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Re: [IxDA Discuss] infographics
I'd also check out a magazine called 'Good' (http://www.good.is). They do a lot of those kinds of infographics: http://www.good.is/post/transparency-the-tree-of-sports-mascots/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43202 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] Messaging when user does not have permission to edit some data
I think the solution with graying out Edit buttons is good because: (1) graying out is a well-known standard, (2) it does not hide full form functionality, (3) it doesn not require form redraw when buttons become active, (4) it motivates the user to find the way to make disabled buttons active. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43209 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] infographics
Be very careful though a please ensure the data is represented correctly. The example given http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/ has some very bad mistakes. When they are comparing the size of sending the bullets and the people are not in proportion to the data. For example the difference between Israel and USA spending per capita is 36% percent larger but the graphic is approximately 50% larger. The bullets are even worse. The sending difference is 720% greater, where as the bullet is 4400% larger. This mistake is not unusual. Also be very aware where you going to use these infographics as use on the web is very different to print. Print will allow more detail, but the web allows interaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43202 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] ARTICLE: Designers who wireframe
Thanks for your feedback, Ambrose. I suspect the conflict I'm having comes from the design side. As a designer, I'm always worried I'm not being creative or conceptual enough. Blaming design hackery on wireframes is probably just another manifestation of my insecurity. ;-) For whatever reason I'm more confident in my IA decisions than my visual design decisions. I'm tempted to say it's because the latter are more subjective, but I wonder if that's really the case. Kim Apt Media Inc. www.aptmediainc.com twitter: @feadog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43222 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
