Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should web apps maintain state when moving between tabs

2008-01-23 Thread Shep McKee
other - then (most probably) yes, maintain states. - If Process A and Process B are not dependent on each other - then it could go either way Regards, Shep McKee On Jan 23, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Connor, Adam wrote: I feel like the answer to this should be pretty cut-and-dry, but I can't

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Zooming in for more detail

2008-02-07 Thread Shep McKee
Look at some of the ZUI work done at HCIL http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/piccolo/ more examples and toolkits here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooming_User_Interface On Feb 7, 2008 4:23 PM, Brandon E. B. Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Say you've got a horizontal graphic. This graphic is very short

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Starting a DC affiliate

2008-02-14 Thread Shep McKee
in Savannah - I suspect we were on the same plane back to DC - with that exciting landing? Best regards, Shep McKee On Feb 7, 2008, at 5:48 PM, fisken wrote: We did not get a great response from the initial survey, so I wanted to ask anyone who has not gotten a chance to reply to do so. Please try

Re: [IxDA Discuss] linkedin groups

2008-04-30 Thread Shep McKee
Matt, There is an IxDA group already on LinkedIn. See this thread... http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=20750 Regards, Shep McKee On Apr 30, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote: I recently received a number of invitations to groups on LinkedIn... it occurred to me that we really

Re: [IxDA Discuss] can we make it to easy?

2008-05-02 Thread Shep McKee
functionality does not interfere with expert use? Sure, but at a greater design and engineering expense. Constantine Lockwood's Instructive Interaction perhaps? Regards, Shep McKee On May 2, 2008, at 8:23 AM, mark schraad wrote: I found my self wondering if, for professional tools

Re: [IxDA Discuss] can we make it to easy?

2008-05-02 Thread Shep McKee
On May 2, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Will Evans wrote: Agreed - on the other hand - no matter how easy desktop publishing/design tools are - they will never replace a designer with a non-designer in things that matter. Absolutely. I should have said a PERCEIVED erosion of value in relation to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Perception of light / relative brightness

2008-06-04 Thread Shep McKee
. Regards, Shep McKee On Jun 4, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Elise Edson wrote: My team has received a request from the mechincal engineering team to help them understand how the human eye perceives relative brightness of light. Specifically, how sensitive is the human eye to changes in brightness

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Web dialog boxes

2008-06-10 Thread Shep McKee
Some anecdotal evidence: Since it's probable that there may be more than one web app running in a single browser at the same time; it's absolutely necessary that dialogs clearly indicate what application they are coming from, and that that visual/textual indication not only sets them apart

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com

2008-08-18 Thread Shep McKee
Fail. On my first click, Women... The site crashed (Server Error) (And I'm at work - so bandwidth shouldn't be a problem, but the audio was so choppy, I shut it off instantly) Second try: Men server error again... Third try: Finally I get in. No offense Stephen, maybe I didn't give it a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice for hiring a UE Developer

2008-12-09 Thread Shep McKee
Check the IxDA archives - lots of great info... here's a great thread from last year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36324

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice for hiring a UE Developer

2008-12-09 Thread Shep McKee
Check the IxDA archives - lots of great info... Here's a great thread from last year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36324

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice for hiring a UE Developer

2008-12-09 Thread Shep McKee
(It appears that posting via IxDA.com is stripping out URLs - sorry for the duplicates) Check the IxDA archives - lots of great info... here's a great thread from last year http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=20819 On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Suzanne Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Date display formats in tables

2008-12-09 Thread Shep McKee
If users will be scanning the date column, a format (all but your 1st 6th sixth example) that pads the numerical value will be easiest to scan - and compare. You mention a US audience, but assumptions of Month/Day/Year can still lead to ambiguities. I'd suggest spelling out the month, and then

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the URL

2009-12-16 Thread shep . mckee
live wrote: [...] I give up and go to the IxDA website. I look around front page for information. De nada. So I click on Events. STILL. CAN'T. FIND. INFORMATION. Or URL to send to colleague. I had no problems myself. There's a large graphic on the home page. . . . . . . . . . . .