Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-15 Thread Time Tracker
Hi Michael. It looks to me that what you are in fact looking for is TSheets.com. We meet each of your requirements, and have a few extras you didn't mention. How about the ability to take your time tracking with you on the go? We're developed the first iPhone specific time tracking app that

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-15 Thread PK Shiu
I am in the same boat and tried many of the apps that you have listed. I do not need invoicing, but need good time tracking. I have it narrowed down to Harvest or Office Time. Feature wise Office Time does everything I need, although it is not as sexy as harvest, and it is desktop (I use Mac)

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-15 Thread Patrick Barrett
What I think is most interesting about this straw poll is the number of respondents who choose not to follow these simple instructions: What are the top *3 things* you find yourself doing now with your iPhone If people on this list won't follow user instructions then who will? --Patrick V.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-15 Thread Scott McDaniel
Well, crap...now you make me wish I had done fifteen. Scott On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Patrick Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I think is most interesting about this straw poll is the number of respondents who choose not to follow these simple instructions: What are the top *3

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-15 Thread Jared Spool
On Aug 15, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Patrick Barrett wrote: What I think is most interesting about this straw poll is the number of respondents who choose not to follow these simple instructions: What are the top *3 things* you find yourself doing now with your iPhone If people on this list

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-15 Thread David Malouf
Along Jared's lines, I always see requirements as a point of analysis to distinguish between manifest suggestions and true latent requirements. Basically, there are not requirements, only guidelines or suggestions. ;-) BTW, there has been press on the battery more importantly the chip issues

[IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-15 Thread Tom Dell'Aringa
Happy Friday everyone, I'm working on an interface for a new product and considering using the MS fluent user interface as a model instead of your basic menus. I've been googling it this morning and there's actually a surprising lack of UX writing on the subject - or I am simply not finding it.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-15 Thread Tom Dell'Aringa
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Nick Iozzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am under the impression that MS has many patents on this design. Right or wrong is not for this thread, but I would dig into that if you are developing any commercial software. Wow, didn't even think of that - thanks for

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-15 Thread Sterling Koch
I am under the impression that MS has many patents on this design. Right or wrong is not for this thread, but I would dig into that if you are developing any commercial software. While that may be true, buying a WinForms/ASP.NET control set like those from DevExpress (my favorite) or

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-15 Thread Steven Chalmers
Sterling: I don't believe it is true that buying the Infragistics XAML controls for the MS Ribbon gives you the right to use that design paradigm. We are using the Infragistics package for XAML and found a specific note in their site that the buyer needs to make arrangements with MS to use the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-15 Thread mauro pinheiro
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Tom Dell'Aringa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on an interface for a new product and considering using the MS fluent user interface as a model instead of your basic menus. [...] http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101679411033.aspx Which is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-15 Thread Fred Beecher
On 8/15/08, Tom Dell'Aringa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is hard to comment on this design from a neutral point of view. I have used it for a while, I was very use to the old office design and where to find things. I find myself struggling to find things I use to be able to find

[IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-15 Thread G. Jason Head
Interesting enough it has to do a bit with the user interface on the PNC Virtual Wallet site: The site features several orange balls used to highlight products and services PNC offers. ING alleges that PNC's use of the orange balls could confuse customers who associate the orange balls with ING.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-15 Thread G . Jason Head
I've been using Freshbook regularly for my freelance work and it's been working like a charm. My wife also uses it for a Conference we are working on now too. I've found it to work well, and especially well with the time tracking. I've had odd number of clients ask about it too. In fact, I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-15 Thread Jared Spool
On Aug 15, 2008, at 4:16 PM, G. Jason Head wrote: Interesting enough it has to do a bit with the user interface on the PNC Virtual Wallet site: The site features several orange balls used to highlight products and services PNC offers. ING alleges that PNC's use of the orange balls could

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-15 Thread Charles B. Kreitzberg
Hi Jared: I've often thought that one way to defend this type of suit would be to conduct usability testing to see if, in fact, there was confusion. There was a similar suit against a small company called teracycle by Scotts Fertilizer. Personally, I didn't see the similarity. But it ought to be

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-15 Thread Jack Leon Moffett
On Aug 13, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Petroff, Greg wrote: What are the top 3 things you find yourself doing now with your iPhone that you did not do before and why? 1. Email anywhere (even from a tent). 2. Web access anywhere (ditto). 3. SMS (I never used it on previous phones.) Jack L. Moffett

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-15 Thread Jared Spool
Standard disclaimer: IANAL. Everything I know about trademark law and the tests come from the information I've gleaned from lawyers as I've prepared for my expert testimony. I'm sure there is much more I don't know. The following are the eight factors that most courts look at for

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA iPhone users straw poll

2008-08-15 Thread Jim Drew
On Aug 13, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Petroff, Greg wrote: What are the top 3 things you find yourself doing now with your iPhone that you did not do before and why? 1. E-mail anywhen. (Not just anywhere, but when I walk from my office to the bathroom or to get coffee or in the morning for a couple

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-15 Thread Jared Spool
On Aug 15, 2008, at 8:53 PM, John Vaughan wrote: Cool. The usual flock of parasitic sheissters manages to engineer yet another frivolous lawsuit. So now we can't use round orange shapes Um, no. You just can't use round orange shapes to represent elements of a financial services

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-15 Thread John Vaughan
Jared said: Um, no. You just can't use round orange shapes to represent elements of a financial services product and then try to compete against ING who has made round orange shapes integral to their look. Feel free to use round orange shapes for anything else. John says:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-15 Thread seth b
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] ING sues PNC over alleged similarities of Web sites

2008-08-15 Thread Scott McDaniel
Sometimes I'd swear this is the goth list. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:31 PM, John Vaughan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jared said: Um John says: Um -- The lesson here is that we cannot remove artificial dependencies, but we can reduce them. - Hao He

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Basic time tracking and invoicing for a solo consultant

2008-08-15 Thread Michael Moore
Hi Jennifer, Thanks for the tip - it wasn't really even on my radar. When I looked at the time video, it seemed like you have to do a lot of clicking around to enter some time. And I wasn't really clear if the module part was required or not - it just seems like an extra layer of categorization I