Jared:
When a consultant looks at eye tracking results
and says, The user clearly sees X
but they don't see Y, they are making **it up.
And using their tools badly.
What's with the hate campaign on eye-trackers, Jared?
This reminds me of the olden days when we first had video. It was an
I always thought that the U was update
Chauncey
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Christian Crumlishx...@pobox.com wrote:
don't know your source, but it sounds a tad like CRUD, the database acronym
for create, read, upload, delete which are the four basic verbs with data.
sounds line navigate
On Aug 16, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Diana Wynne wrote:
A side note that I recently discovered the learn more ? balloon on
the NYTimes website.
Here's the thing that so many people don't understand about
usability - it's a sliding scale. Interactions can be intuitive or
immediately obvious,
On Aug 15, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Jared Spool wrote:
User research, when done well, isn't a science at all. It's an
engineering tool. If you have to demonstrate its scientific validity
(and deal with the fact that the people you're working with perceive
it as a soft science), then you've
On Aug 15, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Jared Spool wrote:
When a consultant looks at eye tracking results and says, The user
clearly sees X but they don't see Y, they are making shit up.
What eye tracking doesn't tell you is why they were focusing on X.
Okay, so, yeah, their eyes were gazing at
On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:23 AM, Caroline Jarrett wrote:
Jared:
When a consultant looks at eye tracking results
and says, The user clearly sees X
but they don't see Y, they are making **it up.
And using their tools badly.
Yet, that's what they do. Remember Spool's First Law of Competency: It
Agreed, Fritz! It seems that even stand-alone applications such as
iMovie have a share menu these days.
I wonder if About Face 3 includes the following as fundamental interactions:
* discuss with other participants
* give feedback to source/author
* share with friends etc
If anyone's
I've been tasked with documenting how one of my company's user
interfaces compares with our top three competitors, as a way of
understanding where we excel, where we need improvement, and where we
are roughly equal. The business goal is to more fully understand the
UI conventions used by these
yes, that was a brain fart. I meant update.
Speaking of u-words. Is undo a fundamental interaction?
-x-
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Chauncey Wilson
chauncey.wil...@gmail.comwrote:
I always thought that the U was update
Will -
You could have a look at our UX Benchmarking report description at
www.uxbench.com to get some ideas (or better still, buy the reportg).
Another benchmarking firm is Bowen Craggs Co. Theirs focuses on
corporate web site effectiveness (while ours is specifically e-commerce
UX). Have a
Will,
I realize you are being asked for an expert heuristic review, but
thought you might be interested in an approach we took on our team.
We did in-house usability tests comparing our site to our top 7
competitors. From these results, we were able to put together a SWOT
(strength,
I think the biggest problem is size. People want phones on them at all
times, so they need to be pocketable. At that size you're not going to get
more than a 'thumb' keyboard, like the G1 or Blackberry. Such keyboards are
fine for the odd email or text, but they don't cut it when it comes to
There are a couple of frameworks that can get you started... by the way this
is often referred to as market research (different than marketing research)
or competitive analysis. If you search/look for references towards SWOT
(strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) or Porter's five
I am looking at a potential project which deals a lot with Sharepoint.
I know very little about this tool, or the user experience design of
sites that use it (I believe it involves a lot of customization of
modules). Does anyone have any tips on things I should know, and can
you point me towards
Cards on the table.
I love eye tracking. It%u2019s the sharpest tool in the box for user
experience research. It%u2019s the best way to observe natural
behaviour. Think-aloud in usability testing is unnatural and can
create false data.
More cards on the table.
I%u2019m appalled at some of the
Hello, Kristen
In our lab we have a Tobii eye tracker, using Tobii Studio.
An eyetrack study is not enough for analyzing usability, but it can be
very usefull to collect specific data about screens layouts and
interface elements positioning.
If you have budget enough, I do recomend an eyetracker
I have limited experience with eye-tracking but, for me, you haven't
covered the most important reasons to use it.
1. Big bosses love it... it's a persuader it's science-y but
funner.
2. Talk Aloud, when a participant is watching their video, becomes
Post Talk Aloud and they can tell you
I think a solid example is needed to vouch any true benefits beyond
agency differentiation. Monitoring attention in such pinpoint detail
seems a distraction for all parties, from what are probably
fundamental design issues. Observation, interview and heuristics are
much stronger methods; which
Thanks for the interest in my last message. A member of my local group
in San Francisco suggested Survey Monkey.
I've created a brief questionnaire, which you can find here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AjsQ3lf3mjF7ia76Xl02ww_3d_3d
If interested, please complete by the end of this week
What if your phone was a removable part of your netbook. Ala the
Folio by Palm. I think their implementation and specs were off,
but I think the idea has huge possibilities. Take a razor sized
iPhone that can slip into a netbook sized form-factor keyboard
screen ( ports, mic camera) and damn!
Why netbooks and not MIDs?
On Aug 17, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Dave Malouf wrote:
What if your phone was a removable part of your netbook. Ala the
Folio by Palm. I think their implementation and specs were off,
but I think the idea has huge possibilities. Take a razor sized
iPhone that can slip into
On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:46 AM, Dave Malouf wrote:
Take a razor sized
iPhone that can slip into a netbook sized form-factor keyboard
screen ( ports, mic camera) and damn! you've got quite the
machine.
This is actually what I've imagined the rumored Apple iTablet thingy
to be. I probably
Hi Julia -
The process is such:
1. Visitor reads an executive summary of a new study.
2. To get the full study, visitor must click a link that our
stakeholder wishes to say Read full study
3. The link loads a form which the visitor must fill out in order to,
read full study
It's what I hear our
A successful, established CRM solutions firm in the DC area is looking
for a talented, organized UI Developer. This is an opportunity to be
part of a growing tech group in a fast expanding business.
Requirements:
- Between 3+ years of full-time hands on Flash development
- Over 1 year of full
Has anyone developed on this? The license for the software alone is
$20k, so clearly this is not for low-end sites. However, for
mid-range sites with budgets between $50k-$100k, does anyone know if
that $20k is worth it relative to an open-source CMS?
Great discussion!! Really enjoying all the thought and insights (on
both sides).
In general, I have to side on the pro-ET side here. The %u201Cmale
refrigerator blindness%u201D and peripheral vision problems are
important, and must be considered. But don't these problems have
corollaries in
We (ISITE Design) do development work on this platform and have for
some time. Unfortunately, it's really hard to say whether any CMS is
the right choice without knowing about things like:
- The client's on-hand development staff skills
- The required site features
- The nature of the content
What's teh difference btw an MID and a Netbook and a Smartbook
besides who is controlling the marketing.
maybe you can say an MID is a slate vs. a netbook is a clamshell? But
I would put it at mobile chip Intel Atom or ARM, with sub 10 screen,
low (usually flash storage), and good RAM.
I
You would hope a company as large as Tribune Co. would have performed
user testing on the site before it launched the new look, so they may
be safe in this design. I think they are.
While it is not obvious at first glance what is a link, the site to
me is very learnable and memorable. What I
Generally, MIDs are souped-up smartphones, while netbooks are pared-down
laptops. MIDs run smartphone platforms and have slightly more powerful
processors than most mobile devices, while Netbooks run traditional desktop
OSs and include Atom, which leads to lower battery life but yields a bit
more
I foresee less of an explicit hardware convergence, and more
interoperability. I.e. the tablet/netbook should seamlessly leverage
my phone for data access via bluetooth...
Seamless being the operative term in that concept.
There is an interesting interaction problem here. If I carry
different
On Aug 17, 2009, at 1:12 PM, Michael Dunn wrote:
Wireframing needs may differ from project to project, and it is
vital to retain a level of flexibility when determining your approach.
No offense, but I've never found this to be true. I've found using
pencil and paper to work 100% of the
I want to share my two SXSW Panels with you as well...please vote thumbs up
on the site if you're interested (Note that you can vote Yes for an
unlimited number of panels).
1. Mac-n-Cheese: Learning About Product Design from Comfort Foods
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4218
Comfort foods
Actually, you do touch on my reasoning for different levels of fidelity in
wireframes- the audience for said wireframes. There are situations where
high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes work better to convey functionality
and layout to both clients and team members. If I had my druthers, I'd be
On Aug 17, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Julie Stanford wrote:
2. Flex, Silverlight, Javascript??? Picking your RIA Technology
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4236
Dazed and confused in a sea of technology and marketing fluff? This
talk
will help you pick the right technology for your Rich
On Aug 17, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Michael Dunn wrote:
Actually, you do touch on my reasoning for different levels of
fidelity in
wireframes- the audience for said wireframes. There are situations
where
high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes work better to convey
functionality
and layout to
Given that there were only a max of 9 words for the title, really it was
important to be as concise is possible.
Julie
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Hi Will,
We've been asked to do similar things for clients over the years.
Most recently we used Loop11 (www.loop11.com) to run some online,
unmoderated user tests across our clients' website and then three
competitor websites.
This approach might not provide all of the inforamtion you've been
As much as I'd love to give you one, there's no one-size-fits-all
answer. Business and user needs drive the relative value of each
aspect of the CMS.
For example, localization may mean nothing to a small chain of shoe
stores, but everything to a city library that needs to address both
English-
I have two panels for voting as well. I'm really excited about
attending this year (I haven't been before, although a number of my
fellow panelists have).
Culture Kicks Our Ass: How To Kick Back
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3629
Please vote for this panel from Steve Portigal and D. P.
While we're at it, Nathan and I are wrapping up the
science-fiction-and-interface-design presentation trilogy with...
Made It So (Interface Makers in Movies)
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4172
To conclude their trilogy of successful presentations at SxSW about
the analysis of interfaces
Hey everyone:
I've got one panel for SXSW consideration this year, please take a moment to
review, register vote if you feel it deserves to be added to the menu.
*The Neurobiology of Optimal Human Experience Design*
We'll examine the biology of the human experience, the triggers employed to
We are looking for an outstanding visual designer to join our startup.
You will be responsible for researching, designing, and prototyping
new user experiences based on product requirements and interaction
wireframes. You will deliver design mockups, produce visual asset,
and document a style
My associate and I are planning to submit a proposal on Collaboration
Distributed Design Teams for the Interaction10 conference in
Savannah. We think we have enough material for a Presentation-style
of session, but we wonder if there is sufficient interest in a Group
Discussion-style session
I thought about this similar to what Dave Malouf had mentioned at
first - the phone being a removable part of the net-book.
Seeing it from another angle, rather making it a removable part from
a net-book, how if it were a pluggable to a net-book or any other
porting station (not sticking only to
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