[IxDA Discuss] Sydney: World Usability Day
The Sydney Chapter of the UPA will be hosting an event this Thursday, November 12th as part of World Usability Day. World Usability Day in 2009 focuses on designing for a sustainable world and aims to raise awareness of how user centred design approaches can help improve efficiency and quality of life. Come along and support your local Usability Professionals Association! *Event Details* Thursday 12th November from 3pm to 8pm The Blacket Hotel, Level 3, 70 King St (corner of King George St) in the Sydney CBD. We have a range of speakers, interactive sessions and discussions. Entry to the event is free to all. Complimentary drinks and nibbles will be provided thanks to sponsorship from Westpac CHISIG. http://www.upasydney.org/index.php?page=Events/World+Usability+Day+Sydney This event is for anyone interested in Usability, User Experience, IA, EA, Interaction Design, Web design and development and of course, Sustainability. We hope to see you there, Lisa Herrod President UPA Sydney 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] Songza Compare Seeqpod
Hi all I think the Songza interface is far more interesting when you compare it with Seeqpod.com. Seeqpod has offered a very similar service for quite some time. While Songza is more visually attractive to me, I think seeqpod is much easier to interact with and use. I'd be interested to know what you think too. However, my one major reservation with Seeqpod is that it is Flash based when it needn't be. On the other hand, Songza is dependant on javascript being enabled, and is completely unusable/ inaccessible without it. Both of these issues impact heavily on the user experience and so, I think the interaction design is severely flawed in both. That's my 2 cents ;) Lisa -- Lisa Herrod Web Usability: User Experience Research, Consulting and Training Business: http://www.Scenarioseven.com.au Blog: http://www.Scenariogirl.com -- Forwarded message -- From: pauric [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:34:39 Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Songza To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wow, I'm simply blown away by the UI. Very distinctive controls, layout flow. I expect we might see more niche search engines also differentiate with novel/innovative UI designs. e.g. http://www.kayak.com/moby/ (not a lot going on with style, but the interaction thinking is good) Thanks for the link David, I feel like a kid in a candy store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=22547 *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 *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] why is flash so awesome? [user focused flash]
Hi Lorelei I think to get a true understanding of Flash you also need to ask the questions, what does it do badly? How does it impede flow and impact negatively on the user experience... all the best, Lisa Herrod -- Lisa Herrod Web Usability: User Experience Research, Consulting and Training Business: http://www.Scenarioseven.com.au http://www.scenarioseven.com.au/ Blog: http://www.Scenariogirl.com http://www.scenariogirl.com/ On 23/10/2007, Lorelei Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everyone - I'm coming back to consulting from working as an innie, and have not really thought about Flash since 2002. Things have changed! My new company sells a lot of flash - our clients love it, and love the idea of it. I want to think about how to use Flash strategically, as part of a greater experience, instead of that little fancy blinking thing on the homepage. So, why is flash so awesome? What does it do that nothing else does better? How can we use Flash to improve an interface or an experience? What makes it better than, say, Ajax or DHTML for interactivity? What is Flash particularly good at as a development platform? Any resources, ideas, thoughts on user-focused flash are greatly appreciated! thanks! Lorelei 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
