Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs
For me prototyping and design documentation are two very different things. I use the first for testing ideas, the second for communicating design decisions / considerations / motivation. The possibilities of AJAX are great for the web, but nothing new for desktop software. For specification of (rich) interaction I use State Transition Diagrams (or Statecharts), part of UML. It's supported by tools as Visio and ConceptDraw - and more important: it's widely understood by software developers. - Yohan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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] Methods for Documenting RIAs
On 11 Jan 2009, at 01:54, Jared Spool wrote: 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 I've had good results with just filming folk poking the paper around with their fingers. Good enough to get the point across. Adrian 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] How do you present designs to remote stakeholders?
On 7 Jan 2009, at 00:05, Anna Kalata wrote: [snip] Building a barebones system or customizing an open-source framework might become the preferred option. So, I guess I should revise my question not to focus on tools, but effectiveness of methods when communicating or presenting asynchronously and remotely with clients. What works well, what doesn't work, what do you wish you had, what do your clients/ stakeholders love the most? [snip] I've used project blogs in the past. Having a central location where everybody could post up mock-ups, visuals, links to early versions, progress reports, etc. seemed to work quite well. Since most blogging tools come with tools that allow you to imbed images, movies, audio, etc. out of the box set up time was pretty small. Client feedback via blog comments. If I do it again - I'll have the client as an equal-rights poster to the blog too. In hindsight some of their communications when they were talking about how the business worked would have been handled better that way. Didn't really use it as a presentation tool. We still had occasional face to face meet ups, plus regular teleconference + VNC to run demos/ meetings. However the continual communication via blog posts/comments helped everybody keep on track and make those meeting more effective. Cheers, Adrian 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] Thinking about an abuser and not only a user
On 8 Jan 2009, at 15:11, a...@amroha.dk wrote: [snip] Dr. Thompson talks about an airline incident where he was able to hack into a system due to boredom. He believes that the developers forgot to see the abuser point of view. Interestingly I often see the opposite problem. Folk take the abuser POV too seriously and produce a terribly user experience because of it. Do you think that this only concern the engineers and programmers or can Interaction Designers provide useful help here? (If they ever think about abusers) [snip] Yes I think is the answer :-) The terribly user experiences that you sometimes encounter when trying to stop abuses is a big sign that more help is needed. To pick two of my particular hates: * CAPTCHA images - how many regular users to they stop? I know I've given up on occasion... * The terribly user experience in many implementations of OpenAuth/ID - new technologies that should be helping users You might be interested in the hcisec list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hcisec/ where these issues are sometimes discussed. Cheers, Adrian 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 9, 2009, at 4:54 PM, Isaac Weinhausen wrote: 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? I've recorded a podcast with James Box and Richard Rutter from Clearleft on exactly this topic. It's in production now and I suspect we'll have it out in the next few weeks. (James and Richard are teaching a full-day workshop on this at the UIE Web App Summit in April: http://cli.gs/TA1J1M.) As soon as the podcast is released, I'll pop you a note. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: jsp...@uie.com p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks Twitter: jmspool UIE Web App Summit, 4/19-4/22: http://webappsummit.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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs
I too use Axure to prototype, but not as much for its interaction but rather for the ability to easily create functional specs. To that point, I find it very powerful for our development teams understanding of my thoughts, but not as important for discussions with the client. Like William, I think that the lower fidelity the prototype the greater the communication and understanding through that communication with the client. In my experience the most valuable tool is the idea and your ability to convey it verbally, not Axure, not Flash, AJAX, Rails, or a #2 pencil and napkin. With a good idea, a whiteboard, and a involved client you should be able to go straight to wireframes and prototyping. Less than 50% of the time do I need to show my clients wireframes at all if we've had the proper up front time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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] Thinking about an abuser and not only a user
Yes. Security is great, but good interaction is better. And there is such a thing as self-defeating security, also. Take AKO's (Army Knowledge Online) password requirements: 2 or more lowercase letters 2 or more uppercase letters 2 or more numbers 2 or more symbols (*^...@!,.; so on) And at least 10 characters long. It changes once every 3 months and stores the last 10 passwords to prevent you from repeating. This is annoying, and also pretty-much forces the user to write his password down. I shake my head every time I see it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36963 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] Usability of accordions
I propose a new law. In IxD discussions if people bring up Yahoo it should be as Godwin's Law. Yahoo, while slightly better now then in the past, is still one of the worst offenders when it comes to poor usability. A close second is almost every Newspaper site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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] Usability of accordions
yaWho? On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:53 PM, William Brall dam...@earthlink.net wrote: I propose a new law. In IxD discussions if people bring up Yahoo it should be as Godwin's Law. Yahoo, while slightly better now then in the past, is still one of the worst offenders when it comes to poor usability. A close second is almost every Newspaper site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 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
Hooray, Whitney! Amen to the kudos about how terse and informative this is, and I also want to say how well the piece was written. Sprinkled with good quotes to make it both lively and credible ... beautifully done! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37038 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
While more than 2 finger gesture support isn't practical due to hardware limits for desktop gesture capturing, dual finger gesture support is built into Vista too: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc872774.aspx Whats notable for me are the 8 'flicks' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design
Next time use an accordion! : ) 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] Interesting article, Design Anthropology: Response to Yoko Akama
http://dori3.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/09/design-anthropology-response-to-yoko-akama.html As we know, guys in the list hold different opinions on user research. As one of the potential user research enhancement, Design Anthropology, there's a debate between Dori and Yoko Akama, which stimulate my curiosity. Some recently case on this, 1. nokia pull out from japan silently 2. iPhone also encounter hard times in japan from 4 months ago Design Anthropology is a interesting way for thinking about these problems. Regards, Jarod -- http://designforuse.blogspot.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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs
Over three years ago, Ryan Freitas put together this presentation on Beyond Wireframes: http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/ap_beyond_wireframes.pdf Enjoy. Dan 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
