Re: [IxDA Discuss] Web site workflows and the IA
I have a whole stack of these in a zip file that Karen McGrane (who is also on this list) sent me when this was last discussion. Several are already on Luke's site. I'm happy to pass them on if Karen is okay by it. Here was a previous discussion about it: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=34912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38098 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] iPhone Custom Application Standards and emulators for testing - reference
Hi Can anyone point to iPhone custom application design standards. And the emulators available for testing the application in our local machine. thanks in advance Sanu George Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone Custom Application Standards and emulators for testing - reference
Hi Sanu, The iPhone SDk comes with iPhone Simulator which you can use to test your app locally. http://developer.apple.com/iphone/ Nik Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone Custom Application Standards and emulators for testing - reference
Try a program called iphony, it may be an mac only program though... 2009/2/4 sanugeorge at gmail. com sanugeo...@gmail.com Hi Can anyone point to iPhone custom application design standards. And the emulators available for testing the application in our local machine. thanks in advance Sanu George Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38136 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Lewis Buttress www.lewisbuttress.co.uk Web Producer @ Net-a-Porter.com BA Hons Business Information Systems Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC Wacom ?
I've found a Wacom tablet and pen to be a great tool simply because you have 'pressure' control when drawing interface elements which you don't have with a mouse. Also, from a personal point of view, it has always been nice to use both; I'm left handed so I draw with my left hand with the pen, and then quickly do lots of conventional mouse actions with the mous in my right handm - at the same time, like tooled up commando. That being said, I think it's a personal choice; I wouldn't force a pen and tablet on a designer if they weren't comfortable using it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38121 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tablet PC vs PC+Wacom ?
Hi Pankaj, I have both an IBM X60 tablet laptop as well as a serious design workstation with a Wacom tablet. I've been using a Wacom tablet for years, and am very comfortable with it. I've never quite gotten used to the tablet laptop though. There's something about the way my hand shields the screen that bothers me. I sense a visual flicker around my hand, but this may just be me. Also the tablet drivers on the laptop worked better with its original XP OS than with Vista, even after upgrading - the stylus contact point is just enough off the mark to be unpredictable. My laptop is one of those Vista Capable machines that MS got sued for though, undoubtedly yours will be better behaved. My recommendation: Wacom tablet for desk work and a Moleskine notebook and a nice pen for sketching in the field. Scan when you get back. Hope this helps, Michael Micheletti On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Pankaj Chawla pankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am trying to equip my design team with work toys and was wondering if anybody has strong opinions or experience while working with a touchscreen based tablet PC vs a regular PC/laptop with digital Tablet (Wacom etc.) Here is the link to the tablet PC that I have in mind http://www.dell.com/tablet The second option of having a regular PC + Wacom will be a 21 inch LCD with a high end desktop processor and stuff plus a Wacom digital tablet pad. I know the choice will also depend on what we want to do as part of the design but lets say from a pure visual and graphics designing point of view which one will be better to use. First hand experience and feedback will be greatly appreciated. Money is not a constraint but happy designers and excellent output is a must :-) -- Cheers Pankaj Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] LiveScribe Pulse Pen
Anyone else use the livescribe pen? Looks like pretty cool technology. Is it worth the $$? -eva Also second Chauncey and and Michael's posts. I've been using the LiveScribe pen since it first shipped and have been very happy with it. Personally, note taking in usability tests and meetings had been problematic. I could never scribble fast enough. With the pen, I'm able to relax and know that all the audio is being recorded, plus I always have the option of starting and stopping the recording. The Pen also syncs what I've recorded with what I'm putting down on the special LiveScribe paper. Using a USB connection, you can download the session to Livescribe's software on your computer, where you can listen, edit and see the actual pages you've written in digital form. The one issue I'm wrestling with is telling folks you're recording everything. Apparently you're supposed to do that, but I wonder how much that affects what people say. It's more than paid for itself IMHO Mark Hoffman Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Blackberry Storm
I stopped by the Verizon booth in the mall the other day to try out a Blackberry Storm, the new one with the touchscreen. I'm a current Verizon customer, and my antique Moto Razor is about to do the El Croako. I'd heard the Storm had a good browser and a great screen for viewing media. Since Verizon has treated me pretty well and I've no complaints about their service, I was curious about their new phone. The guy at the booth let me play with theirs. I tried typing on it, and was not very successful. The Storm's touch screen acts like a button, so you have to press it down to enter a character. But it also acts like a touchscreen, so there's obviously no indent for your finger to know when you're over a button. I mistyped many characters, sometimes more than once, and got frustrated after a few minutes of fiddling with it. Perhaps this is just me. I'm curious to know if others on this list have successfully adapted to the Storm's unique touchscreen/button controls. Or if anyone here helped test or develop it and would like to share something of their experiences. Some million or so people have eagerly purchased this handset; I'd like to know how it's worked out for you. Thanks, Michael Micheletti Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Silicon Valley UX book club meeting tonight, 7:30, San Mateo
We'll be discussing _The Back of the Napkin_ by Dan Roam. I'll bring pens and paper so we can sketch out some concepts. But please come by even if you haven't read it! It's an important time to stay in touch with contacts and meet new ones. WHEN: TODAY, Weds Feb 4 at 7:30pm WHERE: Three Bees coffeeshop in San Mateo. It's at 224 E 3RD AVE SAN MATEO CA which is about two blocks from the Caltrain station. Hope to see some new faces there! Cindy Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Testing- Remote Focus Group
Shima, I just saw the Adv. on CNN, give it a free trial try, if it might be of some help to you: https://www.gotomeeting.com Best, Majid. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Shima Kazerooni shkazero...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi, We are planning to conduct a remote focus group with a limited number of participants and I was wondering if anyone has done that before. Did you use any specific tools or applications? Are there ways to make it more efficient and get the most out of the remote focus groups? Thank you, Shima Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Industrial Design, BA, University of Tehran. - - - - - - - -- - - - P.O.Box: 15635-119, Tehran, Iran. - - - - - - - -- - - - : : once upon a time Design : : http://1to3Design.blogspot.com - - - - - - - -- - - - Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Information Architect/Interaction Designer, Central London (Permanent)
Tribal DDB London are looking for a Middleweight Information Architect/Interaction Designer. The IA/IxD is responsible for designing, developing and documenting the structure of both web sites and applications In this role, you will be expected to work collaboratively with a project team and support other IAs in the execution of all information architecture deliverables. Be aware that much of Tribal DDB's work is on digital marketing sites, where the emphasis is as much on persuasion and motivatiion as on usability or the organization of information. We are therefore particularly interested in individuals who are as interested in design as in IA, and who can demonstrate particular success in working alongside designers in a digital marketing context. Core Duties/Responsibilities: • Creating the information architecture for marketing, informational, and transactional sites and microsites • Understanding target audiences' needs, tasks, and goals and translating them into creative concepts and functional components. • Supporting the team in translating business requirements into involving interactive experiences. • Planning, facilitating and documenting immersive user research, concept testing, and usability testing. • Developing user personas and scenarios to clarify results of user research and focus the team's design efforts on the needs of key users. • Collaboratively developing prototypes for demonstration of concepts to clients. • Working alongside visual designers to develop user journeys that motivate users to engage fully with the interactive concept. • Conducting expert reviews, competitive benchmarking and market research. • Developing and documenting detailed user experience specifications for highly interactive interfaces. • Contributing to the further development of user experience design as an intellectual discipline both within Tribal DDB and in the wider professional context. Required Skills • Demonstrated ability to execute IA on complex transactional interfaces, taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management systems. • Demonstrated ability to work in a highly collaborative environment. • Experience with user-centred design methodologies. • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills. • Experience in client services and negotiating business decisions. • Readiness on occasion to extend his/her role to encompass activities normally associated with other disciplines • Openness to contributions from other disciplines to the project's information architecture or interaction design. Required Experience • Role typically requires 3+ years experience as an information architect, interaction designer, or experience designer (or similar role). • Degree in a related field, such as Library Science, Cognitive Science, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Technical Communications, English, History, Anthropology, Economics. • Proficiency in a variety of design tools including OmniGraffle, Visio or equivalent, as well as the MS Office Suite. Tribal DDB are currently located on Bishop's Bridge Road just north of Paddington Station, although we will be moving to another central London location sometime this year. Salary is negotiable. We're looking to fill the position as soon as possible, although we will of course wait on any notice you may have to give your current employer. If you're interested in this position, please contact Jason West jason.w...@tribalddb.co.uk, indicating where you saw this message. -- Tim Ostler Senior Information Architect Tribal DDB London -- Tim Ostler E tim.ost...@tribalddb.co.uk Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Livescribe Pen / was: User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do?
I can second everything Chauncey said. It's been a great help as a second memory when my note-taking skills aren't quite up to snuff. However, today's going to be my first time recording a phone call with it, so I'll report back on that. One thing I've found particularly helpful, at least using the Mac version of the desktop app, was the ability to export the audio as AAC and the pages as PDF. With a little bit of workflow, I'm able to transfer notes + audio to another team member and help alleviate any tribal knowledge challenges which might crop up. Ideally, I'll refine the workflow enough to be able to integrate it with Evernote and its OCR capabilities. I've also been using the 1GB version since I got it back in August, and haven't come close to running out of space. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Chauncey Wilson chauncey.wil...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Eva,I've been using the Pulse pen since it came out and find the pen and the software quite good. I used it at our user conference and even gave it to some users so they could describe something to me while they drew diagrams. I found the sound fine and there are some adjustments for sensitivity and a special mike that you wear. I like that you can use codes to note where there was something useful. The software allows you to speed up the sound which is helpful and since you can bookmark or code good stuff, the pen is quite useful and efficient. The company is continually improving the software and I believe you can now print your own paper on a laser printer. There is a version for the Mac as well as the PC. I've been experimenting with pen based systems for probably 15 years and this is the first one that is truly useful. You can buy them on sale at Target for $179 and buy nice looking black notebooks - lined or unlined. Chauncey On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Marijke Rijsberman mari...@interfacility.com wrote: Yes. The automatic coding of the recording to the notes makes it completely worth it, even if the audio quality is disappointing. Marijke -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Eva Kaniasty Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:23 AM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Livescribe Pen / was: User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do? Anyone else use the livescribe pen? Looks like pretty cool technology. Is it worth the $$? -eva xda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- -- Michael Carvin skype: mcarvin @mcarvin Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blackberry Storm
I don't have personal experience with the Storm, but David Pogue of the New York Times pretty much slammed the Storm when he reviewed it back in November: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.html Maria On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Michael Micheletti michael.michele...@gmail.com wrote: I stopped by the Verizon booth in the mall the other day to try out a Blackberry Storm, the new one with the touchscreen. I'm a current Verizon customer, and my antique Moto Razor is about to do the El Croako. I'd heard the Storm had a good browser and a great screen for viewing media. Since Verizon has treated me pretty well and I've no complaints about their service, I was curious about their new phone. The guy at the booth let me play with theirs. I tried typing on it, and was not very successful. The Storm's touch screen acts like a button, so you have to press it down to enter a character. But it also acts like a touchscreen, so there's obviously no indent for your finger to know when you're over a button. I mistyped many characters, sometimes more than once, and got frustrated after a few minutes of fiddling with it. Perhaps this is just me. I'm curious to know if others on this list have successfully adapted to the Storm's unique touchscreen/button controls. Or if anyone here helped test or develop it and would like to share something of their experiences. Some million or so people have eagerly purchased this handset; I'd like to know how it's worked out for you. Thanks, Michael Micheletti Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: User Experience Manager; Bristol, UK; Recruiter; 6 month contract
Ideal Profile: Mobile UX design lead/manager Bristol (UK South West) based UX design centre of excellence is seeking a User Experience Manager for a six month contract. You will be managing senior Interaction designers, Information Architects and Visual/Graphic designers. You must have should UX experience at teamlead /management level. The ideal candidate will have had exposure to Mobile, Web and Application software design. This is a six-month contract - offering significant stability in today's shaky market place. IC Software - providing a quality selection of the market's best User Interface Design roles (UX / UI / Usability and IA) throughout UK, Europe, and Worldwide. Deep market knowledge and extensive contacts. Personal representation, strong ethics. http://www.ic-software.co.uk/ http://www.ic-software.co.uk Sean Pook +44 (0)118 988 1156 s...@ic-software.co.uk __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do?
I vaguely recall reading that Microsoft OneNote can be used to record audio and binds it with your notes as you write them. When you are viewing them afterwards, you can double click on any line of text, and it will jump the audio recording to that point. Has anyone tried it, and is it any good for taking notes in interviews? Are there any other apps that do this? Harry Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do?
2009/2/3 Jared Spool jsp...@uie.com That's a really good question. In my experience, it's a core competency of any journalism or ethnography program. I've seen good stuff over the years, but am hard pressed to put my finger on anything current. Years ago, we had Ellen Isaacs (a UX researcher who was a trained journalist) do a full-day seminar on the topic at the User Interface Conference, but she's disappeared from the UX world of late. Over the years, I've trained our researchers and dozens of clients. It's not hard, but there are definitely tricks and techniques to learn. And practice is really what makes it work. I'll research it some more and see if I can find something current. I am trying to improve my life-long poor note-taking skills and would be be very interested in your recommendations. I've currently trying to adopt Cornell Notes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Notes) which is definitely an improvement on what I've been doing so far. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Question about streamlining Axure prototypes, Feb 3
Hello, I'm generating an Axure prototype that's morphed quite a bit over time. How can I clean up the prototype folder to get rid of unused files and folders? I don't see a Clean up/remove unused files feature on Axure. Does one do this manually? Thanks! Gloria Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Does anyone know of any studies, tests, or standards of practice that discuss when to organize a list of items in alphabetical order vs. another designed order (such as one based on expected frequency of use)? I'm most interested in this topic for web site navigation, but applicable references for other contexts (e.g. menu design in desktop applications) would also be appreciated. Thanks, Dmitry Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Dmitry asks: Does anyone know of any studies, tests, or standards of practice that discuss when to organize a list of items in alphabetical order vs. another designed order (such as one based on expected frequency of use)? Alphabetical ordering is, under most circumstances, appropriate when there is no logical order based on similarity or relatedness. It is a logical order for something like countries or states in e-commerce, although even there I can imagine situations in which you'd want to group states or countries by region first and then order them alphabetically within the group. Frequency of use is not a logical order, either. A logical order would be one where the information structure is based on how people think about the task and related items are grouped together. For example, Save and Save As are nowhere near each other in frequency of use, but they are grouped together in most File menus (and rightly so!) because they are very closely related. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
To add to what Elizabeth said. Alphabetical order only makes sense where there is a well understood common vocabulary in your list (as with states.) If the items lack a well-understood and expected set of labels, alphabetical order is just as random as ordering them by length. Paul Trumble On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Elizabeth Buie eb...@luminanze.com wrote: Dmitry asks: Does anyone know of any studies, tests, or standards of practice that discuss when to organize a list of items in alphabetical order vs. another designed order (such as one based on expected frequency of use)? Alphabetical ordering is, under most circumstances, appropriate when there is no logical order based on similarity or relatedness. It is a logical order for something like countries or states in e-commerce, although even there I can imagine situations in which you'd want to group states or countries by region first and then order them alphabetically within the group. Frequency of use is not a logical order, either. A logical order would be one where the information structure is based on how people think about the task and related items are grouped together. For example, Save and Save As are nowhere near each other in frequency of use, but they are grouped together in most File menus (and rightly so!) because they are very closely related. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit - Cicero http://www.trumbling.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/paultrumble/ http://www.twitter.com/trumbling Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blackberry Storm
Thanks Maria for the link. That was a neat report. Now which one is the better Tphone (not considering the price). Unfortunatley or fortunatley iPhone is the one phone that every other phone must be measured against! Nokia N97, iPhone, Blackberry Storm, And this is something that I found from Nokia - http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/10/08/nokias-aeon-full-surface-screen-cellphone-concept/ cheers Rony On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Maria Cordell mcord...@gmail.com wrote: I don't have personal experience with the Storm, but David Pogue of the New York Times pretty much slammed the Storm when he reviewed it back in November: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.html Maria On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Michael Micheletti michael.michele...@gmail.com wrote: I stopped by the Verizon booth in the mall the other day to try out a Blackberry Storm, the new one with the touchscreen. I'm a current Verizon customer, and my antique Moto Razor is about to do the El Croako. I'd heard the Storm had a good browser and a great screen for viewing media. Since Verizon has treated me pretty well and I've no complaints about their service, I was curious about their new phone. The guy at the booth let me play with theirs. I tried typing on it, and was not very successful. The Storm's touch screen acts like a button, so you have to press it down to enter a character. But it also acts like a touchscreen, so there's obviously no indent for your finger to know when you're over a button. I mistyped many characters, sometimes more than once, and got frustrated after a few minutes of fiddling with it. Perhaps this is just me. I'm curious to know if others on this list have successfully adapted to the Storm's unique touchscreen/button controls. Or if anyone here helped test or develop it and would like to share something of their experiences. Some million or so people have eagerly purchased this handset; I'd like to know how it's worked out for you. Thanks, Michael Micheletti Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Question about streamlining Axure prototypes, Feb 3
If you remove all of the unused pages or layers from your prototype, then save it with a different name in a different folder, it will save only the files that are in the current prototype. If you need to revert to the original name, you can delete the old prototype, then rename the new one with the original name. Hope this helps. - Original Message From: Gloria Petron gpet...@gmail.com To: IXDA list disc...@ixda.org Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 12:13:12 PM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Question about streamlining Axure prototypes, Feb 3 Hello, I'm generating an Axure prototype that's morphed quite a bit over time. How can I clean up the prototype folder to get rid of unused files and folders? I don't see a Clean up/remove unused files feature on Axure. Does one do this manually? Thanks! Gloria Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
I disagree that alphabetical is random; it is quite well-ordered by a long-set of standing rules. It is also a means of ordering that people learn, in Western culture, from the day they begin to learn to read. As Chauncey says, it is the way to order when no other order makes sense. Mary Deaton On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Chauncey Wilson chauncey.wil...@gmail.comwrote: There is a good discussion of ordering in the old, but classic book by Deborah Mayhew, *Principles* and *Guidelines* in *Software* User Interface Design. The book has a nice if-then chart which highlights a rough way to choose how to order items. The chart and guidelines are based on research into order items. Alphabetical ordering is generally used when the list if very long and/or there is not better way to order the items. There is some research on ordering of items in the ACM digital library if you have access to that. Menus are often hybrid designs as Elizabeth notes where you have a general structure that might be frequency of use, but within that structure use other grouping schemes as well (like semantic similarity). General grouping schemes include: Alphabetical Task order Frequency Numerical (font size) De facto standard Legal order Complexity (simple to hard) Semantic similarity First-in, first out This is a good topic since much of what we do is to organize things in an order which helps understanding or makes us more efficient or supports easy recollection. Thanks, Chauncey On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Dmitry Nekrasovski mail.dmi...@gmail.comwrote: Does anyone know of any studies, tests, or standards of practice that discuss when to organize a list of items in alphabetical order vs. another designed order (such as one based on expected frequency of use)? I'm most interested in this topic for web site navigation, but applicable references for other contexts (e.g. menu design in desktop applications) would also be appreciated. Thanks, Dmitry Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Mary Deaton Yes we can. Yes we did. Yes we will Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Alphabetical order is no better than random order if the user does not know what to look for. Alpha order aids in scanning through a list of things with known names, to find the one sought. I disagree that alphabetical is random; it is quite well-ordered by a long-set of standing rules. It is also a means of ordering that people learn, in Western culture, from the day they begin to learn to read. As Chauncey says, it is the way to order when no other order makes sense. Mary Deaton -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] UX Book Club Chicago meeting, Feb 26, 2009
The book is The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use it For Life by Twyla Tharp. Meeting Details: Thursday, February 26, 2009 Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Fado, 100 W Grand Avenue Visit our blog for all up-to-date info: http://uxbookclubchicago.wordpress.com/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] iPhone Custom Application Standards andemulators for testing - reference
Can anyone point to iPhone custom application design standards. And the emulators available for testing the application in our local machine. It depends what you want to do. It sounds like you want to develop native iPhone applications, not web applications, so that rules out iPhoney and Safari in developer mode. For developing native iPhone applications, the guidelines, resources, and tools you need are available on the Apple iPhone Developer website: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/ All you have to do is sign up for their free developer program (http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/develop.html) and download the SDK, which includes an iPhone simulator. One thing to keep in mind is that the tools not only require a Mac, they require OS X 10.5 (Leopard). So you might want to make sure you have a Mac that is running Leopard first. Additionally, if you don't have access to an iPhone, don't overlook the possibility of using an iPod Touch for testing. It's an awesome device in its own right, perfect as a testing device (except for testing cell network bandwidth since it only does wi-fi), and can be had for around $150 on eBay. My iPod touch enabled me to do just about everything an iPhone could do (except call people), and I used it for over a year until I finally took the iPhone plunge. No regrets. Highly recommended. And no monthly fee! ;) Hope this helps! evan k. stone | ux | dragnet solutions, inc. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Question about streamlining Axure prototypes, Feb 3
Thank you Kim, and to everyone else who has responded. I regenerated the prototype into a new folder, which caused it to lose 20lbs instantly! Best regards, Gloria On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Kim Mc kimmc...@yahoo.com wrote: If you remove all of the unused pages or layers from your prototype, then save it with a different name in a different folder, it will save only the files that are in the current prototype. If you need to revert to the original name, you can delete the old prototype, then rename the new one with the original name. Hope this helps. - Original Message From: Gloria Petron gpet...@gmail.com To: IXDA list disc...@ixda.org Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 12:13:12 PM Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Question about streamlining Axure prototypes, Feb 3 Hello, I'm generating an Axure prototype that's morphed quite a bit over time. How can I clean up the prototype folder to get rid of unused files and folders? I don't see a Clean up/remove unused files feature on Axure. Does one do this manually? Thanks! Gloria Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
I have seen combinations a few times. SAS airlines have a drop down list of destinations that is alphabetical (and very long) but have the major nordic destinations pulled out first as well. That makes it a hell of a lot easier to use: - is my destination one of these 5 - if not, find it on the long list Isn't this really a use of the old photocopier rule: show a subset of options and hide the full functionality under a cover until needed? try it yourself at www.sas.no . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38149 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Many menus have some kind of progressive disclosure, but they key to showing a subset of items is knowing which items are of extremely high frequency - which is possible for a copier but not always for complex software that people might use in different ways or where there are different groups that use different clusters of problems. Of course, you could have role-based progressive disclosure where the items you see are determined at login. In the early days of GUIs, Apple tried to haveNovice and Expert menus on some of the core products, but that was scrapped because it was slightly condescending and it was hard to define what novices and experts were. The description of the SAS system is probably chunked into most frequent at the top and then the rest in alphabetical order (usually repeating the ones at the top). This works well when you have good logging software or know that the first 5 items cover say 80-90% of the choices that users wil make. Chauncey On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Simon Clatworthy clatw...@online.no wrote: I have seen combinations a few times. SAS airlines have a drop down list of destinations that is alphabetical (and very long) but have the major nordic destinations pulled out first as well. That makes it a hell of a lot easier to use: - is my destination one of these 5 - if not, find it on the long list Isn't this really a use of the old photocopier rule: show a subset of options and hide the full functionality under a cover until needed? try it yourself at www.sas.no . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38149 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] CRM system for a UX team?
Thanks to everyone who responded to my earlier question. Here's another one. Has anyone had experience with using a CRM system (preferably a free or low-cost one) to manage customer/user contacts within a UX team? My team currently uses an Excel spreadsheet stored in a shared repository. Keeping it up to date is a painful experience. I'm thinking that there must be a better way. Thanks, Dmitry Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] ANNOUNCE: UX Australia 2009
We're very excited to announce UX Australia 2009 - Australia's new user experience design conference, which will include a day of pre-conference workshops and two days of conference presentations. The conference will be held in Canberra (Australia) from 26-28 August at Hotel Realm. A call for proposals will open on 16 Feb 2009. Keep up to date by: - Check out the website: http://uxaustralia.com.au/ - Following us on twitter: uxaustralia - Subscribe to the fortnightly newsletter (with conference news, ux articles, jobs events): http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/subscribe -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal | Meld Consulting | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: steveb...@meld.com.au | Twitter: docbaty | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevebaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com UX Australia 2009: http://uxaustralia.com.au UX Book Club: http://uxbookclub.org/ - Read, discuss, connect. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blackberry Storm
I recently tried a Storm for the first time and quite liked typing on it. In fact, heresy I actually preferred it over typing on my iPhone /heresy. Personal preference is likely a huge factor here. A few weeks after purchasing an iPhone, I found my typing speed and accuracy increased noticeably when I stopped gently brushing the screen and began pressing aggressively on it. With gusto, you might say. Doing the same on the Storm provides tactile feedback, a nice benefit. BBB Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] CRM system for a UX team?
I've used Sugar CRM. It's the only stable, popular, open source solution there is. It's a very feature rich CRM, has all you may possibly need or not need. The only drawback - it's not so user friendly :-) Maybe someone will have the brilliant plan to redo a nicer template for it Cheers, Alina http://user-experience.iterating.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38164 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Mary Deaton wrote: I disagree that alphabetical is random; it is quite well-ordered by a long-set of standing rules. Really? Here's a suggestion: take your iTunes music list and play each song in alphabetical order. See if it sounds different from shuffle. I bet not. Jared Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
I like the top five ways to sort information present in the list readily available, leaving the choice to the users discretion and not limiting them, via the interface similar to the way you can organize files in the Finder on a Mac or in Explorer on a PC. The high level sort at the very top of the list ordered by a usage frequency would be ideal. Five Hat Racks http://www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Five_Hat_Racks Alphabetical Time Location Continuum Category Run it past the schema or DBI architect. These taxonomies mirror the database design. The architect might shed some light on the situation and you would build a useful relationship. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
No, it doesn't sound different from shuffle, but when I open my music library list on line looking for things to put on my MP3 player, I want the list of artists or songs or albums in alphabetical order. In that context and at that time, alphabetical is a well-ordered, predictable arrangement that makes it easy for me to find Ryan Adams or Ziggy Marley. It is all about context and user goals, isn't it? On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Jared Spool jsp...@uie.com wrote: On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Mary Deaton wrote: I disagree that alphabetical is random; it is quite well-ordered by a long-set of standing rules. Really? Here's a suggestion: take your iTunes music list and play each song in alphabetical order. See if it sounds different from shuffle. I bet not. Jared -- Mary Deaton Yes we can. Yes we did. Yes we will Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do?
On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:52 AM, Francis Norton wrote: I am trying to improve my life-long poor note-taking skills and would be be very interested in your recommendations. I've currently trying to adopt Cornell Notes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Notes ) which is definitely an improvement on what I've been doing so far. The Cornell system is for studying. Taking notes during interviewing is a different set of skills, because (as Katie aptly pointed out) you need to stay present in the moment and be working on the dialogue with the participant *while* you're making the notes. The best resources are going to either be from journalism or ethnography. Studying note taking techniques won't work as well, nor will note taking techniques used for interrogation (practiced by police). They are different animals. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: jsp...@uie.com p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks Twitter: jmspool UIE Web App Summit, 4/19-4/22: http://webappsummit.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Mary Deaton writes: ... when I open my music library list on line looking for things to put on my MP3 player, I want the list of artists or songs or albums in alphabetical order. In that context and at that time, alphabetical is a well-ordered, predictable arrangement that makes it easy for me to find Ryan Adams or Ziggy Marley. It is all about context and user goals, isn't it? Mary, what you have described supports perfectly my position that alphabetical ordering is the best when there is no logical ordering based on content. Alphabetical is not itself a logical order. That doesn't mean it's illogical to use it, of course, just that there is no logic on which it is based: It is arbitrary. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
I just took a class and we had to do a card sort and I did alphabetical off the bat. It is universal order. The teacher didn't approve of why quick to alphabetize approach... Yes, Adam, Ryan and The Cardinal rocks and Marley, Ziggy lays it down just like his pops. When I'm in iTunes Album order (in alpha) is better than Artist Name (in alpha); but, it is always alphabetic that suits my needs. It took me awhile to figure out how to put a 00-1000 track orders (Deep Dish like smooth transition between tracks etc..) back into place after resorting... On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Elizabeth Buie eb...@luminanze.com wrote: Mary Deaton writes: ... when I open my music library list on line looking for things to put on my MP3 player, I want the list of artists or songs or albums in alphabetical order. In that context and at that time, alphabetical is a well-ordered, predictable arrangement that makes it easy for me to find Ryan Adams or Ziggy Marley. It is all about context and user goals, isn't it? Mary, what you have described supports perfectly my position that alphabetical ordering is the best when there is no logical ordering based on content. Alphabetical is not itself a logical order. That doesn't mean it's illogical to use it, of course, just that there is no logic on which it is based: It is arbitrary. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
It is all about context. And in many, many contexts, alphabetical is random. So, making it a blind default doesn't really work. Jared On Feb 4, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Mary Deaton wrote: No, it doesn't sound different from shuffle, but when I open my music library list on line looking for things to put on my MP3 player, I want the list of artists or songs or albums in alphabetical order. In that context and at that time, alphabetical is a well-ordered, predictable arrangement that makes it easy for me to find Ryan Adams or Ziggy Marley. It is all about context and user goals, isn't it? On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Jared Spool jsp...@uie.com wrote: On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Mary Deaton wrote: I disagree that alphabetical is random; it is quite well-ordered by a long-set of standing rules. Really? Here's a suggestion: take your iTunes music list and play each song in alphabetical order. See if it sounds different from shuffle. I bet not. Jared -- Mary Deaton Yes we can. Yes we did. Yes we will Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Jared wrote: It is all about context. And in many, many contexts, alphabetical is random. Some people may be objecting to the characterization of alphabetical as random because they see random as unpredictable -- which alphabetical certainly is not... as long as you know the name of what you are looking for. That is why I said it was arbitrary, which I think avoids the random = unpredictable problem. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Their is no such thing as random without context. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Elizabeth Buie eb...@luminanze.com wrote: Jared wrote: It is all about context. And in many, many contexts, alphabetical is random. Some people may be objecting to the characterization of alphabetical as random because they see random as unpredictable -- which alphabetical certainly is not... as long as you know the name of what you are looking for. That is why I said it was arbitrary, which I think avoids the random = unpredictable problem. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
On Feb 4, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Elizabeth Buie wrote: Jared wrote: It is all about context. And in many, many contexts, alphabetical is random. Some people may be objecting to the characterization of alphabetical as random because they see random as unpredictable -- which alphabetical certainly is not... as long as you know the name of what you are looking for. That is why I said it was arbitrary, which I think avoids the random = unpredictable problem. You lost me on the distinction between arbitrary and unpredictable. Otherwise, I'm there. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: jsp...@uie.com p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks Twitter: jmspool UIE Web App Summit, 4/19-4/22: http://webappsummit.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
Jared wrote: You lost me on the distinction between arbitrary and unpredictable. Alphabetical is arbitrary in that there is no logic to it; the order of the letters is an arbitary order that assigns no value or meaning or logic. The fact that we all use the same arbitrary order is what makes it predictable. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do?
Oh-oh, I draw pictures. = : ^ ) Andrew Schechterman PhD LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewschechterman E-mail: aschechter...@gmail.com Phone: 1-303-886-2440 : On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Harry harr...@gmail.com wrote: I vaguely recall reading that Microsoft OneNote can be used to record audio and binds it with your notes as you write them. When you are viewing them afterwards, you can double click on any line of text, and it will jump the audio recording to that point. Has anyone tried it, and is it any good for taking notes in interviews? Are there any other apps that do this? Harry Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
The answer is it depends on what you are ordering, it also may depend on where your participant is from, the length of the list. On the question of ordering by country in our testing that we have done in a remote study of over 100 participants, the findings where always list the countries alphabetically. If you want to be clever place the top 5 countries at the top of the list as well, but make sure that the country is listed alphabetically as well. Less than 5% of your users will look at the top of list. People (at least in Germany/the Netherlands/Spain/UK/Austria/Italy) nearly always look down the list to find their country in its correct alphabetical order. When the country is promoted to the top of the list it adds on average 15 seconds to peoples search time, and can lead to task failure. Listing countries by region also does not work, but leads to a lower failure rate than when the country is listed at the top of list out of alphabetical order. One of the issues we had was on listing countries by region was quite a high percentage of participants where unsure of which region they where in. We did not test with American participants, who may be used to the United States been at the top. Another test we carried out was to help people locate a bus stop using an Ajax drop down. For this list quite a complex scoring system was used for ordering the list. There where different weights for what characters the user had entered, which region we thought the user was in, and popularity of the bus stop. This worked better than a Alphabetical listing. The n on this was about 40. If you want to be more specific on what the list is I will see if we have any findings to share. James http://blog.feralabs.com 2009/2/5 Elizabeth Buie eb...@luminanze.com Jared wrote: You lost me on the distinction between arbitrary and unpredictable. Alphabetical is arbitrary in that there is no logic to it; the order of the letters is an arbitary order that assigns no value or meaning or logic. The fact that we all use the same arbitrary order is what makes it predictable. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC tel +1.301.943.4168 (US) tel +39.347.394.7022 (Italia) fax +1.301.949.9694 (US only) www.luminanze.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] CRM system for a UX team?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Alina Barbuceanu al...@iterating.net wrote: I've used Sugar CRM. It's the only stable, popular, open source solution there is. It's a very feature rich CRM, has all you may possibly need or not need. I'll second that assessment. However, don't rely on it to do bulk email. It claims it does it, but doesn't. And hopefully you won't have to use its definitions of lead vs. target. And converting people from one type (e.g., lead) to another is questionable ... sometimes the data types don't match up. We abandoned it since bulk email was a must-have for us. We are now using Daylite, but it's pricey if you want to have several people accessing it at once. It's cheap if you can put up with everybody using the same account info (one seat). Barbara Ballard barb...@littlespringsdesign.com 1-785-838-3003 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do?
2009/2/5 Jared Spool jsp...@uie.com Taking notes during interviewing is a different set of skills, because (as Katie aptly pointed out) you need to stay present in the moment and be working on the dialogue with the participant *while* you're making the notes. The best resources are going to either be from journalism or ethnography. Studying note taking techniques won't work as well, nor will note taking techniques used for interrogation (practiced by police). They are different animals. Now that's a different perspective - is there a story or two there? And can you recommend any resources short of taking a journalism or ethnography course? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Research: Three user groups, five hours. What would you do?
Sometime I will do mind mapping. There are tools like Mind Manager that able to facilitate the creation of mind map quickly. cheers, CHAN On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:29 AM, A S aschechter...@gmail.com wrote: Oh-oh, I draw pictures. = : ^ ) Andrew Schechterman PhD LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewschechterman E-mail: aschechter...@gmail.com Phone: 1-303-886-2440 : On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Harry harr...@gmail.com wrote: I vaguely recall reading that Microsoft OneNote can be used to record audio and binds it with your notes as you write them. When you are viewing them afterwards, you can double click on any line of text, and it will jump the audio recording to that point. Has anyone tried it, and is it any good for taking notes in interviews? Are there any other apps that do this? Harry Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
