[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Senior Visual Interface Designer; Sweden; Recruiter; Full -Time
Ideal profile - Visual designer, graphic designer, user interface designer, UI design, GUI design £Senior salaries on offer + benefits Global player in innovative mobile software is looking to add to its team of talented visual and interaction designers for mobile handsets. To be based in Sweden, this role offers excellent career progression opportunities and the experience gained will be both interesting and stimulating. My client is looking for very creative individuals who are not only capable of creating attractive visuals but can couple this with innovative and attractive user interfaces too. If your portfolio consists of only graphic design then I'm afraid this role is not for you. Previous experience designing user interfaces is a MUST. Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU. Contact s...@ic-creative.co.uk Sean Pook - Head of Design UX IC Creative s...@ic-creative.co.uk ___ Disclaimer Notice __ This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies. Accordingly any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any of its content by any person other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure, therefore responsibility is not accepted for changes made to this message after it was sent. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd or any associated or subsidiary companies. This email has been scanned for viruses. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. The IC Group (Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd. Reg. 3852801, Intellectual Capital Software LLP. Reg. OC325955, Intellectual Capital 3e LLP. Reg. OC333439, Registered Office: 162 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent. TN9 1BB. UK) 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: Senior Information Architect / Usability Consultant; Philly, USA; Recruiter; Full-Time
£Neg + great benefits Ideal profile: Senior Information Architect, Usability Consultant, User Centered Design, IA One of Philly's premier usability and interaction design outfits is looking for a talented and proven senior information architect with usability experience. As well as the usual IA requirements/profile, my client would like to see candidates with experience in usability testing and contextual enquiry. Work is varied and challenging and you'll be part of a team that's highly dynamic and enthusiastic. This is a great career option. Candidate's should have an existing US visa and either be local or capable of independent relocation to the Philly area. Sean Pook D +44 (0)118 988 1156 s...@ic-creative.co.uk ___ Disclaimer Notice __ This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies. Accordingly any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any of its content by any person other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure, therefore responsibility is not accepted for changes made to this message after it was sent. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd or any associated or subsidiary companies. This email has been scanned for viruses. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. The IC Group (Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd. Reg. 3852801, Intellectual Capital Software LLP. Reg. OC325955, Intellectual Capital 3e LLP. Reg. OC333439, Registered Office: 162 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent. TN9 1BB. UK) 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] Location/Geographic Search Design Patterns
Hi folks, I'm working on a project that requires users to be able to search for a teacher or school (for yoga, but that's not really important) within their neighbourhood. There are two main scenarios: Someone who just wants to find a place near them and someone who knows of a teacher/school and wants to find it. We have a database with all the names and addresses and, of course, can try listing these via postcode or suburb, but this usually is a bit of a failure for people living very near a different code/suburb. The Google Maps API is useful, but the density of results in a city can sometimes make it pretty useless with lots of zooming in and out and scrolling about to find anyone. Does anyone have any design patterns or examples where something like this is well implemented? (By the way, I had a look on Peter Morville's http://searchpatterns.org/ site - I don't have the book yet - but, oh irony, I couldn't find anything quite like what I was looking for when I searched. Maybe there is some terminology for such a search that I'm not aware of). 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] Location/Geographic Search Design Patterns
Sorry, I forgot to mention this is simply a web site, not for a mobile device (well, not yet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49375 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] Location/Geographic Search Design Patterns
I'm still up for more suggestions, but Air BnB seems pretty nice: http://www.airbnb.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49375 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] Location/Geographic Search Design Patterns
Hi Andy, It might be worth taking a look at everyblock.com or dopplr.com as they show a lot of information in both textual and map display alongside each other - might give you some inspiration. everyblock.com may be especially helpful as they group results together at different zoom levels. In terms of general map design, Making Maps by John Krygier is definitely worth a look. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=81aX0AIviv8Clpg=PP1ots=ymAvD1wliedq=making mapspg=PP1#v=onepageq=f=false Hope this helps Graham Sear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49375 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] Flash Rotators
Hi Kagan, I've recently ended up using carousels as they allow for freeing up valuable screen space resulting in less visual clutter, giving a cleaner design. So, I am pretty much in favour of them if you have a lot of content you have to display. Obviously they still have to be implemented correctly... If you're looking for design pattern input, when it's best to use a carousel and how best to implement them, these websites should help: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/selection/carousel.html http://ui-patterns.com/pattern/Carousel http://www.blinkinteractive.com/essays/usability_highlights_2008.php - further down the page there are a few small tips. Cheers Graham Sear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49362 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] Location/Geographic Search Design Patterns
Andy, If you have exact addresses for businesses (rather than just zip), the Google Maps query can get more precise latitude/longitude, so if the user supplies an address you could give a more accurate sorted list (maybe sorted by proximity initially). The grouping on everyblock.com is really cool, but might be more difficult to implement (I haven't explored the maps API though, so maybe there actually is something relevant there). Having the combination of an embedded Google Map with live click/zoom and a sorted list next to it could be a nice solution. Cheers, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49375 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] Immediate need for Contract IA- Minneapolis, MN
Hi, A recruiter has contacted me about this position, this job may work for someone in Minneapolis. Please contact the recruiter (see below), not me. Thanks. -Anjali Position: Information Architect Location: Minneapolis (St Paul) Duration: 2years - pure contract Experienced in Information Architecture and Usability consulting with good understanding of User centric design process and should be involved in all stages of Usability life cycle, including various data gathering methods and usability testing. Required Skill sets - User Interface design concepts - Data Gathering methods - Cognitive walkthroughs, Contextual Inquiry, Focus groups, Persona creation, User Research and testing - GUI design and application strategy experience with emphasis on information architecture and interaction design for software applications. - Experience working with project teams to help define the overall user experience strategy, create interaction models, architect effective solutions using wireframes solutions and prototypes - Analytical skills with the ability to identify and communicate clients' usability challenges. - Experience performing heuristic evaluations and usability tests as well as documenting results and translating the findings into design improvements. - Experience in storyboard concept of UI design a plus - Experience with information design and navigation systems - Experience with application workflow diagramming - Experience in Accessibility and W3c standards Regards Shiv Javaji System Solutions Inc. 703 463 9476 v...@javaji.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] JOB | Interaction Designer | Philadelphia, PA | Recruiter | Contract to Hire
Join an innovative team of cerebral, creative thinkers, who are pioneering communications applications of tomorrow! Our industry leading client in Center City Philadelphia is searching for an Interaction Designer with 2-5 years experience, preferably in an agency setting. Responsibilities: Develop, evaluate, and implement high-quality detailed UI specifications for all projects, including wireframes, flow diagrams, and use cases Ensuring design specifications meet the strategic goals of cross-functional teams Work with Visual Designers to improve and refine visual design and consistency Gauge the usability of new and existing designs and making constructive suggestions for the change Communicate with key stakeholders and brief them on status updates throughout the UI design process User workflows, scenarios and task analysis Heuristic reviews, competitive analysis, and content audits Taxonomy Product Attribution analysis recommendations User Research such as surveys, card sorting exercises, user interviews Client presentation materials Qualifications Expertise in information architecture deliverables including wireframes, site maps, and personas Demonstrated experience in designing usable consumer web interfaces based on strong knowledge of user interface design guidelines Strong, clean design sense High-energy and a passion for doing great work and dedication to make the user experience unique, informative, and engaging Excellent multi-tasking skills Strong attention to detail 5 years of experience as an Information Architect, Interaction Designer, or User Experience Architect Proven ability to balance user goals and business goals that fit within constraints of the brand, time, budget, and technology Makes decisions based on statistical analysis, user research, competitive analysis and commerce platform capabilities Strong organizational and communication skills; throughout projects creates clear, usable documentation of solutions Solid InDesign, experience Must provide complex, e-commerce, wireframe samples Ability to research, identify, and analyze issues and derive applicable solutions 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] Content and ecommerce?
Hi, I'm currently working on a new content framework of an ecommerce site and can show how the content fits the needs for various user journies. I also have some stats that show content usage but the are unconclusive. Does anyone have or know of some good solid number based arguments for the importance of well constructed content as part of the selling process. The focus is mainly on editoral style content with guides. I'm currently going through the steps of pulling internal evidence and it wouldbe great to provide a few external real life cases where upgrading content has been show to lead to, say, a better conversion rate. Thanks in advance for any responces. -- 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
[IxDA Discuss] JOB | Senior Art Director, User Experience | Philadelphia, PA | Recruiter | Full-time
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to work with an industry-leading company at a time of rapid growth and innovation. Join a team defining the way people experience multimedia products in a whole new way. As a Senior Art Director UX in the User Experience group, your key responsibilities will encompass leading and hands-on product ideation and exploration with an expert understanding of user experience best practices and the application of the experience within a wide variety of scenarios. You will showcase your ability to lead concept, create and present user experience concepts to a broad audience and ensure the UX team stays on target and on time. This position also requires an expert ability to lead team members in identifying tasks, as well as generating solid estimates. The Senior Art Director UX concepts and creates design UX solutions, as well as collaborates solutions with directors, art directors, designers, architects and other UX specialists for all company products and features, and is an integral member of the UX teams creative process in delivering world class customer experiences. Job Duties · Provide UX design leadership, expertise, and support, helping define project approach to accommodate constraints while delivering the best user experience. · Collaborate with and lead in ideation and concept explorations with the UX team throughout any project lifecycle, facilitating and driving UX solutions, discussions and planning. · Deliver UX designs in alignment with overarching business and user experience goals. · Articulate and track project milestones, deliverables and risks with the UX team, in addition to communicating progress, near term tasks/deliverables, issues and accomplishments. · Serve as a liaison between the UX team members, identifying and managing UX specific project designs. This includes concept sketches, rough wire frames or flows, visual design comps (including production ready), rapid prototyping/demos, presentations, logos, icons, mood boards and assists in the creation of associated mitigation plans. · Prepare and deliver UX presentations and road shows representing the user experience organization with in-depth knowledge of why design and information architecture choices are being made. · Contribute to the growing library of knowledge around user-centered design both through the products developed and best practice research. · Take the lead on external vendor communication directly related to UX visual design support. · Mentoring and coaching of designers (visual and IA) on core UX skills and project oversight. · Participate in HR related duties including mining for talent, hiring and employee reviews. Qualifications · Minimum involvement of 7-9 years art directing Internet, mobile or equivalent interactive experiences with an expert ability to successfully organize, prioritize and manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment. · Bachelors Degree in Design, Computer Science, Human Factors or equivalent work experience with any combination of expert Visual Design, Writing, Information Architecture, Presentation and Collaboration skills. · Expert facilitation, brainstorming and collaboration skills with expert user experience orientation and exceptional people skills. · Proficient with diverse writing, presentation, project management software. · Must have an expert understanding of the most recent version of Photoshop and Illustrator. Knowledge of Fireworks, CSS, Dreamweaver, GoLive, After Effects, 3d Software, iWorks and Microsoft Office are a plus. · Must be comfortable working with established UX guides and/or the ability to assist in their continued evolution. · Experience designing robust Flash and HTML web sites and/or mobile with highly intuitive or deep User Interfaces and navigation schemes. · Expert visual literacy and expert understanding of typography, illustration, color theory, wire framing, and photo manipulation. · Must have expert verbal communication skills, including the ability to speak effectively before staff or other internal groups. · Demonstrated ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries with the ability to prioritize and execute. · Knowledge and practice of UX industry best practices including User-Centered Design. · Expresses a passion and desire to innovate and push boundaries. · Proven experience as a design leader developing products to large consumer base. · Experience in an agency environment executing UX a plus (e.g., Razorfish, Sapient, AKQA, etc.); track record of product development-oriented projects preferable. · Experience with supervisory duties related to internal/external teams and/or partner relationships and resources. · An
[IxDA Discuss] I would like to work under Designers who has experience in Usability, UX, Information Architecture
Hello Professionals/Practitioners, I would like to work under Designers, Professionals, and Practitioners, who has experience in Usability, UX, Information Architecture. I am a web designer and have six years of experience in web design, eCommerce templates. Currently I am working at IT industry. I would like to learn/practice/improve skills in usability, UX, IA. I am ready to work onsite, travel if necessary, remotely. I am doing practice with the help of google, blogging, comments, Ixda. And now, I am looking for someone who is really working on it. I am available at - Email: sourabh.rang...@gmail.com skype: sourabh.rangdal twitter: sourabhrangdal Thanks, Sourabh Rangdal 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] Making a web application feel like a native application
Hi Miles, I've worked with EXT and Silverlight, both of which can make very rich client experiences, across a browser based system. If you make the browser chromeless, and limit/customize right click it's very difficult to tell you're ina browser, besides the title bar, (unless of course you get rid of this too). Note when I've designed for very rich interactions, cross browser compatibility can be a monster, as is browser version to version. If you can control the browser version, you'll be much farther ahead. OK best of luck, if you find a better/new framework, definitely tell me! Ciao! Rich Rogan -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.com On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Miles Lennon mol2...@gmail.com wrote: For my latest project, I want to make the web application look and feel like a native one. I don't want the user to feel as though he or she is navigating webpages; rather, I'd like them to feel as though they just opened up iTunes, for example. I have both aesthetic and strategic reasons for this. I have some ideas in my head of example of web applications that have accomplished this (OMGPOP, Drupal Gardens, Gmail, Typekit), but I'd like to hear from you if you have any suggestions. No recommendation is a bad one as long as it's reasonable. 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 -- Joseph Rich Rogan President UX/UI Inc. http://www.jrrogan.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] Making a web application feel like a native application
Miles, Looking into sproutcore javascript framework. It applies many of the same concepts of a desktop app environment. http://sproutcore.com/ All new web products by apple use sproutecore - me.com, iwork.com - and I think they moved the store also to sproutcore recently. We had done our survey product using EXTjs first and it's a great library but does not embrace newer concepts like mvc as well as sproutcore does. We have now moved to, and it's much much better. Here are some products using it- http://wiki.sproutcore.com/Projects-Using-SproutCore Alok Jain (AJ) Product manager - http://insightify.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49351 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] Stop, Pause, Play
Hi Stephen, In Spain the symbols you mention are used, but I think they pre-date the internet as they were already on cassette and VHS players, so maybe it's not the best example for the impact of the internet on language (?). - Whether the internet and sites like YouTube have consolidated the use these of these icons could be another matter. In terms of language, it's true that the word play has entered the Spanish (spoken) language (whether due to cassette players or later technology, I don't know), but interestingly enough I would say it is not used as a verb, but rather as the name of the button (or icon). The verb to play in this sense would be reproducir. But you could tell someone to dale al play or hit play. I guess these words are/were printed on a lot of tape recorders, CD players etc and that's why. The verb pausar already exists in Spanish, so doesn't really change from the original Spanish as the words are so similar. Stop already existed (seen on road signs for example). Hope that helps! Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49257 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] Location/Geographic Search Design Patterns
Thanks for the everyblock.com link %u2013 I hadn't seen that (I live in Germany, so not much use to me). It's got a pretty rocking interface and the grouping into number counts is a nice approach to that clustering problem. It's looking like the Google API can do what we need, the question for us it to work out how to expose the other text-based info in a graceful way. Even Google Maps doesn't seem to do this very nicely, but I think we can probably get something going. Thanks for the map making book link too - it's not really what I'm after, but what a great book! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49375 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] eBook IxD
Hey all, We've started a discussion forum dedicated to developing ebook IxD patterns, practices, and methods. Come start a discussion at http://www.ebookixd.org. CP -- exprima media the essence of expression 107 SE Washington Street, Suite 430 Portland, Oregon 97214 www.exprimamedia.com phone: 503.236.2500 fax: 503.236.3045 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] Good RUP Resources when it comes to UI Documentation, etc.?
Hi everyone. Great advice... thank you! The more I think about these docs, the more I realize that they need to stand on there own outside of the use cases. I have included the business rules, mainly to hold the business stakeholders feet to the fire, and show them what it is that they are getting. I originally had system requirements in there as well. When finished, I may write a little blog entry about the whole process, with the finished document. Thank you all for your help. ~Josh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49138 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] UML for UX?
My organization is moving toward UML for all of its documentation, from requirements through development and maintenance. The UX practice here is in it's infancy and I am now a team of one. While I'm familiar with UML, I'm skeptical that it will be appropriate for user flows and any other UX documentation. Has anyone worked in a UML environment? How did you integrate your practice into RUP or similar methodologies? 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] Using ellipsis in menu, context menus or buttons
Mentally, I have always mapped the presence of an ellipsis to Puts the user in a modal state where he has to do something to get back to what he was doing -- ie, shows a dialog that the user has to interact with (if only to exit), but there could be other modal states to be processed that are not tied to a dialog. That isn't quite how it is usually used, I realize, but as you note, how it is usually used isn't consistent. (Note that the model I used would put an ellipsis on a command which just puts up a status alert. Because to the user, an alert is a dialog, no different than the no-op About dialog in what the user has to do next. Which should encourage use of other status techniques than mode-forcing alerts! -- Jim On 02/15/2010 02:28 AM, sysscore wrote: i have a question about when i should use ellipsis for commands in menus, contextual menus and buttons in desktop applications (in Java). Sadly, the guidelines of microsoft and mac osx are different about this topic. I have found some interesting links in the web but nothing could answer my questions... Microsoft writtes, that ellipsis should be used, when: Proper use of ellipses is important to indicate that users can make further choices before performing the action, or even cancel the action entirely. The visual cue offered by an ellipsis allows users to explore your software without fear. This doesn't mean you should use an ellipsis whenever an action displays another window—only when additional information is required to perform the action. For example, the commands About, Advanced, Help, Options, Properties, and Settings must display another window when clicked, but don't require additional information from the user. Therefore they don't need ellipses. In case of ambiguity (for example, the command label lacks a verb), decide based on the most likely user action. If simply viewing the window is a common action, don't use an ellipsis. *** Macintosh writtes, that ellipsis should be used, when the action: Is performed by the user in a separate window or dialog. For example, Preferences, Customize Toolbar, and Send Feedback all use an ellipsis because they open a window (potentially in another application, such as a browser) or a dialog in which the user sets preferences, customizes the toolbar, or sends feedback. To see why such commands must include an ellipsis, consider that the absence of an ellipsis implies that the application performs the action for the user. If, for example, the Send Feedback command did not include an ellipsis, it would imply that feedback is generated and sent automatically by the application. *** I think, the rules of mac osx are very easy to understand. But the rules of microsoft are not. Furthermore, when i check up some microsoft products, the rules are not respected (e.g. the Options button). In our application we have for example a non modal dialog, in which items can be locked or unlocked. The problem is, the user does not need to be perform the command immediately. But if i named the menu command Lock/unlock items the ellipsis are required, because user could be expected, that the command will be executed immediately. In other dialogs, user can managed diefferent presets of specific settings. Should i don't use ellipsis only if the command name is non-ambiguous e.g. Permission overview or only information will be displayed? Should i use ellipsis, if the user can make some changes (immediately or not immediately)? Or must commands named without the verb of the action? Thanx 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] UML for UX?
I've found UML to be quite helpful in requirements definition -- the process enables workflow to be described in a way that is entirely separate from defining the UI. The end result is a set of requirements that doesn't rely on UI elements (which can be defined later, and not baked in during requirements generation). -Anne On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 8:54 AM, gail swanson gail_swan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: My organization is moving toward UML for all of its documentation, from requirements through development and maintenance. The UX practice here is in it's infancy and I am now a team of one. While I'm familiar with UML, I'm skeptical that it will be appropriate for user flows and any other UX documentation. Has anyone worked in a UML environment? How did you integrate your practice into RUP or similar methodologies? 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 -- Anne Hjortshoj | a...@annehj.com | www.annehj.com | Skype: anne-hj | Hjortshoj is pronounced YORT-soy. 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] Taxonomy for IA?
Hi, I wonder if anyone has seen a taxonomy of topics IAs encounter in their work? For example, internet marketers deal with email marketing, search marketing, and social media. I'm not having much luck finding taxonomy for IAs. Thanks for any ideas. 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] Taxonomy for IA?
Use the Google External Keyword Tool: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal. Use the site method, type in IXDA.org, and you'll come up with some good ones that might help you. I haven't seen a list, but if you go back through many of the job postings, you'll find a bunch of related descriptions. :: Tony Zeoli :: Founder :: Digital Strategy Works :: Web Experience that works for you :: Tel: 917.705.4700 :: a...@digitalstrategyworks.com http://mailto:a...@digitalstrategyworks.com/ [image: AIM:] djtonyz [image: Skype:] tonyzeoli [image: MSN:] djtonyz [image: Google Talk:] djtonyz [image: Y! messenger:] anthonyzeoli [image: Linkedin] http://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyzeoli[image: Facebook]http://www.facebook.com/tonyzeoli[image: Twitter] http://www.twitter.com/dswks Digital Strategy Works Digital Strategy Works co-hosts 20dot20 with Habitat Musichttp://digitalstrategyworks.com/2010/02/11/digital-strategy-works-co-hosts-20dot20-with-habitat-music/ 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] Taxonomy for IA?
Fascinating Tony, thank you. Here's what I get from this method, in no particular order or hierarchy with some duplication: user experience design mobile devices graphical user interfaces software interaction design taxonomies data modelling creating user interfaces sketching wireframes tools deliverables card sorting strategy best practices findability learning new interfaces content management models uml soa (?) I also searched the same keyword tool for information architecture. If anyone has any ideas about how they would sort and add to this very rough outline, I'd welcome the input. If it helps, I want to create a set of topics that I can use to publish content about IA so my IA readers can find information in 3-10 useful buckets. Thanks, Tony. Appreciate any other input, too! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49398 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] Taxonomy for IA?
This looks like an interesting exercise, and it's one that is oddly apropos to my MSIS course-work; two semesters ago I took Information Architecture and I am currently in a Knowledge Organization seminar where we have just covered Linnaeus. Looking at @TimSlavin's post I am very much reminded of Vickery's Classification and Indexing in Science. Appendix A of his work is dedicated to a discussion of the historical aspects of the classification of science, and his conclusions seem evident in the above list - I forwarded it to my Knowledge Organization professor and said it looked to me more like a taxonomy specific to a webpage redesign. And there's nothing wrong with that because it is probably a reaction to an historical trend (or, a concept that has lately been percolating in my mind, natural selection of knowledge). But I think that a taxonomic methodology that doesn't take a wide historic view of IA will fail to miss the larger brush-strokes of the field, and consequently fail to miss some of the wider classifications and hierarchies within the field. I think that it is also fair to say it is worth figuring out which taxonomic approach might be the best fit for the field. Do we go for the IA equivalent Linnaean Taxonomy or go the phylogenetic systemics (cladistic) route? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49398 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] UML for UX?
Well, I've looked at the diagrams and thought about their implications for the confluence of technical culture and interaction design culture. Perhaps this will help ... Of the UML diagrams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language#Diagrams_overview ... at a detail level, the sequence diagram aligns best with what interaction designers like to talk about. You can have several actors experiencing events and notifying one another with messages. The activity diagram is basically a flow chart, which can be at a high level or a low level. The really delicate one is the use case diagram. If you can come to agreement with your UML adoption team on how to express scenarios and how those relate to use case diagrams, you'll have a good time. This is your chance to advocate for a view that is strongly context-driven, in which the systems play a supporting role and recede from playing a determining role in the interactions. You may end up writing the scenarios separately, or using the use case notation to write scenarios that come from your understanding of typical uses, or cross-checking your scenarios against use cases that were primarily written with systems in mind. It's not that the systems aren't important, but they can easily dominate the discussion. So it's the manner of interpretation of the use case diagrams that you'll probably want to pay the most attention to. Best wishes, Bruce On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Anne Hjortshoj a...@annehj.com wrote: I've found UML to be quite helpful in requirements definition -- the process enables workflow to be described in a way that is entirely separate from defining the UI. The end result is a set of requirements that doesn't rely on UI elements (which can be defined later, and not baked in during requirements generation). -Anne On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 8:54 AM, gail swanson gail_swan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: My organization is moving toward UML for all of its documentation, from requirements through development and maintenance. The UX practice here is in it's infancy and I am now a team of one. While I'm familiar with UML, I'm skeptical that it will be appropriate for user flows and any other UX documentation. Has anyone worked in a UML environment? How did you integrate your practice into RUP or similar methodologies? 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 -- Anne Hjortshoj | a...@annehj.com | www.annehj.com | Skype: anne-hj | Hjortshoj is pronounced YORT-soy. 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] [event] UX Show and Tell at Maark
Time: March 4, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Location: Maark Street: 109 State Street, Suite 2 City/Town: Boston Website or Map: http://tiny.cc/oHI2v Phone: (617) 723-2122â Event Type: workshop Organized By: Chris Avore RSVP: http://uxshowandtell.ning.com Event Description: UX Show Tell is a casual workshop thatâs all about the work. Show shortcuts. Ask what to annotate in a wireframe. Draft scenarios and user stories, and identify one from the other. Get feedback from practitioners instead of stakeholders and engage in discussions on process and strategy. Bring your deliverables to either get useful, implementable feedback or to show unique solutions to potentially common design problems. Drafts/incomplete work welcome. We'll have a round-table discussion where one person tells the group if they need help with a design problem, or if they are sharing a unique solution that's worked well for them in the past. That person will then take a few minutes to walk through what he or she is sharing and where help is needed, if appropriate. Questions and dialogue from the rest of the group are expected and encouraged--this isn't meant to be one person presenting to an audience! If you don't want to bring anything to show, you're more than welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion. We'll decide later where to take the discussions after the workshop is officially over at 8:30 PM. As always, all current or prospective user experience designers, information architects, web developers, content strategists, graphic designers, etc. are encouraged to share deliverables or just attend. Paper deliverables are perfectly acceptable, and we'll also have wireless internet, a projector and screen available for showing work. Drafts, incomplete work, personal projects and prototypes are all welcome for sharing. 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] [EVENT] Practical User Research Interview Techniques
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010 Time: 6pm socializing. 6.30pm to 8.00pm, interview practice Place: Microsoft New England RD Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142 (http://tiny.cc/JiAOd) Audience: Primarily IXDA members and UX practitioners RSVP: http://tiny.cc/fH6ef Event Description Interviewing is a skill that is at the core of a wide variety of research methods in user-centered design including stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiry, usability testing and focus groups. Consequently, a researcherâs skill in conducting interviews has a direct impact on the quality and accuracy of research findings and subsequent decisions about design. A skilled interviewer will be able to conduct an interview that uncovers the key elements of a participantâs perspective on a topic in a manner that is unbiased by the interviewer. User researchers and user-centered designers are hired for this very ability. But how do you know if you are a good interviewer? How do you know that you are asking the right questions in the right way? You want to be unbiased, but how can you be sure? Are you maximizing time you have with participants to uncover insights that will help transform your design? During this session, we will review research interview best practices and share an interview evaluation worksheet for coaching and staff development we developed. Meeting attendees will have the opportunity test their interviewing skills and provide constructive feedback to others during an interactive session. 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: Senior Visual Interaction Designer; LA, USA; Recruiter, Full-Time
$Market rates + long term security Ideal profile: Visual Interaction designer, Visual UI Design, User Interface Designer Exciting interactive interfaces need designing people! This is a hands-on role and will focus on translating functional features, user needs, and brand requirements into unique, visual systems that communicate, engage, and evoke. Candidates should be comfortable with all aspects of the design process; including establishing metaphors, use cases, generating wireframes, to detailed design execution. You must have a broad range visual portfolio, enjoy diversity of projects, be self-motivated, and most importantly be inspired by design. Requirements * 3-5 years experience in interface/interaction design with focus on rich media interfaces * BFA in graphic design or media design * Unique visual portfolio exhibiting a wide variety of design solutions * Strong communication and team skills * Must be fluent in design and prototype software (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Flash, etc,) This is a long term contract, planned to run for the remainder of 2010. A nice little earner, as we say in the UK. This role is based in the LA area. Sean Pook Head of Design UX IC Creative t:+44 (0)118 988 1150 f: +44 (0)118 988 1162 e: s...@ic-creative.co.uk mailto:s...@ic-creative.co.uk ___ Disclaimer Notice __ This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies. Accordingly any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any of its content by any person other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure, therefore responsibility is not accepted for changes made to this message after it was sent. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd or any associated or subsidiary companies. This email has been scanned for viruses. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. The IC Group (Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd. Reg. 3852801, Intellectual Capital Software LLP. Reg. OC325955, Intellectual Capital 3e LLP. Reg. OC333439, Registered Office: 162 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent. TN9 1BB. UK) 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] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_meat_navigation Here's more on wikipedia that i think is the official term for hidden navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49270 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] Stop, Pause, Play
@ Cennydd - iPod ubiquity changed the old research findings. 10 years ago normal people weren't too aware of the different transport controls (especially the more esoteric ones such as next track/previous track). Now, a larger number use them on a daily basis. Of course, you could still screw things up with poor button placement. What I would point out in training sessions is that the red circle, when seen on its own, is often associated with stop, but in transport controls it means record. Of course in the days of physical controls you had to also hold down play to make record work, so the cost of the error would be lower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49257 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] UML for UX?
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:54 AM, gail swanson gail_swan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone worked in a UML environment? How did you integrate your practice into RUP or similar methodologies? Hi Gail. I'm a big fan of the UML (except I hate saying The UML :-) In my past life I had to do double duty creating UX documentation and System Requirements. Since the client of my documentation were developers and test using UML made my documentation easier for them to consume. IBM around 2003 were pushing a technique called User Engineering that used a technique called OVID (Object View and Interaction Design). It was all very interesting but it was also a lot of extra overhead. http://www.amazon.com/Designing-User-OVID-Dave-Robert/dp/1578701015 I think that understanding Use Case, Activity, Sequence (maybe) and Basic Class modeling is all you would need. A List Apart had some good articles on Use Case Modeling What’s the Problem?: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/whatstheproblem/ Use Cases Part II: Taming Scope: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/tamingscope/ If you wanted to by a book all you need is the Fowler's UML Distilled: http://www.amazon.com/UML-Distilled-Standard-Modeling-Language/dp/0321193687/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1266302123sr=8-1 There are some samples below of what I have used the UML for. I hope this helps. Bryce Johnson Tw: @brycej | http://powerpivotor.com USE CASE MODEL http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pI1BCZEGrLPre5D8qp1lOhrdJAf_4LvY4IZUgqzaIkGyYIlAxxArvryYsMFudSoPImoL5w74Z86l-PUU6m27G-Q/UseCase.png DOMAIN MODEL http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pwxDljU33rX0SbeEn1XiFkP5ZAfFZaIY3k_z5Cr-ZbEYP4O_MXO3OPcCq705A51XtRasimxuPbQMhIW6IZ9sufQ/DomainModel.png USER MODEL IN UML - this was not very successful, kinda a waste of time. http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pyq2tWEjLxZdnyFxbvp8thV20UGuiWVwZWsmk33eBOpjqDEZ_rhJdXSfk3p2tkzQw0SA4DOD-O3K0z1PQv-B0XA/mehUserModel.png SDLC with UX inserted. http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pyF-ppFZuXsedrk_ntXIXqQqT0BZKkA7fNjD0jMU6RoorCCM1sxSpokqwzqKga9-EYaqEJ9Yu4w3-dlisFbQ2Lw/SDLC-with-UX.png Visio XML file of the above images. http://cid-fc38e032fcead65b.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/UML-IxDA/UML-Samples.vdx Bryce Johnson Tw: @brycej | http://powerpivotor.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
