[IxDA Discuss] How real and valuable is above the fold real estate?

2010-01-08 Thread R. Groot
First off: all the best wishes for this new year. Lets make it a usable one. -- Situation sketch -- Some clients (as well as some graphic designers) I work with still talk about above the fold real estate. They seem to see this as a somewhat measurable space (in pixels) and tribute a lot of value

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How real and valuable is above the fold real estate?

2010-01-08 Thread Lee McIvor
Hi Rein, I've recently written a blog post on the concept of the fold. I've also referenced some other useful articles in there, so it should answer your questions: http://leemcivor.co.uk/2009/11/23/why-the-fold-isnt-dead/ Basically, whilst the fold does exist, its location varies - now more

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Mid-Level to Senior UX Architect, Central London (Temporary) - Tribal DDB London

2010-01-08 Thread Tim Ostler
Tribal DDB London are looking for a Mid-Level to Senior User Experience Architect. Temporary Contract: Salary competitive, 6 months pro rata (no daily rates) About Tribal DDB: Tribal DDB is the digital arm of DDB. You may know us from sites such as volkswagen.co.uk and guinness.com, or prominent

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How real and valuable is above the fold realestate?

2010-01-08 Thread Mila, Brian
Check out google labs browser size app. It shows what percentage of people can see the parts of your page. I'm not sure how they got the data, I don't think browsers report their size, do they? Well anyway, for whatever its worth it may help you quantify your fold issue.

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: ACD-Ix in Amsterdam @ frog design (full-time)

2010-01-08 Thread Jamie Collinsworth
Associate Creative Director - Amsterdam Job Duties: * Manage day-to-day operations of the digital design team, including setting priorities, assigning resources, and ensuring project goals are achieved * Oversee simultaneous projects from inception to completion, reviewing project plans, designs,

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: ACD-Ix in Milan @ frog design (full-time)

2010-01-08 Thread Jamie Collinsworth
Associate Creative Director - Milan Job Duties: * Manage day-to-day operations of the digital design team, including setting priorities, assigning resources, and ensuring project goals are achieved * Oversee simultaneous projects from inception to completion, reviewing project plans,

[IxDA Discuss] Tangential view of the ethnography/technology discussion

2010-01-08 Thread marc resnick
Brian Arthur has a very interesting take - looking at the entire economic system rather than each design on its own. http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00014?pg=all Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: 2D/3D Animator, Seattle, FILTER (Recruiter), Contract

2010-01-08 Thread Alexis Call
FILTER has a one-year contract opportunity in downtown Seattle for a stellar 2D and/or 3D Animator who has exceptional storyboarding abilities and some motion graphics experience. In this position, you’ll join an innovative and fun team while working at the forefront of new product creation. This

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PINs for passwords

2010-01-08 Thread Loren Baxter
We haven't mentioned context! ATMs and some mobile apps use PINs, because they have more limited input methods. Entering a secure, 10 digit password is tough without a full keyboard. The 9 digit keypad provides a simple and accessible method of entry, but we have to secure the PIN by adding

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Arriving late in the game

2010-01-08 Thread Benjamin Ho
Nice question, Jonathan! My gut tells me that development may have already made up their mind on what they want to develop so the research efforts may be all for nothing. I hope that's really not the case. However, you can still get feedback on something they've designed but it might not be

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Arriving late in the game

2010-01-08 Thread Doug Brown
I would say that showing the users the prototype as part of the interview (at the end sounds reasonable) would be a good thing. If development is already underway, by the time you're done with your research and design process they are likely to be pretty far down the road and resistant to

[IxDA Discuss] The semantics of checkboxes and null values

2010-01-08 Thread Alan Wexelblat
Yet another of my odd questions, feel free to skip if you don't care... I am attempting to design a query form to let people find things in a mixed set of records. For simplicity's sake let's say there are R1-type records and R2-type records. In the R1-type records there's a data value that's

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The semantics of checkboxes and null values

2010-01-08 Thread Bryan Minihan
Excel seems to provide an elegant solution to this by representing the not set value in the possible options. Something like this might work: Query by Checky Field: [*] Yes [*] No [*] Not Set You might assume No also includes Not Set, if the fields are truly equivalent in meaning, and your

[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] Web UI eCommerce Developer, NYC | 65/hour

2010-01-08 Thread Beau Gould (OSS)
This is a 6-month on-site contract position located in New York City paying $65/hour. No telecommuting allowed. US Citizens, Green Card holders, EAD or CAN only please. Thank you. Our Manhattan client seeks a highly motivated and creative person interested in and experienced in web design and