Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Millenials are coming

2007-11-15 Thread Patricia Garcia
I remember when this was the talk regarding Gen-Xer's (only because that's my generation). I'm sure the baby boomers and others before me heard about how their generation was worse than their parents. I think it's just to get ratings. Next decade another story will emerge. Personally, I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Some form fun, to lighten the mood

2007-11-29 Thread Patricia Garcia
A lot of great responses regarding how to make this interface better. I agree with making it multi-step via wizard. Honestly, I was so focused on the disappearing check boxes that I didn't even read the div that appeared below the checked box. I wanted to first figure out what happened to my

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction08

2007-12-06 Thread Patricia Garcia
It all sounds so fascinating, but I'll have to meet you all in 2009 for the next conference. Funds won't allow two trips for 2008. Anyway, I would love to hear all about it and I hope the speakers will post their presentations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The death of web usability testing as we know it?

2007-12-31 Thread Patricia Garcia
Oleh, I'm sure Nielsen is flattered for your concern. :) I think what you mention will be used in conjunction to usability testing. But in order to collect analytics, you are assuming a live site or at least a beta with lots of traffic. For new interfaces or testing out a design prototype

Re: [IxDA Discuss] the appearance of change

2007-12-31 Thread Patricia Garcia
Aren't solutions such as the airport security measures just another way of designing for the user experience? Rather than tell the consumer that the chances of 9-11 occuring again are slim, isn't it easier to just put on a show and make people feel safe again? Or perhaps TSA and their measures

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why do crappy interfaces sell?

2008-01-22 Thread Patricia Garcia
I agree with educating people more. I found in user testing how much people put themselves down when they are having a hard time with the task. I tell them they are doing fine and if they can't find it, it means it's not there. Figuratively speaking in most cases as it is there, the design has

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Myers Briggs, DISC, Personality of UX Folk

2008-01-28 Thread Patricia Garcia
I think Murli said it all. I am reminded of a story I read on another list regarding MB. The poster told of the story of her company sponsoring an employee event where they took the MB and discussed it as a team. They than lined up the people according to their 4-letter designation. On one

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Continuous Scroll

2008-01-31 Thread Patricia Garcia
My first reaction when I first heard of this method, oh, maybe a week ago was I didn't like it - in fact, I would go so far to say, I hated it. Than I saw this post and checked out the link and again, I was thinking how frustrating it was. But than Meredith mentions Google Reader uses this

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction/UX Research

2008-02-12 Thread Patricia Garcia
How to prepare... How can I practice UX research on my own? I've done plenty in course projects, but from my experience, that's usually not enough for employers. They want to see somebody who's taken the initiative to apply their skills beyond what's been required. For IxD, the obvious choice is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Most usable doesn't always mean best solution

2008-03-04 Thread Patricia Garcia
I'm a bit confused. You reference the fact that the form takes more time and effort as meaning it's unusable.Efficiency (which is what I assume you are referring to) doesn't just mean faster, it means less wasted time. If the goal if the form was to be more secure and adding more questions

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fighting Trolls

2008-03-27 Thread Patricia Garcia
I like Cindy's solution. I would also like to share how this was handled on a board I frequented. New people are encouraged to make themselves known to others (via a post). A moderator would send them a welcome with links to some old postings that had great information they may be here seeking.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can Visio generate UI documentation

2008-04-16 Thread Patricia Garcia
I am not familiar with Axure so am not sure if this answers your question or not. You can make Visio clickable for some interactivity. In your Visio file, select the button/shape Select Insert - Hyperlinks Either enter a URL or filename under Address or Under Sub-Address, browse for the page

Re: [IxDA Discuss] the UX hall of shame

2008-05-08 Thread Patricia Garcia
GD may have profitability but do they have sustainability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28719 Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Confirm password field - Superfluous?

2008-07-10 Thread Patricia Garcia
The difference between the password being simple and the answer being simple is the fact that the answer, is well an answer to a question. The password has endless possibilities of simple answers. Not that my users are the same as yours, but we did a survey to find out if our users prefer to