[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Senior User Interaction Designer / Developer (Full Time) - Simi Valley, CA

2009-02-26 Thread Sterling Koch
For over 38 years, Rapattoni has been a leader in Association Management Software. We are looking for a Senior-level Ix/UI Designer experienced in designing easy to use and feature rich ASP.NET applications. Successful candidates will be involved in requirements collection, design, prototyping,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Experimental Commenting System on my Blog

2009-01-09 Thread Sterling Koch
That's very cool, Jeff. I thought it was quite intuitive. It's going to be a hit in the jquery and blogging communities, I'm sure. -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Jim Jeffers

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How does knowledge of CMSs make you a better UX designer?

2008-12-31 Thread Sterling Koch
that Content Managers can be used as a lens through which to view UX practices, but hopefully that helps to move the conversation along. __ Sterling Koch -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] consistency or usability

2008-10-15 Thread Sterling Koch
As someone who typically just reads the posts and doesn't actually contribute much, I just wanted to say 'thanks' to everyone who replied on this topic. I'm fairly new the field, with little direct training, and I think I've gained more from reading people's fairly straightforward answers to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Needs-based paginated wizard

2008-09-18 Thread Sterling Koch
On a side note, I haven't seen that site before and just had to say that it is one cool user experience. I loved the chalkboard metaphor and the fact that the previous steps in the wizard actually left residue on the chalkboard that you could still see in the subsequent steps. Well

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Firefly

2008-09-05 Thread Sterling Koch
Same here. The lesson for all usability peeps is, of course, to disuade clients from naming their products after tv shows with near-cult status. - Original Message Sent: Friday, September 5, 2008 9:44:26 AM Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Firefly Me too - I was going to say - definitely

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Chrome bad for designers?

2008-09-03 Thread Sterling Koch
Google's EULA for Chrome claims the right to use, redistribute, and profit from, any content created in Chrome. That would include this email, blog entries, and so on. But more scarily, it could be extended to my RIAs. Which are used by securities traders. If they run my app in Chrome, does

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A New Browser: Google Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Sterling Koch
Whatever the arguments on the direction of Chrome/Google or it's viability with new users based on new usability conventions, it is fast! All that stuff about seperate memory blocks for different processes isn't just hype. I just ran it on Yahoo Mail, which can really slow down Firefox/IE

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-18 Thread Sterling Koch
I didn't get the errors, but I confirm Shep's latency issues. It's hard to get past that to comment as to the site's usability. - Original Message From: Shep McKee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: discuss@lists.interactiondesigners.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:31:13 AM Subject: Re: [IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] MS Office Fluent user interface

2008-08-15 Thread Sterling Koch
I am under the impression that MS has many patents on this design. Right or wrong is not for this thread, but I would dig into that if you are developing any commercial software. While that may be true, buying a WinForms/ASP.NET control set like those from DevExpress (my favorite) or

Re: [IxDA Discuss] help with categorization/client relation

2008-08-13 Thread Sterling Koch
I've built several real estate sites myself, have had some of the same requests, and haven't found it to be a problem. My experience is that most people don't see this as a unique category/subcategory system, but rather as a general grouping. That is, there will be Industrial Land and there

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Q: Soliciting client testimonials

2008-08-13 Thread Sterling Koch
I agree. For those of us who spend enough time on the web to become generally jaded, testimonials are usually assumed to be fake. That being said, the ones that matter are short (usually one sentence focused on one aspect of your service) and have a real name and/or company attach that can be

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Opening PDFs

2008-07-17 Thread Sterling Koch
Loading pdf's directly into the browser can be a very frustrating experience if the pdf is large or the computer is somewhat slow - the browser usually locks up while the pdf is loading. Furthermore, the browser chrome limits the amount of viewable space available on the pdf itself. So for