Re: [IxDA Discuss] Two "Delete" behaviors - one type of label?

2009-04-16 Thread tom coombs
Don't know what technology you're working with, but the Windows distinction between Delete and SHIFT-Delete comes to mind. It's not the same becuase they're both mediated, but it's an exmple of the user selecting one of two different actions to perform, which might work in your case. In a sense i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tools for animating the user experience

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Coombs
David, If your prototype needs animation on the page (e.g. an animated collapsible module), then you'll need a tool like flash, but if not, you have much easier options. Creating something genuinely navigable is easy enough (dreamweaver, axure or even powerpoint), but even easier is creating some

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Enabling iphone type experiences for non-consumer devices such as industrial, medical and automotive products - looking for strategic partners from an IXDA/UX background

2009-03-15 Thread Tom Coombs
Rob, Your enthusiasm for UX will warm many hearts on this site. It would be tough to give a full answer here. I'll give you a few pointers ... Firstly, there is no IxDA in London. There are a couple of IxDA initiatives happening and another couple coming soon, but no formal organisation. There

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Microsites...good or bad?

2009-02-13 Thread Tom Coombs
- Brand - I think the brand question is important, and straightforward: sometimes content (e.g. the films - great example) needs a distinct brand. If that isn't the case then the content should reinforce the mother brand. A different brand probably requires a microsite, but if the branding is the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Airline Website UX

2009-02-12 Thread Tom Coombs
I think BA do a very good job of managing the booking process. There's an aggregator worth looking at if you haven't seen it already - Kayak.com. To my mind they have been providing the best search experience for a long time, and it is of course much harder for aggregators than for airlines becau

[IxDA Discuss] Open source user experience

2009-02-09 Thread Tom Coombs
Knowledge of UX involvement so far? Tom ....... Tom Coombs http://www.manwomanandchild.com +44 (0) 7968 151198 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscr

Re: [IxDA Discuss] all small or add caps?

2009-02-08 Thread Tom Coombs
Few thoughts ... - (I think you may be referring to this but in case not ...) there is the known phenomenon of people being able to read lower case text faster than all upper case text. It's to do with the fact that if you block out the shape of a word, lower case words have ascenders (on h, b e

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Your fav. RSS feeds?

2009-02-05 Thread Tom Coombs
My favourites are readwriteweb and janchipchase. FT's techblog is another good one. Tom ....... Tom Coombs http://www.manwomanandchild.com 2009/2/5 oliver green : > Hi, > > Which RSS feeds do you track most frequent