Re: [IxDA Discuss] working with kids/teenagers?
Thanks a lot to everyone who answered, both online and offline! This was very useful! Sebi On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Sebi Tauciuc stauc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Does anyone have experience in working with kids/teenagers aged 10-18? Any pointers on the best methods to use to get them interested in the process, understand their world and maybe involve them in idea generation? Our project is in Malmö, Sweden, but I guess knowledge from some other areas could apply. Thanks! Sebi -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ 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] all small or add caps?
I agree with Bryan Tiller: a logo is a visual shape and you can act more creatively than with a common text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38327 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] One Show Interactive Awards Deadline February 28 http://www.enteroneshow.org
28 of the top creative directors in the field of interactive advertising have been selected to judge One Show Interactive, the industrys most prestigious awards competition celebrating the years best in digital media and web design. The 12th annual One Show Interactive Awards will take place on May 8th at Terminal 5 in New York as part of The One Clubs Festival Week. To enter One Show Interactive, go to www.enteroneshow.org. Extended deadline for entries is Feb 27, 2009 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] [JOB] Interaction Designer - Pharmacy OneSource - Middleton, WI Bellevue, WA - full time
Interaction Designer Pharmacy OneSource is the fastest growing and the national leader in software as a service for healthcare systems. We create and implement software that address specific medication management and patient safety challenges for more than 1,400 hospitals who provide care for more than 10 million patients admitted into the hospital. That means that about 1 out of 3 hospitals in the U.S. are directly affected by the work we do. Our software enables swift and safe healthcare, resulting in improved patient care, reduced costs, and saved lives. So we do work that matters. And we have fun, offering a relaxed, creative and inspired environment in Middleton (WI) and Bellevue (WA) where great people and ideas thrive. Job Summary Every day, thousands of pharmacists, doctors and nurses who use our software care for millions of patients. By making their user experience more intuitive and efficient, you'll play an important part in improving the quality of patient care. As an Interaction Designer, your role is vital to our development process. You'll steer interface design, create prototypes, research the user experience, and collaborate with teams of software developers to promote user-centered design. We offer a full benefits package, which includes medical and dental insurance, PTO, paid Holidays, and matching 401(k). Salary is commensurate upon experience. To be considered for this exciting opportunity, submit recent salary history and resume to j...@rph.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] Usability Evaluation Checklists - Products
Hey Hari, There are various checklists that are available depending on the qualitative and quantitative results that you want to analyze. Not sure what kind of review you want to do. Again, when you say software products, there are different kind of products e.g. standalone, transactional, etc. If you want to do a rapid analysis you can do a heuristic evaluation based on the 10 basic guidelines. You can further create sub-factors for each of these guidelines based on interaction, information, presentation and navigation. But here you might not be abale to to analyze the strategic issues. cheers, Rony On 2/9/09, Harikrishna V P harikrish...@ibsplc.com wrote: Hi Group, Can you please share information and resources on checklists for doing evaluation on software products. Warm Regards, Harikrishna VP DISCLAIMER: The information in this e-mail and any attachment is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly contact the sender and destroy all copies of the original communication. IBS makes no warranty, express or implied, nor guarantees the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the information contained in this email or any attachment and is not liable for any errors, defects, omissions, viruses or for resultant loss or damage, if any, direct or indirect. 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
[IxDA Discuss] Inspired by Interaction09?
What an amazing weekend. First off, many thanks to Greg Petroff, the Simon Fraser University team, and every committee member and volunteer for creating a space for such amazing speakers and workshops. My mind is racing right now. I don't want this energy to fade, I want all the ideas I wrote down to actually take a life outside of my notebook. I don't want to just slip back into work as usual. So I wonder: How do YOU plan on using what you've learned this weekend? How do you plan on keeping the conversations going? I'll start: I'm going to start a new local group in Savannah, Georgia so I can have some in-person inspiration between conferences. You? Janna 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] Experience Definition
Yes Andy, play is a particularly interesting form of interaction since discovering the rules and possibilities of the game is often a major component of the experience. Unlike game designers who selectively and deliberately obfuscate some interactions, application website designers usually want to make the 'rules of the game' as obvious as possible. Because game play is so much about learning interaction rules it can offer valuable insights in how to make non-game interfaces more discoverable and enjoyable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38278 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] Open source user experience
I've been thinking about the open source movement. I know very little of the UX community's involvement, so firstly I'm posting to ask what has been happening so far. Mozilla, Open Office and some others must have had serious UX involvement. Secondly, if it doesn't already exist, I wonder if there's the potential for us to structure some kind of virtual agency that would allow us to engage effectively. Few thoughts - In my opinion, several OS projects are incredible achievements that are hampered by small usability problems or even just language issues. I really believe in the movement. I think some corners of it need our help. - UX involvement, unlike coder involvement, might be more effective if the people weren't aligned to a single project, so maybe the movement doesn't naturally structure itself to include us. - Be a good way to spread the UX word, and a good way for us to collaborate and learn from each other. Might be especially useful for people trainign in UX. Maybe meetings like the book club but instead the topic is an open source project that everyone's looked in advance. Any thoughts? Knowledge of UX involvement so far? Tom ... Tom Coombs http://www.manwomanandchild.com +44 (0) 7968 151198 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] Open source user experience
Here's an interesting slideshare+audio (hit play button for audio and slide sync): http://www.slideshare.net/jsonin/flirt-date-commit-injecting-design-into-an-open-source-project-presentation I agree that a lot of open source projects out there could benefit from this, and of course, the community would benefit as a result. Mike C. Tom Coombs wrote: I've been thinking about the open source movement. I know very little of the UX community's involvement, so firstly I'm posting to ask what has been happening so far. Mozilla, Open Office and some others must have had serious UX involvement. Secondly, if it doesn't already exist, I wonder if there's the potential for us to structure some kind of virtual agency that would allow us to engage effectively. Few thoughts - In my opinion, several OS projects are incredible achievements that are hampered by small usability problems or even just language issues. I really believe in the movement. I think some corners of it need our help. - UX involvement, unlike coder involvement, might be more effective if the people weren't aligned to a single project, so maybe the movement doesn't naturally structure itself to include us. - Be a good way to spread the UX word, and a good way for us to collaborate and learn from each other. Might be especially useful for people trainign in UX. Maybe meetings like the book club but instead the topic is an open source project that everyone's looked in advance. Any thoughts? Knowledge of UX involvement so far? Tom ... Tom Coombs http://www.manwomanandchild.com +44 (0) 7968 151198 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] Open source user experience
Great timing! Aza Raskin's presentation at Interaction09 yesterday was specifically targeting this very topic. Mozilla for one is really pushing to get us together and help bushwack that path. In my opinion, there was an underlying theme of global empathy running through the conference, and with a user base of something like 240 million people using firefox, it's a great opportunity to use our skills to 'make a difference' and affect some change. check out http://labs.mozilla.com for a start. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Mike Caskey m...@casadev.com wrote: Here's an interesting slideshare+audio (hit play button for audio and slide sync): http://www.slideshare.net/jsonin/flirt-date-commit-injecting-design-into-an-open-source-project-presentation I agree that a lot of open source projects out there could benefit from this, and of course, the community would benefit as a result. Mike C. Tom Coombs wrote: I've been thinking about the open source movement. I know very little of the UX community's involvement, so firstly I'm posting to ask what has been happening so far. Mozilla, Open Office and some others must have had serious UX involvement. Secondly, if it doesn't already exist, I wonder if there's the potential for us to structure some kind of virtual agency that would allow us to engage effectively. Few thoughts - In my opinion, several OS projects are incredible achievements that are hampered by small usability problems or even just language issues. I really believe in the movement. I think some corners of it need our help. - UX involvement, unlike coder involvement, might be more effective if the people weren't aligned to a single project, so maybe the movement doesn't naturally structure itself to include us. - Be a good way to spread the UX word, and a good way for us to collaborate and learn from each other. Might be especially useful for people trainign in UX. Maybe meetings like the book club but instead the topic is an open source project that everyone's looked in advance. Any thoughts? Knowledge of UX involvement so far? Tom ... Tom Coombs http://www.manwomanandchild.com +44 (0) 7968 151198 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 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] Open source user experience
I'm glad to see this post. Drupal is a good example. Until recently, Drupal was largely built with little help from folks like us. The founder, Dries Buytaert, however is a strong believer in usability and experience and managed to get Drupal formally tested twice in lab setting. Given the poor test reults, the community is rallying around becoming more usable and organizing itself. groups.drupal/org/usability is a fine example. Folks in this channel and various IRC channels come together to build better designs - and engineers are begining to shift towards these channels for advice. These channels are essentiall the virtual agency you speak of - but are Drupal specific. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Tom Coombs t...@manwomanandchild.comwrote: I've been thinking about the open source movement. I know very little of the UX community's involvement, so firstly I'm posting to ask what has been happening so far. Mozilla, Open Office and some others must have had serious UX involvement. Secondly, if it doesn't already exist, I wonder if there's the potential for us to structure some kind of virtual agency that would allow us to engage effectively. Few thoughts - In my opinion, several OS projects are incredible achievements that are hampered by small usability problems or even just language issues. I really believe in the movement. I think some corners of it need our help. - UX involvement, unlike coder involvement, might be more effective if the people weren't aligned to a single project, so maybe the movement doesn't naturally structure itself to include us. - Be a good way to spread the UX word, and a good way for us to collaborate and learn from each other. Might be especially useful for people trainign in UX. Maybe meetings like the book club but instead the topic is an open source project that everyone's looked in advance. Any thoughts? Knowledge of UX involvement so far? Tom ... Tom Coombs http://www.manwomanandchild.com +44 (0) 7968 151198 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] Open source user experience
On 9 Feb 2009, at 16:03, Tom Coombs wrote: I've been thinking about the open source movement. I know very little of the UX community's involvement, so firstly I'm posting to ask what has been happening so far. Mozilla, Open Office and some others must have had serious UX involvement. Secondly, if it doesn't already exist, I wonder if there's the potential for us to structure some kind of virtual agency that would allow us to engage effectively. [snip] Any thoughts? Knowledge of UX involvement so far? You might find some of http://delicious.com/adrianh/opensource+ux of interest, especially http://www.openusability.org/ 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] Open source user experience
On 9 Feb 2009, at 16:03, Tom Coombs wrote: I've been thinking about the open source movement. I know very little of the UX community's involvement, so firstly I'm posting to ask what has been happening so far. Mozilla, Open Office and some others must have had serious UX involvement. Secondly, if it doesn't already exist, I wonder if there's the potential for us to structure some kind of virtual agency that would allow us to engage effectively. [snip] Any thoughts? Knowledge of UX involvement so far? You might find some of http://delicious.com/adrianh/opensource+ux of interest, especially http://www.openusability.org/ 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] Open source user experience
For more linkage, see http://delicious.com/andyed/opensource+usability The openusability.org site Adrian referenced is a sort of virtual agency. The Mozilla efforts are I think the culmination of a rising trend here, capping work in Usability sprints, along with more dedicated projects in GIMP, Drupal, and Wordpress. There's more to the Mozilla picture than described here so far -- Test Pilot aims to get a representative 1% of the firefox user base for instrumentation aided remote usability exercises: http://labs.mozilla.com/2009/01/test-pilot-vision/ Cheers, Andy On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Adrian Howard adri...@quietstars.comwrote: On 9 Feb 2009, at 16:03, Tom Coombs wrote: snip exist, I wonder if there's the potential for us to structure some kind of virtual agency that would allow us to engage effectively. [snip] Any thoughts? Knowledge of UX involvement so far? You might find some of http://delicious.com/adrianh/opensource+ux of interest, especially http://www.openusability.org/ 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] Open source user experience
I just ran into Paula Bach's work on UX and Open Source, in particular: Designers Wanted: Participation and the User Experience in Open Source Software http://cscl.ist.psu.edu/public/users/pbach/paper1367-bach.pdf A nice read ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38371 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] Aren't we just a little important to democracy?
To Andrei Herasimchuk, Your rhetoric is infuriating. What was the point of trying to tear apart my response? Because you thought I was republican? Well I'm not and I have to say your post was absolutely useless, meaning that it contributed nothing. Not to mention every point that you were trying to make against mine was an assumption. This is a discussion board not a bashing board. Oh and... Given how FAST the whitehouse.gov site was turned around from the moment Obaba was elected and flipped to on the day Obama started (approx 2 months), I think its safe to say the team responsible for whitehouse.gov is not part of the problem. Please, that site was redesigned and tested well over 2 months ago. and... Upon looking at this specific form closer, it seems this was done purposefully. You're telling me they purposefully created a problem for the user when submitting their form? Come on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37630 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 Evaluation Checklists - Products
Check out: www.usability.gov http://www.stcsig.org/usability/resources/index.html http://www.infodesign.com.au/usabilityresources/default.asp and ... http://www.sitepoint.com/kits/usability1/ rgds, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38363 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] Password reset / retrieval Best Practices?
Hi all, Can anyone point me to a resource on best practices for password reset/retrieval? Does anyone have any good information to share? Thanks! Susan Patrick User Interface Designer III The Midland Company - CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be confidential. It is intended only for the addressee named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy, or disseminate it. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. 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] (Plug) Beyond Findability IASummit Pre-Conference Workshop
Hey IxD friends. I know many of you are still drifting down from the mountaintop experience in Vancouver, which truly sounded inspiring from the reports on Twitter and what-not for those of us not able to attend. (I *must* make it to Savannah next year!) But we're already looking ahead to March. For those of you who may be attending the IA Summit in Memphis this year, let me encourage you to look into attending the IA Institute's pre-conference workshop called Beyond Findability: Reframing IA Practice Strategy for Turbulent Times. *Linkage: * Read more at http://iasummit.org/2009/program/pre-con/beyond-findability/ Register at https://www.asis.org/Conferences/IA09/ia09regform.php *A few things I want to make clear about the session: * - We're making it relevant for any UX design people, not just those who self-identify as Information Architects. In fact, part of the workshop is about how different practitioner communities can better collaborate complement other approaches. - By Turbulent times we don't just mean the economy, but the turbulence of technological change -- the incredibly rapid evolution of how people use the stuff we make. - It's not a how-to/tutorial-style workshop, but meant to spark some challenging conversation and push the evolution of our professions ahead a little faster. - There will, however, be some practical take-away content that you should be able to stick on a cube wall and make use of immediately. - It's not anti-Findability -- but looks at what IA in particular brings to design *beyond* the conventional understanding of the practice. - We're hoping experienced design professionals will attend, not just newer folks; the content is meant to be somewhat high-level and advanced, but you should be able to get value from it no matter where you are in your career. *Here's the quickie blurb: * This workshop aims to take your IA practice to a higher level of understanding, performance and impact. Learn about contextual models and scalable frameworks, design collaboration tactics, and how to wield more influence at the strategy table. * If you have any specific questions about it, please feel free to hit me up with an email!* *Note: the IA Summit is produced by ASIST, not the IA Institute. -- andrew hinton / inkblurt.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] Password reset / retrieval Best Practices?
I'd be interested in seeing that as well. However, (putting on my security hat) do not store passwords in any form that can be retrieved and displayed to the user. Store them in some sort of one-way encryption or hash and require the user to reset the password if they've forgotten it. It's easy to do and probably supported by every login mechanism out there. Signed, Was once on the wrong side of ...they cracked our system and stole all the user logins and passwords. spatr...@amig.com wrote: Hi all, Can anyone point me to a resource on best practices for password reset/retrieval? Does anyone have any good information to share? Thanks! Susan Patrick User Interface Designer III The Midland Company - CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be confidential. It is intended only for the addressee named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy, or disseminate it. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. 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 -- J. Eric jet Townsend, CMU Master of Tangible Interaction Design '09 design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 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] User Experience Stage, Agile 2009: Call for Proposals / Feedback / Requests
On 7 Feb 2009, at 17:29, Nathaniel Flick wrote: Are your findings posted to the web? I'd love to see some as we're grappling with the User Centered Design vs. Agile problem right now; trying to integrate the two. Personally - I never quite get why there's a vs there. They always seemed very compatible to me :-) You might find some of the stuff bookmarked under http://delicious.com/adrianh/agile+ux of interest. There's also the agile-usabil...@yahoogroups.com mailing list where a bunch of folk doing this sort of stuff hang out. Also - while I'm on the topic - the deadline for Agile 2009 submissions has just been extended to March 03. So I'd encourage anybody with agile/ux experience to consider submitting to the user experience stage :-) http://agile2009.agilealliance.org/users 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
[IxDA Discuss] Toggling (on/off) best practices
Hey All, I am looking for advice/examples on how to word/or handle toggling a listener on a document. I am working on a document management web application and need a mechanism to allow people to be notified when a document has been updated or removed. I have a very limited budget and timeline so I am only going to run a handful of people through a couple ideas. This is an older application, AJAX is being newly introduced, so I feel like we need to make sure that that is clear that the event has fired and been accepted. An example of what we are thinking is a checkbox with the label Notify me of changes . When clicked, making an ajax call, and when the server responds highlighting the some text next to the checkbox that says something to the effect of You are now listening. Shannon 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] Open source user experience
Hi Tom, I completely agree with your thoughts on encouraging Design participation in open source projects. I am a part of an open source project where Interaction design is the basis of the project (www.itsme.it) and I know that the project could benifit a lot with designer participation. In the past, we extensively involved potential users, designers, developers to gain feedback on the design features and evaluate the concept. But now i am trying to understand how can I increase the partcipation of designers in the project to a greater level. We are launching a new interactive website in march, and thinking about opening up our design process inorder to discuss design features in greater depth. I found these opensource projects that encourage designer participation aswell. http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project http://everaldo.com/crystal/ Would be nice to see more comments/ideas on the subject. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38371 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] The future of displaying non-system fonts on web
Hello all, I am wondering if any of you know of existing or upcoming technologies, which would enable display of rich typography (non-system fonts) on websites - without the user having the particular font installed on his computer and still preserving the text copy+paste function? I am already aware of sIFR: http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr/ But this technology is mostly suitable for headlines and I am wondering if there is anything on the horizon that would bring some extra possibilities into also displaying body text? I am also very interested in hearing any strong arguments against it. Thanks, Martina 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] Open source user experience
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 17:03, Tom Coombs t...@manwomanandchild.com wrote: I've been thinking about the open source movement. I know very little of the UX community's involvement, so firstly I'm posting to ask what has been happening so far. Mozilla, Open Office and some others If you want to build an IxD group applyed to solve open source software issues I'm with you. FLOSS is to much closed to the coder knowledge in my opinion and must be helped by IxD fields. Luca Cappelletti -- --- Luca Cappelletti Infodomestic.com ...Together we stand, divided we fall. .O. ..O OOO GTalk,MSN: luca dot cappelletti at gmail dot com Linux Registered User: #223411 Ubuntu Registered User: #7221 l'intelligenza è utile per la sopravvivenza se ci permette di estinguere una cattiva idea prima che la cattiva idea estingua noi La chiave di ogni uomo è il suo pensiero. Benché egli possa apparire saldo e autonomo, ha un criterio cui obbedisce, che è l'idea in base alla quale classifica tutte le cose. Può essere cambiato solo mostrandogli una nuova idea che sovrasti la sua Uno studioso è soltanto un modo in cui una biblioteca crea un'altra biblioteca 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] Balsamiq Mockups XWiki Plugin
I was wondering if anybody is using Balsamiq Mockups for XWiki as a collaborative sketching tool. Would love to get any feedback you may have, as I am looking into trying it out. Thanks, Inge 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] JOB: Java Developer Mobile Devices, Seattle, FILTER, Contract
FILTER is currently working with a world-class downtown Seattle design agency, seeking a Java developer with mobile or device experience. This is a three month or longer contract, working closely with developers, UX designers and PMs, on next-generation mobile products. Hourly rate negotiable. To express interest, ask questions, or suggest candidates, respond directly to this announcement. Check out the FILTER referral program: http://www.filtertalent.com/Professionals/Referral_Rewards.aspx BOBBY MORGAN TALENT MANAGER D 206.708.8907 T 206.682.6005 F 206.682.5830 1505 5TH AVENUE, SUITE 600, SEATTLE, WA 98101 FILTERTALENT.COM http://www.filtertalent.com/ FILTER CREATIVE RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS SEATTLE PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES 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] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Dmitry originally posted this question on my behalf. I'm grateful for everyone's contributions - thanks! As Rob Pearson noted earlier, the context is one of general site navigation. It's not for finding a known, specific item within a lengthy, recognizable list (like a list of countries). It seems clear that few here would organize their web site navigation on a strictly alphabetical basis, so that's good, and not a surprise. But other than this informal consensus (and tons of real-world examples), can anyone point to publicly available research that confirms that a simple alphabetical ordering is not optimal for high-level navigation items? (A client arguing for alphabetical claims that no one organization will suit all visitors, so suggests alphabetical for neutrality's sake.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38149 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] Toggling (on/off) best practices
Hi Shannon, When or how are they being notified? Email? When they log in? When they open the doc? Hugh Griffith User Interface Designer On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Sorensen, Shannon M sorensen.shan...@con-way.com wrote: Hey All, I am looking for advice/examples on how to word/or handle toggling a listener on a document. I am working on a document management web application and need a mechanism to allow people to be notified when a document has been updated or removed. I have a very limited budget and timeline so I am only going to run a handful of people through a couple ideas. This is an older application, AJAX is being newly introduced, so I feel like we need to make sure that that is clear that the event has fired and been accepted. An example of what we are thinking is a checkbox with the label Notify me of changes . When clicked, making an ajax call, and when the server responds highlighting the some text next to the checkbox that says something to the effect of You are now listening. Shannon 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] Toggling (on/off) best practices
I think it's important to avoid programmer-ese (listeners, events, et cetera) and stick with terms/phrases that people understand (e.g., You will be notified of changes). If there are multiple ways of being notified (e.g., email, pop-up alert) and/or multiple times when they can be notified (e.g., on every change, once a day, once a week), your users should have clear options to adjust these settings as they see fit. But if they only have one notification option, I would give them an area off-page somewhere (e.g., link to portion of FAQ) to read more about the notification functionality. I am looking for advice/examples on how to word/or handle toggling a listener on a document. An example of what we are thinking is a checkbox with the label Notify me of changes . When clicked, making an ajax call, and when the server responds highlighting the some text next to the checkbox that says something to the effect of You are now listening. 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] Best spot for personalized messaging?
Hello all--Is anyone aware of research that looks at the physical placement of personalized marketing messaging? I'm looking at a mockup (for a design in which I was not involved) that has a large section of the top center of our e-commerce homepage devoted to personalized messages to the registered user. (The area is usually devoted to showcasing new items for sale; that content isn't being removed, it will just be pushed farther down the page.) The content of these messages will vary, but the one being proposed to start with is directed at users who are opted out of e-mails, telling them that they're missing a lot by not opting in and reminding them how to change their communication preferences. This strikes me as intrusive, and my gut feeling is that such a prominent position on the site should not be given over to something that's a step above a nag screen. We do have a good conversion rate from our e-mails, so from a marketing perspective, the message itself makes sense; I'm just not at all sure the placement makes sense. But that's purely a gut feeling on my part, and I would love to have some backup. Thanks in advance. 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] Open source user experience
I haven't gone and read those links yet and maybe the answer is there, but I would be interested to hear about how interaction/user- experience design can be worked into the open-source model. I can't help feeling I'm being naive here, but the checking in and out of code, branching and patching and the control of that process seems to suit code way more than it does, say, wireframes or design concepts. The latter are, by their nature, rougher than finished code would be, yet would need to go through a typical open-source process of being added to the 'build' in some way and good ideas, or too rough ideas might get killed off in the process. How have people gone about this workflow and process in existing open- source projects? The Yahoo! pattern library process seems like it could be a good model: http://tinyurl.com/by4bq Best, Andy Andy Polaine Interaction Experience Design Research | Writing | Education Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://playpen.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.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
[IxDA Discuss] fluidIA: an open design + open source UI prototyping tool
Hello, I am officially launching an open design / open source project with the intention of creating an agile user interface prototyping tool - fluidIA. I just setup a web site http://www.fluidia.org where I plan to post design ideas and make the working code available. I also invite other interaction designers and developers to join in and contribute by means of comments or design submissions. Right now the web site is still a bit empty, but I will be working on this for at least 5 months so it will grow and evolve. Have a look to learn more or see initial working code (stage server where the prototype sits needs Firefox). All the best, Jakub Linowski www.fluidia.org 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] fluidIA: an open design + open source UI prototyping tool
http://github.com/ I'll request a repository account. Best, Angel On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Jakub Linowski jlinow...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am officially launching an open design / open source project with the intention of creating an agile user interface prototyping tool - fluidIA. I just setup a web site http://www.fluidia.org where I plan to post design ideas and make the working code available. I also invite other interaction designers and developers to join in and contribute by means of comments or design submissions. Right now the web site is still a bit empty, but I will be working on this for at least 5 months so it will grow and evolve. Have a look to learn more or see initial working code (stage server where the prototype sits needs Firefox). All the best, Jakub Linowski www.fluidia.org 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] Theories/principles in interface design
Wow! Thanks for this. As someone who misunderstood the research, it's helpful. But this brings up a question for me: Intuitively, 7+-2 *seems* to be a nice boundary for many instances (number of choices offered, groupings) and I'm curious if there is research that bears this out. I know the book about how too much choice actually paralyzes people from choosing. and personally, I do have problems when I am forced to peruse a big list to choose something. Anything concrete from people? I think that the original research is misconstrued because it reinforces some design judgment/instict, and I wonder if there isn't something to that instinct. Or maybe I just want to oversimplify. ;) 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] Open source user experience
I've also realized that one thing which works very well for open source development (and not design) are branching and merging activities. So far, these activities do not translate very well into visual deliverables such as wireframes as design elements are not very modular. Lacking such modularity it is very difficult to have multiple designers work separately and merge design elements or design rules into one coherent whole. As posted in a newer thread, this is one area which I plan to think about and tackle with a new UI prototyping tool (also open source). If everything goes well to plan, the tool will allow for the creating of design element alternatives (branching) as well as merging of various design elements from different sources. Check out http://www.fluidia.org and ping me if you're also interested in working on this. Jakub Linowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38371 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] all small or add caps?
Yes, a logo is graphic. The choice will depend on the type face, the letters you use in the logo and any embellishments you might choose to add to the letters. Look, for example, at the lower case Citibank logo. Capitalizing it would lessen the impact of the red umbrella on top of the graphic. Play with the type face for couple hours, sleep on it, and the solution will present itself. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Ferran Alvarez zumaq...@zumaques.comwrote: I agree with Bryan Tiller: a logo is a visual shape and you can act more creatively than with a common text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38327 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] all small or add caps?
love LOVE Love .love love. .LOVE LOVE. love LOVE Love .love love. .LOVE LOVE. love LOVE Love .love love. .LOVE LOVE. love LOVE Love .love love. .LOVE LOVE. 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] all small or add caps?
Unless you're going with some kind of symbol for your logo, what will be most memorable is the name. For better or worse, my logo is all lowercase, but the brand mark is actually part of the name. http://miskeeto.com/ -r- 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] fluidIA: an open design open source UI prototyping tool
This project looks very cool. I've been looking for a good, preferably open-source prototyping app for some time now. A guy I'm working on a CS research project with uses OmniGraffle, and I'm always impressed by its flexibility and ease of use. I'll definitely stay tuned to fluidIA and look for ways to help out. Thanks! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38396 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] The future of displaying non-system fonts on web
Hi Martina - I wrote an article on the downsides of using sIFR (even for headlines). Please have a look as its use poses both accessibility and usability challenges. http://www.likewowonline.net/web/ued/sifr-usability-study.html As for future support? At the moment there are two competing proposals for supporting non-system fonts on the web: CSS3's @font directive and Microsoft's proprietary EOT. Both of those will only be available in browser's that support them. Considering the amount of time it takes us to safely assume a majority of the world has upgraded to a particular browser version I would say we're 5 years off for full support and 2-3 years off for practical progressive enhancement. Sitepoint has a good breakdown of the issue as well: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/07/30/custom-web-fonts-pick-your-poison/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38387 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] Job Postings : Interaction Designers Other Java and .Net Openings
Hi We at Compassites Software Solutions - a GRC [Governance Risk Compliance] Company, are looking for some onsite offshore prospects. We have a User Experience Team of 5 and 2 visual designer and 2 sales. We are located at Bangalore in India. We are trying to place resources at onsite and offshore too. Would appreciate if some one can send us a list of job postings for the subject prospects. Best REgards, S.Parmesh Sr.Project Manager - User Experience BU Compassites Software Solutions Bangalore - India [C] 90110 61901or 96326 76209 [T] 080-40543500 extn. 510 Email : c...@compassites.net s.parameshwa...@compassites.net 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] IxDA.org Survey - Please participate!
Last chance to take the IxDA.org survey, dear IxDA members. If you're passionate about IxD, help us define and deliver a better website that will serve our community's needs as well as facilitate our delivering more goodness in the world! :) To take the survey, visit: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=pw5AkMGBKqzIZon _2bCG _2fa5Q _3d _3d It's closing imminently, so please take and finish it NOW! Best, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38222 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] IxDA.org Survey - Please participate!
GAH! Case of need in point...copying and pasting a link within the current website seems to have broken it. Here's the survey link again... http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=pw5AkMGBKqzIZon_2bCG_2fa5Q_3d_3d I hope? ;P Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38222 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] Experience Definition
I haven't really been following this thread, but given how it started I wanted to throw out something from Interaction'09... Christina Wodtke presented the following formula in her session talk, The Viral App: B = f (P, E) Where B is behavior, P is person and E is environment. Not sure if it's hers or somebody else's but it was an interesting construct. Obviously environment encompasses a lot, including potentially multiple dynamic systems. Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38278 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] Open source user experience
Tom, et al., I'm really excited to say that IxDA may be able to support and aid you in your others efforts to connect with the Open Source movement and community. Several IxDA board members met with Aza Raskin of Mozilla at the Interaction'09 conference to discuss how we could work together in the future, given the alignment of interests we have in making the world a better place. IxDA really wants to enable new sorts of design-led open source efforts to succeed. We're presently envisioning having a kind of IxDA Labs area, just like they have a Mozilla Labs area, where such design-led, collaborative open-source projects can be seeded and developed. Our steps in this area thus far have been semi-connected to the current infrastructure project. Anybody who's interested in pursuing this idea further, please let me know what you think about being a leader and/or forming an initiative in this area with support from IxDA. :) Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38371 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
