use the application from any side, there is no top or bottom of the screen. Orientation(s) of objects, texts etc is then a serious issue. Finaly (the list is definitively not exhautive), it is pretty hard to define the number of users that will use the table at a time. Design solutions have to be relevant for 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR ... users at a time. This introduce severe constraints on design when those users are working on the same object of interest. Hope this help. Alban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36947 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] IxD Conference Overview
hi all, new year has started and I'd like to have an overview on the must-be conferences so that I can plan my partecipations a little bit. And since this is the best place to ask...well, i'm asking :D what are in your opinion the conferences we should not miss and why? thanks all, Pietro Desiato Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
