Re: [IxDA Discuss] OK/Cancel

2007-11-21 Thread Brian Hoffman
-Original Message- I think Luke W's article (posted on this thread previously) answers a lot of our questions based on research and statistical data. Primary button should be on the left, secondary button on the right. Buttons should be left aligned. -Juan [Brian Hoffman

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Examples where personas are *not* useful

2007-11-27 Thread Brian Hoffman
-Original Message- Once again, that just goes to show that we need more education on how to create and properly use personas. Used properly, they are one of our most useful tools. But like any other tool, used incorrectly, or not at all, well, we all know what happens then. Bad data

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Bulk-content creators

2007-12-04 Thread Brian Hoffman
-Original Message- We're considering using an SEO strategy whereby a company creates several hundred content pages with relevant keywords (to our site) that link back to our site, in order to increase our search engine rankings. Bryan, I'm skeptical that this strategy

[IxDA Discuss] Adding Depth to Skills

2007-12-18 Thread Brian Hoffman
All, While many of you have followed a very straight career path into interaction design, I'm probably not alone here in having come into this field along a more winding path. Even now I'm in a position where I get to wear several specialized hats and would like to add some depth to my

[IxDA Discuss] Overall Web Development Process

2008-02-11 Thread Brian Hoffman
All, I'm glad to hear the IxDA conference went well. Hopefully I can attend next year and meet a few of you. For those of you involved with website creation and assuming you are part of a larger team that includes graphics artists, developers, etc., what overall process does your team or

[IxDA Discuss] Welie.com and Design Patterns

2008-08-18 Thread Brian Hoffman
All, A recent Google search of mine returned the site Welie.com as one of the first hits. I've never seen this site before and couldn't find anything about it in the IxDA archives. Since the site is about patterns in design interaction, I was wondering if any of you have used the site and what