Re: [IxDA Discuss] Does eye-tracking carry any real meaning?(*edit)

2007-11-25 Thread Jared M. Spool
On Nov 25, 2007, at 9:47 PM, hanif o'neil wrote: > I would suggest that it has been through eye-tracking research > that this instance has been highlighted, e.g. Enquiro's discovery > of Google Search's "Golden Triangle," where users ignored ads along > the right scroll bar of the screen (

[IxDA Discuss] The Rise and Fall of Friendster

2007-11-25 Thread Mike Scarpiello
This is a little long, but a really great analysis of the first social networking site - http://tinyurl.com/2k86l9 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Does eye-tracking carry any real meaning?

2007-11-25 Thread Robert Hoekman, Jr.
> So, all you can tell is where the center of the retina pointed. And, > from a design standpoint, this tells you practically nothing. Cheers to that, Jared. One can only hope that a UIE blog post is in order. Someone as knowledgeable on the subject as yourself could do the world some good by re

[IxDA Discuss] comments to the "Doro's ridiculously simple phones in the wild"

2007-11-25 Thread Jarod Tang
The original link . And the interesting thing comes from the reader's comments to this news ( why humble mine comments below). - "Those "A B C D" buttons are confusing me." - one of the po

[IxDA Discuss] IxD Candidate Available * Recruiter* Relo to US and France

2007-11-25 Thread Ryan Lum
Greetings Group, My objective is to announce the availability of my candidate who has been an Interaction Designer with a UX Design Lead background including a strong emphasis on Consumer Products and Business Applications. This candidate based in Portland is available for Contract or Direct Hire

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Does eye-tracking carry any real meaning?

2007-11-25 Thread Jared M. Spool
On Nov 24, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Hanif O'Neil wrote: > This data does not offer feedback on whether a > design is good or not, instead it provides an understanding of how > well a design functioned: Did users see specific content or links? > And how long did it take them to see them in the interface?

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can Contextual Design be used to define a business process

2007-11-25 Thread Milan Guenther
I'm sorry, I had re-read the article before typing, and I think I just had too much of their vocabulary on my mind. BA = business analysis SOA = service-oriented architecture What I actually meant is: they use business analysis methods related to SOA-based enterprise systems, and combine them wit

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can Contextual Design be used to define a business process

2007-11-25 Thread Milan Guenther
Hi! be sure to have a look at this article from IBM / Rational: Integrate business modeling and interaction design http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-soa-busmodeling/ They combine SOA-related BA methods with IxD methods to re-model business processes - it's maybe not the answer to your