Re: [IxDA Discuss] /- impacts of 'address verification systems' on online forms

2010-02-21 Thread Shivan Kannan
Hi Marcus, Depends on what you want to achieve from users of the form. If you require users to fill in the correct address, and if that address is already stored in a database, you might as well show hints of the address and have the system suggest for auto fill into the fields for your users.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS in Interaction Design, Usability, User Research, User Experience, Information Architect

2009-11-17 Thread Shivan Kannan
4. For admission, is it important to have programming background, such as, javascript, c, c , php, .net I think it is not required. A portfolio or some background in design may be required for special courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best Practices and/or Examples of Search Results for Mixing Password Protected (members-only) content and Public Content

2009-11-08 Thread Shivan Kannan
Hi Charles (and all) In the gallery type search result page, I don't find the same plus icon to identify that the same 'Gooey Butterscotch Bars' is a subscriber only link. I was wondering if that was left intentional that way for gallery type search results or if there were any other reasons for

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Working with more than one project at a time?

2009-11-01 Thread Shivan Kannan
Hey all, thanks for sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47087 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Great IxD sites [was: Core77 equivalent for interaction design?]

2009-11-01 Thread Shivan Kannan
Thank you Eric for the list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47105 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to

[IxDA Discuss] Working with more than one project at a time?

2009-10-28 Thread Shivan Kannan
Hello Have you faced difficulty making design decisions while you needed to remember the different user needs from say 2 to 3 different projects that you were working on at the same time? Can you share your experience when switching the thinking? What other problems you've come across when

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Firefox tilting web pages

2009-10-16 Thread Shivan Kannan
I agree with all. It is purely a fun factor for firefox addon fans who eat, play, sleep, drink firefox. Hold on there... did I say DRINK? Yeah this addon seems to make us believe they can now :D lol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA discussions usability

2009-10-16 Thread Shivan Kannan
For me, it has worked excellently from the beginning. Thanks to the team who are behind this. I use my email to get notified about new discussions and get to the IxDA web to post my replies. I constantly use my personal browser and there was no problem detecting my name or need to sign in

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Required fields - one or the other

2009-10-15 Thread Shivan Kannan
I personally would not want to fill a phone number field in any form, especially into a machine knowing that it will get stored in some database. So I won't know who can misuse it anytime. If the users for whom you design for think that giving a phone number there can serve them (such as

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A vision for the 10-finger desktop

2009-10-15 Thread Shivan Kannan
Nice video there. I sense there could be a difficulty initially in identifying which of the 5 pointers belonged to its respective finger while they all are closely placed and look the same round with at the center. The mouse pointer is just one thing we need to focus on now which is relatively

Re: [IxDA Discuss] 10gui responses?

2009-10-15 Thread Shivan Kannan
I've mostly had this problem of using the mouse pad to execute a press click wrongly when I actually wanted to move the mouse at the first tap and drag action. I wonder if this would exist on this type of touch pad too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Leaving Las Vegas...I mean the website site.

2009-10-10 Thread Shivan Kannan
Hello Brian Let me answer using examples. Consider links that you may see in your gmail message (I notice you have one). They open a new tab or new window unlike gmail interface's own navigation links. There is a login session, and it so requires that the user is checking the emails and would

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wheels as user interface mechanisms

2009-10-10 Thread Shivan Kannan
I had just the same thought as conetees. In some multimedia application such as those for audio editing, I have seen dials where the operator clicks on the dial once, and drags the mouse either up/down or left/right that rotates the knob clockwise, anti-clockwise accordingly. But again, it maybe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is there a good reason to require people to id their credit card?

2009-09-29 Thread Shivan Kannan
From my experience, I have seen forms that first ask only for the card number. They do not ask for the card type or bank, where a user would select from a drop down or such. It is only the card number that is required from the user and on submitting the form, after processing, the bank logo or

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX'ers on Twitter?

2009-09-28 Thread Shivan Kannan
Thanks for the list. I don't know if you are God or a common man in the UX list. But I know you are a human UXer like me :) I personally am happy to get connected with UXers who have similar interests as me. The internet for information and connectivity has evolved into something great that it is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Way Out vs Exit - Signage usability and passenger experience

2009-09-19 Thread Shivan Kannan
Place: IxDA web Users: English writing/speaking users Navigation labels: in plain English words - works good Place: Public subway station Users: Multi lingual users? (Yes, possible!!! - tourists) Labels: Ain't symbols along with text in whatever language work better, than just text alone?

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone app interaction related

2009-09-08 Thread Shivan Kannan
Thanks Mikko (post not seen here yet, but by email), Barbara and Jeff for your inputs. I had been working UIs only for the regular phones so far and my client requested I make one for iPhone as well. So this happens to be my first work for iPhone lately. Your inputs helped me in my thinking. . .

[IxDA Discuss] iPhone app interaction related

2009-09-07 Thread Shivan Kannan
Hello This is iPhone application related. Application UI is already done for S60 phones but we are developing new version for iPhone as well. There is a screen that displays a list of devices. For every device in the list the user can perform one of the following 1. browse into the directory of

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

2009-08-26 Thread Shivan Kannan
Try checking out this: http://allcurrenthotnews.com/?p=382 Twelve South has recently announced the BookArc, which is a metal stand designed to hold any Apple MacBook... The stand is designed to free up desk space by allowing the MacBook to operate in a vertical position... So it is only the

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 using our mobile phones in the near future

2009-08-17 Thread Shivan Kannan
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

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Greyed background for popups

2009-08-14 Thread Shivan Kannan
Way back sometime in 2004, SONY were making Palm OS based PDAs. The UX50 model's screen were small and packed the maximum pixels then and due to their mini size they designed the outer shell that supported the screen border - black in colour while the whole device was in a metal shade. This helped

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Questions as navigation labels

2009-08-10 Thread shivan kannan
Rebecca, I think it depends on what kind of page you are having them. You could use if it is a support/help page. At first, users should be familiar with the question (understandability comes first) in order to continue reading the answer paragraphs. Just for example - in your case, consider

[IxDA Discuss] Documentation requirements

2009-08-07 Thread shivan kannan
I understand creating the following different deliverable documents in order: 1. Creating user personas 2. Scenarios 3. High level use cases document 4. Requirements specifications document 5. Low-level use cases document 6. Design draft documents 7. Wireframes creation 8. Task flow diagrams 9.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Documentation requirements

2009-08-07 Thread Shivan Kannan
@ Fabian: sorry about the discontinuation: While the design drafts address project managers, detailed version (UI specs) are given to people who actually implement them. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Documentation requirements

2009-08-07 Thread Shivan Kannan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Confusing terms in customer documentation

2009-08-07 Thread shivan kannan
Your marketing team need not have gone far to the UK or US coz, this really is a localization issue. It does not matter what or how it is used in the US as it never would work the same way if you were elsewhere. I think it may be because they thought US is the world and everything that works there

[IxDA Discuss] Hour reporting tool

2009-08-03 Thread Shivan Kannan
Hello I am designing an hour reporting tool for internal office use. Employees will need to login and store their daily total hours worked on a project. One developer can work on multiple projects and they have to be visible all in one page. Users must be able to view for the entire view, as some

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hour reporting tool

2009-08-03 Thread Shivan Kannan
but not least, put real text into your sketch. That'll make it easier to comment on :-) Yes, this is the first iteration of all that are going to follow. Agreed :) -- Shivan Kannan ★ uidude.com ★ uidude.wordpress.com ★ twit...@uidude

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hour reporting tool

2009-08-03 Thread Shivan Kannan
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] toggle on / off design pattern

2009-07-30 Thread Shivan Kannan
You could use CSS sprites where there is a difference in position of an icon within the button image. For example if the icon or knob is left edged, it could mean ON and if right edged then OFF. Additionally you could add labels ON and OFF, also color such that they are supportive alternative

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation

2009-07-29 Thread Shivan Kannan
the article. Hence to make the 'BACK' look different from them, button is advisable. From a functionality point of view, link or button doesn't matter much. From a usability point of view, a button will definitely stand out from a number of links on the same page. -- Shivan Kannan %u2605 uidude.com