Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPad.
Well, the first person to tell me he's absolutely getting one (rather than waiting to see one in person) is my 70+yr old father. Which doesn't surprise me, since he's an early adaptor of all things technological (he has the first generation iPhone, and we were the first people I knew to get a VCR - and yes, it was a Betamax). It's going to replace his netbook and the e-reader he planned to order. ~ Tracy Boyington tracy_boying...@okcareertech.org Oklahoma Department of Career Technology Education Stillwater, OK http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc Jim Leftwich jl...@orbitnet.com 1/29/2010 1:31 PM I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction, based on a few surprising data points I've already gathered and an intuition: The iPad is going to make a big splash with older people. 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] Why My Mom’s Next Computer Is Go ing To Be An iPad
Really? Am I the only one who doesn't sync my contacts and calendar to my desktop computer? The only calendar I use at home is a big paper one stuck on the wall. With pictures of basset hounds. ;-) ~ Tracy Boyington tracy_boying...@okcareertech.org Oklahoma Department of Career Technology Education Stillwater, OK http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc Brandon E. B. Ward brandonebw...@gmail.com 1/31/2010 12:32 PM The iPhone is crippled w/out a computer running iTunes, an Address Book, iCal etc. to synch it up with - the computer where you manage all those wonderful bits of stuff your mom wants to play/work with. 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] iPad.
As someone's wife, I agree. But my husband would use it the same way I would... updating blog/Facebook or reading email in front of the TV, watching a movie on the road, looking up a recipe in the kitchen, surfing the web anywhere. Apple deliberately placed it between the iPhone and a real computer, and it fits there nicely. I'm not going to do any actual *work* on an iPad. I'd use a laptop for that. I don't need to be able to use it with one hand - I've got my iPhone for that. ~ Tracy Boyington tracy_boying...@okcareertech.org Oklahoma Department of Career Technology Education Stillwater, OK http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc Navid Sadikali navid.sadik...@gmail.com 1/28/2010 12:40 AM I think these observations are on track - what people's wives need ie what *most *people do in terms of computing. 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] profit centered design
I don't understand your logic here. Are you saying people upgraded while they still had perfectly good phones because they were hopeless Apple addicts? Are you under the impression that before the iPhone, people only upgraded when their phones died? Because most people I know upgrade because they want a new phone, even if their existing phone works. And did this long before the iPhone hit the scene. My husband and I have owned one or more cell phones ever since they came in a bag, and neither of us has ever upgraded because our current phone no longer worked. Charles Boyung charles.boy...@nexustechnologiesllc.com 8/31/2009 1:20 PM On top of that, just look how many people upgraded to the newest iPhone at full price when their existing phones were still perfectly good. When you've got people drinking the Kool-Aid like Apple does, you're bound to take advantage of it as long as you canl. 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] profit centered design
But I don't see that as indication that they are drinking the Kool-Aid. One could just as easily say that someone who sticks with Nokia, for example, has drank the Kool-Aid if they refuse to even consider other phones, including the iPhone. People saw new technology, they liked it, they bought it. The fact that a small percentage of them were not satisfied, just as a percentage of people who buy *anything* are not satisfied, doesn't mean Apple somehow connived them into buying something they never wanted. Paul Nuschke plni...@gmail.com 9/1/2009 9:02 AM Most people I know only upgraded their phones once their contract had expired and they got a substantial discount on the next phone. I've seen many iPhone users upgrade well before contract expiration at the full device cost.That's a big difference. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Tracy Boyington tracy_boying...@okcareertech.org wrote: I don't understand your logic here. Are you saying people upgraded while they still had perfectly good phones because they were hopeless Apple addicts? Are you under the impression that before the iPhone, people only upgraded when their phones died? Because most people I know upgrade because they want a new phone, even if their existing phone works. And did this long before the iPhone hit the scene. My husband and I have owned one or more cell phones ever since they came in a bag, and neither of us has ever upgraded because our current phone no longer worked. Charles Boyung charles.boy...@nexustechnologiesllc.com 8/31/2009 1:20 PM On top of that, just look how many people upgraded to the newest iPhone at full price when their existing phones were still perfectly good. When you've got people drinking the Kool-Aid like Apple does, you're bound to take advantage of it as long as you canl. 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 -- Paul Nuschke Principal, Research Strategy ELECTRONIC INK© www.electronicink.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] the appearance of change
As long as its animated, even a fudged progress bar tells me that my computer has not locked up. That's really all I ask for. ~ Tracy Boyington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oklahoma Department of Career Technology Education Stillwater, OK http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc Michael Tuminello [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/1/2008 6:48 PM A good general example of this in software design would be progress bars. Some are in fact accurate but many are fudged to some degree or other, and in that case they are just a design element that has been produced to elicit the desired response (patience) from the user. *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ 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] Vista fonts
Did any of the existing standard fonts go away? ~ Tracy Boyington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oklahoma Department of Career Technology Education Stillwater, OK http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc Chris Borokowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/19/07 2:33 PM With Microsoft Vista, the company introduced new standard fonts that viewers may now expect in your web pages. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
