Re: [IxDA Discuss] SXSW Panel Picker- please vote for my panels!!!

2009-08-18 Thread Ben Sykes
Hey everyone: I've got one panel for SXSW consideration this year also, please take a moment to review 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 create an

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples of pre-login \soft personalization\?

2009-08-18 Thread elana
Something I do regularly is visit sites in firefox (my main browser. I don't clear out my cache that often) and safari (I clear out my cache every time I use it). I t's really interesting to see the differences when going to the same site in both browsers (with and without cookies). This works

[IxDA Discuss] The Audacity of Context

2009-08-18 Thread jakecressman
Hey geeks! If words like media syndication, context and fanagment give you a thrill, then vote for our panel at SXSW. Here is the link! http://tinyurl.com/ocdjp6 BTW: We made up the word fanagment. Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Eye-Tracker software/hardware recommendations

2009-08-18 Thread Jay
When used together with other user experience research, Eye tracking offers tremendous value for improving products. Eye tracking measures unconscious behavior - and provides data that people simply cannot verbalize in other common user research methods, especially think aloud usability testing

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any interest in a Collaboration Distributed Design Team topic for Interaction10?

2009-08-18 Thread Mana
I find this topic very interesting. Though I am not a designer,but a part of the research team and this topic is of importance to me as we are supposed to do reaserch for products like knee brace. I am based in India and the product/client are based in US. The best I can do is dig out standard

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sharepoint UX- Education Resources

2009-08-18 Thread Nicole Furi
Thank you for the tips... would you suggest I fork out the cash for a course on Sharepoint? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44759

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sharepoint UX- Education Resources

2009-08-18 Thread Kevin T . Stein
I've run into exactly this same situation, where I was told to do some Sharepoint work without knowing much about. It's a horrendous beast, and there is no working with it casually. The team I was on looked at other solutions like Joomla! and it, too, sucked. Mr. Myles' comments are quite

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PaperThin/CommonSpot

2009-08-18 Thread Den Serras
But no reason to actually choose CommonSpot over any other, paid or otherwise? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44772 Welcome to the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Anyone tried out GuiMags?

2009-08-18 Thread Darci Dutcher
One place I would find use for Gui mags (or the DIY version) would be at client workshops to get clients more involved as these would be neater, simpler and more fun to use. I tend to do that with post-it notes with elements drawn on. It may not be as pretty as the GUI Mags, but no one feels bad

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any interest in a Collaboration Distributed Design Team topic for Interaction10?

2009-08-18 Thread Clive Flory
I cannot attend but would be interested to contribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44793 Welcome to the Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Anyone tried out GuiMags?

2009-08-18 Thread Adrian Howard
On 18 Aug 2009, at 02:50, Darci Dutcher wrote: One place I would find use for Gui mags (or the DIY version) would be at client workshops to get clients more involved as these would be neater, simpler and more fun to use. I tend to do that with post-it notes with elements drawn on. It may not

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any interest in a Collaboration Distributed Design Team topic for Interaction10?

2009-08-18 Thread Adrian Howard
On 17 Aug 2009, at 17:53, Richard Howard wrote: 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

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Netbooks lead the way on how we%u2019ll be using our mobile phones in the near future

2009-08-18 Thread Jack Moffett
It sounds like you are describing IBM's Metapad: http://www-03.ibm.com/technology/designconsulting/port_metapad.html Best, Jack On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Shivan Kannan wrote: Seeing it from another angle, rather making it a removable part from a net-book, how if it were a pluggable to a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Netbooks lead the way on how we%u2019ll be using our mobile phones in the near future

2009-08-18 Thread Shivan Kannan
wow, I never knew IBM had something like that already... Am happy I was able to get my brain working that far :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44734

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Netbooks lead the way on how we%u2019ll be usingour mobile phones in the near future

2009-08-18 Thread Gregor Kiddie
There is an interesting interaction problem here. If I carry different devices depending on what I'm doing on a given day, how do easily I tell the carrier which device I want to receive calls on? http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/ Looks like Google is trying to sort that problem by being

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Netbooks lead the way on how we%u2019ll be using our mobile phones in the near future

2009-08-18 Thread pauric
Gregor: Looks like Google is trying to sort that problem by being device independent. I would consider Google voice and skype as the first wedge between the carriers and hardware. The only reason a particular phone might be 'associated' with a single carrier is to leverage as much money from

[IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Alan Wexelblat
There's a pattern that I've seen a couple places - MS Access being the one that comes immediately to mind - where a person is doing row-oriented data entry and filling in one row then hitting return causes a new empty row to be created automatically so the person can continue data entry without

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sharepoint UX- Education Resources

2009-08-18 Thread Marc Truitt
SharePoint can be a beast, because it does so much, it is difficult for developers/designers to get a handle on. It also has a lot of capabilities and low cost for educational organizations and non-profits. I have listed some links below related to SharePoint Education. SharePoint is different

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Mike Myles
The table interaction in MS Word is, - Tab to the next cell in a row - In the last (right most) cell of a row, tab wraps down. - If no row on wrap, create a new one. - Enter puts a line break in the current cell contents. MS Excel goes down a row on Enter. Applications like Work have the need to

[IxDA Discuss] Understanding how surveys are used

2009-08-18 Thread Alok Jain
Hi All, My apologies for cross posting I am running a study to understand how surveys are used in our field. I would appreciate if you could help us out and take the following survey. https://survey.insightify.com/f83-a0b-ea9-536 Thanks in advance Alok Jain (AJ)

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I think it would be more efficient to create a new row, once a character is typed in the last empty row. The newly created row is not deleted, if all the characters are cleared in the row above it. The second empty row is removed, whenever the screen is refreshed. Copy and paste would create as

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: UI Design Managing Director; Scandinavia; Recruiter; Full Time

2009-08-18 Thread Sean @ IC Software
£Senior + significant bonus Ideal profile: Agency Managing Director, Managing Partner, Mobile UX Team Lead, Head of Mobile UX A truly unique and special opportunity has arisen in the Scandinavia region for a very senior mobile UI design practitioner/leader/manager to take a significant step

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Mike Myles
That is a good point Oleh. I've used that approach before in a query editor UI, and have seen it often before - there is always a blank row to go to at the bottom of the list. As soon as any focus is given to that last row, a new one comes in below it. If one were to close out of the interface at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread timoni grone
Google Profiles has an _excellent_ example of creating new input fields on the fly as you're interacting with the first available one. Check it out; create a Google Profile and pay special attention while adding something under Places I've lived, Companies I've worked for, or Schools I've

[IxDA Discuss] Fixed or rotating feedback icon?

2009-08-18 Thread Shima Kazerooni
Hi,   Has anyone conducted usability studies or knows about user preference for a fixed position rotating feedback icon (eg. [+] Feedback) versus a rotating and scrolling one which follows the user as they scroll up and down a page.   Thanks, Shima

[IxDA Discuss] Video of User Testing with an Interactive Prototype

2009-08-18 Thread Dante Murphy
Hey everybody... I am looking for a very specific video to help illustrate the value of early-stage interactive prototype testing with a client. What I need is a video that shows user testing with a prototype that is not finished looking...something akin to an interactive wireframe, or a mixture

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Video of User Testing with an Interactive Prototype

2009-08-18 Thread Jarod Tang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4-A-9hGn0U maybe not fullfill your exactly purpose, but related -- Jarod On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Dante Murphy dmur...@digitashealth.comwrote: Hey everybody... I am looking for a very specific video to help illustrate the value of early-stage