Re: [IxDA Discuss] Could use some eyes on this chart
The new timeline starting at 0 instead of -40 is confusing. Also, as Rob said, the circular path is unclear. Since all of the other triangles on the paths correspond to specific dated events, maybe you should remove the five on the new timeline that don't correspond to specific events. --Jarrod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48697 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] Age vs Date of Birth in sign up form
Wow, I'm surprised by the number of people that consider birth date private information. Since one's birth date and much of one's address history is a matter of public record (in the US at least) there's basically ~0 risk in freely giving out your birth date. A text entry form that shows how to input the date (e.g. MM/DD/ or -MM-DD) would work best, especially if you think you might have future contests where age matters. --1980-04-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48490 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] "His/Her" vs. "Their" in website copy
"""Using the plural pronoun to refer to a single person of unspecified gender is an old and honorable pattern in English, not a newfangled bit of degeneracy or a politically correct plot to avoid sexism (though it often serves the latter purpose). People who insist that %u201CEveryone has brought his own lunch%u201D is the only correct form do not reflect the usage of centuries of fine writers. A good general rule is that only when the singular noun does not specify an individual can it be replaced plausibly with a plural pronoun: %u201CEverybody%u201D is a good example. We know that %u201Ceverybody%u201D is singular because we say %u201Ceverybody is here,%u201C not %u201Ceverybody are here%u201D yet we tend to think of %u201Ceverybody%u201D as a group of individuals, so we usually say %u201Ceverybody brought their own grievances to the bargaining table.%u201D %u201CAnybody%u201D is treated similarly. However, in many written sentences the use of singular %u201Ctheir%u201D and %u201Cthey%u201D creates an irritating clash even when it passes unnoticed in speech. It is wise to shun this popular pattern in formal writing. Often expressions can be pluralized to make the %u201Cthey%u201D or %u201Ctheir%u201D indisputably proper: %u201CAll of them have brought their own lunches.%u201D %u201CPeople%u201D can often be substituted for %u201Ceach.%u201D Americans seldom avail themselves of the otherwise very handy British %u201Cone%u201D to avoid specifying gender because it sounds to our ears rather pretentious: %u201COne%u2019s hound should retrieve only one%u2019s own grouse.%u201D If you decide to try %u201Cone,%u201D don%u2019t switch to %u201Cthey%u201D in mid-sentence: %u201COne has to be careful about how they speak%u201D sounds absurd because the word %u201Cone%u201D so emphatically calls attention to its singleness. The British also quite sensibly treat collective bodies like governmental units and corporations as plural (%u201CParliament have approved their agenda%u201D) whereas Americans insist on treating them as singular.""" From: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43910 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] Meaning of Hard Coding Colors?
There's also a problem from the accessibility standpoint. You can't know if a user of your product does or does not have some sort of color-blindness or other visual impariment. The best case for the user is for every color (and font, and font-size) you use by default to be customizable to whatever colors work best for them. From the perspective of an accessibility specialist, any color that cannot easily be changed by the user is "hard-coded" and a bad usability experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43676 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] References to clients/colleagues/managers/companies in social networking discussions/posting
This is why I do my best to never say anything I will be ashamed of, ever. It doesn't mean I might not call a client "crazy" but I'd only do that if I was willing to defend my statement to the client. Also, MC Frontalot has a song that sort of relates to this discussion (link to lyrics, not AV media): http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=lyrics&lyricid=41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43305 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] White text on dark background?
http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ With a bold-weight, sans-serif font like that page has, I agree that it hurts my eyes to have white on black. When I have normal-weight, serif fonts, dark on light is preferable to me; I can read more of it longer without eyestrain or the text just becoming "grey". I spend most of my day looking at code and command-lines (both use serif fonts) on my screen, and the light backgrounds behind text reduce the time I can work significantly so I set my editor and terminals to light colors on black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39974 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] Voting system design
Ron Rivest and Warren Smith have done some very interesting design/research into secure voting systems. http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/RivestSmith-ThreeVotingProtocolsThreeBallotVAVAndTwin.pdf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36321 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] ThoughtPile.org
>Also when when node is in focus, click on another simply >resets the graph, but doesn't switch focus :-( A click anywhere resets the graph. A click captured by a node (the node displays as solid) does switch focus. I think only nodes deeper than the current one can do this. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36319 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
