Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise sues Axure for patent infringement

2008-06-08 Thread Nancy Roberts
I'm a bit new to this whole thing... I thought the discussion was to alert people who used a tool they bought with reasonable expectation that it was legitimate to use, that it was being threatened by a lawsuit. Frankly, I didn't bother with the specific patent info because that is way beyond me.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise vs. Axure - Community response - Patent-free thread

2008-06-08 Thread Nancy Roberts
I just want to say thank you for bringing this to my attention... I would have had no idea this was going on, and it would present real problems in my day to day work life. I don't know what would make sense to do - I am not sure even a professional protest would stop iRise from trying to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Perception of light / relative brightness

2008-06-08 Thread Navid Sadikali
Elise, I design products for radiologists and I have a background in neuroscience. Your question as stated may be too broad. Let me breakdown your question first: *how sensitive is *the human eye o changes in rightness? - we are sensitive on some level to a massive amount of changes,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Perception of light / relative brightness

2008-06-08 Thread Navid Sadikali
Ooops... that should be For example, white text on a black background is perceived as a brighter than on a gray background. On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Navid Sadikali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome to the Interaction Design

[IxDA Discuss] Weekend Workshop on Design Inspection Methods and Usability Testing- Mumbai

2008-06-08 Thread rohit k
Hi, Sorry, in my previous mail, few hours before, I forgot to mention that the Weekend Workshop is in Mumbai. -- regards, Rohit Keluskar Design Incubator RD Labs Pvt. Ltd. +91 ( 022 ) 6552 9069 Welcome to the Interaction Design

[IxDA Discuss] linux: fedora ubuntu OS eval;

2008-06-08 Thread Angel Marquez
i just installed and am dual booting my mac and pc with some linux os's. pc with ubuntu and mac with fedora. any thoughts on the os ixda, uxd, ui of these 2 open source projects? does your os and application choices reflect your personal values? I'm thinking I will use open source solutions for

[IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design and Experiential Factors, What do you think?

2008-06-08 Thread Musstanser Tinauli
The theme of this research is: IxD and Experiential Factors. The considered experiential factors include (Learnability, usage, error and feedback, Comfort, Collaboration, Affect, Guidance and support, Accesability) . Depending on the kind of product some factors can become not applicable . The

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iRise vs. Axure - Community response - Patent-free thread

2008-06-08 Thread dave malouf
Nancy, We are not just car repairman here. There are many in this community that work for companies like Axure and iRise. I.e. we are creators of prototyping software, not just users of it. I.e. there are people on this community board who are on the team for Thermo (Adobe's prototyping solution

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Legal Questions for a possible conference panel on Intellectual property

2008-06-08 Thread Duane Degler
Chauncey, Sounds like a great idea. I hope you would be able to get international representation, because even with the world treaties around there are many nuances to IP in different countries and regions of the world. A stray collection of thoughts it would be interesting to hear more about: -

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Legal Questions for a possible conference panel on Intellectual property

2008-06-08 Thread Chauncey Wilson
Thanks Duane, Good topics and I'm trying to get hold of an international attorney on this. for example, recruiting rules in Germany are fairly strict and Canada has special rules about what can be kept in databases on individuals. The rules for remote testing could get pretty complex with

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Legal Questions for a possible conference panel on Intellectual property

2008-06-08 Thread Kontra
A stray collection of thoughts Missing in action is the counter-argument. If as a 'designer' one's been relegated to rearranging buttons on a page, this won't be of any consequence, but if one's directly involved in *system* design in a strategic context, then playing ostrich is no help.

[IxDA Discuss] Job: Sr. Interaction Design- Loc: NYC. CO: Ariel Partners: Recruiter/ Full-time Employee or Contract long term

2008-06-08 Thread Bert Copello
Senior Interaction Designer: Loc: NYC. CO:Ariel Partners LLC; Recruiter: Full-time Employee or Contract long term. Ariel Partners (www.arielpartners.com) has an immediate opening for an AJAX-oriented Information Architect/Interaction designer ! This position is for immediate hire. The

[IxDA Discuss] Job - Experience Designers - San Francisco

2008-06-08 Thread Matthew Zuckman
Real Branding is a leading independent digital marketing agency with a tradition of driving real business results through great experiences. Our methodologies, practices, and culture allow Real Branding to combine the best of research, strategy, design, and technology to create innovative

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Perception of light / relative brightness

2008-06-08 Thread craig pickering
Edward Adelson, Professor of Vision Science at MIT, has a classic example of this showing a checkerboard with a shadow cast across it. There are 2 squares that are _exactly_ the same color but one looks very much lighter than the other.

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] Book Launch Party: Handbook of Usability Testing, 2nd Edition

2008-06-08 Thread Jared Spool
[ Apologies to those who receive more than one copy of this. ] Greetings, You're invited to attend a party to honor the launch of the second edition of the Handbook of Usability Testing. Where: Cinghiale Restaurant 822 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 When: June 18,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Profile vs. Persona

2008-06-08 Thread Szymon Blaszczyk
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Andrew Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Szymon Blaszczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And you can also use personas as knowledge management (all that we already know about our customers). It's ok to play, explore, but when personas