Re: [IxDA Discuss] Click Here
There are a number of reasons, actually, and I think attributing them to some designers is a bit on the flawed side. Click here resolves to Adobe as the most popular search result in Google, btw: http://www.google.com/search?q=click heresourceid=navclient-ffie=UTF-8rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS311US311 But, back on topic. The problem that this causes, ultimately, is a rather bad SEO problem. Good, descriptive links help keep that link juice internal to your site, as opposed to say, throwing more at Adobe's Reader (or today's #3 clickhere.com). The other issue, however, is that often content is the last thing to be considered in a website--and I think we've all been there. So, a designer, who perhaps doesn't have much context for the content and is using a lot of FPO copy, does something fairly logical by labeling the calls to action on the page with click here to When copywriting comes around, it's often not written by folks who have written for the web and text link calls to action get little or not consideration. Your experience, of course, may vary. --Russ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44472 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] JJG's IA Summit 2009 Keynote
Dave, I think Peter's referring to the web team, which, for IDEA Interaction10 is pretty similar. I'd call that something to be proud of. Russ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40597 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] Its Just UX
If I let a definition run my life, I'd never get to be or do anything. Mostly, you're all people I enjoy learning from. That learning happens to be about topics that I'm interested in--and I'm not interested in all of the topics under any single practice nor umbrella, but I know my crowd, and it's that crowd that I seek input and advice from, as well as extend myself as a resource whenever I can. So, I'm grateful for that. When people get done figuring out definitions, I figure I'll be somewhere else in my life and career to a point, but I'll still be in the same places when it comes to groups and organizations because I don't think I'd be in the same professional nor personal places without them. Thanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40553 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 UX Challenge organizers might be insane
200 people $5000 = $1,000,000 You could probably get a heckuva nice Senate seat in an under-developed political state. Better yet: What world probably could you solve with $1MM? Just a thought. Or we could invest in DTDT across all of the disciplines. We might need some more money, though. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38434 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] Announcing IxDA%u2019s 2009 Board of Directors
Congrats to the new Directors! What an outstanding group of talented people. Looking forward, Russ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35953 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] IA of IDEA 2008
Thanks for bringing up the issues that are being seen with the IDEA website. I can assure you the intent was not deceptive. After taking a closer look, I can appreciate what is being called out. I think it has been an oversight--this is the first feedback that I've seen about it, and I am glad to see it pointed out so that we can evaluate and hopefully improve upon it. I can also say that many conferences do not have finalized programs until very close to the conference date--if I recall correctly, the IA Summit did not have a full program until a few weeks prior, and An Event Apart in Chicago (1 week after IDEA) won't be announcing their list until mid-July. Perhaps the Program aspect should be removed or more information should be provided as to when that will be available in the right-hand column to hopefully help alleviate confusion. The same design template has been used for the previous 2 years, and as the date got closer, we published the program in the right column of that page. Thanks again for bringing these issues to light. I appreciate that attention has been brought to this so we can do a better job; IDEA is a pretty young conference and we definitely want to keep improving. Perhaps this is the part where the excuse comes in, but as with many organizations, we are relying upon volunteers who have other responsibilities. I'm truly sorry that the oversight and/or confusion would cause anyone to mark us off of their list as conferences to attend. I think the dialog is great and welcome anything else that I can pass along to the team to work toward improving. --Russ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=30852 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] [Iai-Members] What do you want to hear—prototyping panel at the IA Summit
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're doing a panel on practical prototyping at the IA Summit (http://tinyurl.com/2ak2nu) and want to know what attendees are most interested in. Here's what we're planning to debate: 1. Why you should be prototyping 2. How to prototype better 3. Common pitfalls/mistakes made when prototyping 4. Common toolkits used when prototyping (it's not a my toolkit is better than yours discussion) There are a couple of reasons why this is interesting to me. First, it's interesting to me because I think people who are new to the field may find it helpful--and I think that should be identified somewhere. I don't think I would find it useful, to be very frank. Second, it's interesting to me because I thought a proposal was already put together about what was going to be discussed. I'm a big fan of being fluid around what's going to happen, but we're looking at about 4 weeks before the summit and this is becoming a public discussion. My point is--and it's not a dig at anyone--that it would seem better to gather this information prior to putting a proposal together. Sure, the outline can work, but as more people chime in, is this original proposal even relevant? Is that fair to attendees and is it fair to other people who have submitted? So, I think your discussions could be sound--they should be showing several types and stages of prototyping and it should be identified as a panel for folks who maybe haven't had much experience with prototyping. (Doing my best to not get all Zoolander here) That's my $.02. Russ 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
