Re: [IxDA Discuss] Documenting State Changes in Web Apps

2009-04-06 Thread Jakub Linowski
May I recommend a blog I started dedicated to such techniques? Wireframes Magazine http://wireframes.linowski.ca/?tag=states Definitely check out Bill's state / condition matrix on the second page: http://wireframes.linowski.ca/?p=14 If you have other ways of doing this, please don't hesitate

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Open source user experience

2009-02-09 Thread Jakub Linowski
I just ran into Paula Bach's work on UX and Open Source, in particular: Designers Wanted: Participation and the User Experience in Open Source Software http://cscl.ist.psu.edu/public/users/pbach/paper1367-bach.pdf A nice read ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] fluidIA: an open design + open source UI prototyping tool

2009-02-09 Thread Jakub Linowski
where the prototype sits needs Firefox). All the best, Jakub Linowski www.fluidia.org Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Open source user experience

2009-02-09 Thread Jakub Linowski
to plan, the tool will allow for the creating of design element alternatives (branching) as well as merging of various design elements from different sources. Check out http://www.fluidia.org and ping me if you're also interested in working on this. Jakub Linowski

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Social design: Nuanced/specific user feedback ?

2009-02-06 Thread Jakub Linowski
(Weird. Didn't see Tiziano's post when posting.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38186 Welcome to the Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Social design: Nuanced/specific user feedback ?

2009-02-05 Thread Jakub Linowski
Uservoice.com has an interesting system where the users have a maximum of 10 votes which they can constantly can reallocate where they wish. Each feature however can have 3 maximum votes per user. Taken together, this allows the most favourite features to trickle up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] How many alternatives, concepts, or sketches are enough?

2009-01-19 Thread Jakub Linowski
http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2009/01/14/why-you-shouldnt-rush-into-a-solution-too-quickly/ Harry posted an interesting post on 90 percent of everything about not rushing to design solutions too quickly. Designers should cover the design space with divergent approaches first and identify

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs

2009-01-12 Thread Jakub Linowski
If there are more interesting document samples anyone is willing to share on this topic, I'd love to publish them over at Wireframes Magazine http://wireframes.linowski.ca. All the best, Jakub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

[IxDA Discuss] Wireframes Magazine

2009-01-04 Thread Jakub Linowski
. http://wireframes.linowski.ca Cheers, Jakub Linowski Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tog on Gestures will force the mouse into retirement

2008-12-31 Thread Jakub Linowski
Somehow every time someone says the mouse will go on retirement I am not convinced. It's a seriously well designed product which has lasted for what, over 40 years? The mouse provides quite a bit of precision. Yes, perhaps it takes effort to learn, but with time people can move items around at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Auto-Scrolling Good?

2008-12-01 Thread Jakub Linowski
How about sticking to auto-scrolling but removing the acceleration component. Often the acceleration is what confuses people as the dragged items speed up too much and users lose control. What about two fixed scroll speeds. One could have a reasonable scroll speed assigned to the default drag

Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage

2008-11-17 Thread Jakub Linowski
http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35607 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!