Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] From Business to Buttons 2008, 12-13 June in Malm�, Sweden
Hi again, I forgot to mention, an Early bird fee is available until Monday 14th of April. Hope to see you all in Malmö! Cheers, /M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27949 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] GUI / CLI / Quicksilver (was Windows -- what would you change in interaction?)
In case that you don't know it yet, you absolutely have to review Humanized's Enso Launcher (www.*humanized*.com). It provides an interface similar to Quicksilver but based on principles developed by Jef Raskin (one of the original Mac designers) which are briefly explained in the Archy wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy ). Enso is an alternate approach to the same problem, allowing the flexibility and consistency of a CLI but with better learnability, feedback and GUI integration. The main benefit of the Unix CLI were that it allows for easy integration of small compontents, each one tailored to make well a single task. But GUIs, being compartmented in separate applications, often reinvent the wheel (i.e. how many different spell checkers do you have between your desktop, web apps office suite? With a CLI you could have just one, and use it at every place where it is needed). People at Humanized write several blogs with many insights into these subjects. On 10/04/2008, Jeff Hendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Jeff Garbers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me the interesting thing about Quicksilver is how it *combines* a keyboard-based interface with rich visuals in a really novel way. It's totally different from a traditional command line in how it provides visual feedback on matches and builds commands according to its own simple syntax as keys are pressed. Interesting subject... this actually relates quite strongly to my reasons for starting the history of interaction thread a couple days ago. Inspired by Quicksilver and Don Norman's recent article on the subject, I'm doing my masters research on ways to combine GUI/WIMP interfaces with CLI-esque interaction to receive the benefits of both. I'm in the very early phases of research, and what I'm doing right now is trying to nail down exactly what the benefits of command lines are, what was lost when GUIs took over, and how it the benefits can be brought back. I made a prototype of such a thing, which basically ended up being ugly Quicksilver for Open Office, for a class project and got pretty decent results from KLM-GOMS modelling as well as a real user evaluation. Unfortunately, the code isn't anywhere near stable enough to release, but there are some pictures and charts as well as a 20 page paper for the truly brave here (no nasty comments on the web site design please, I am absolutely not a web developer :) ) http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~jchendy/ate.htm -Jeff Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Committing changes to a database
Hi everyone I am currently reviewing a desktop (i.e. NOT web) application that involves mostly viewing and changing records in a database (via a nice GUI front end). In some places, changes are committed as soon as you enter them, a bit like how Microsoft Access operates. In other places, the user has to specifically save to commit changes, like MYOB. Any opinions on when one approach should be used over the other and whether the inconsistency matters? Thanks in anticipation, Jessica Enders Director Formulate Information Design http://formulate.com.au Phone: (02) 6116 8765 Fax: (02) 8456 5916 PO Box 5108 Braddon ACT 2612 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Limitations of twitter
This one's for the twitter users out there. What limitations do you face using twitter? I for one would like to be able to see all posts from a single user in one place, be able to post pics, have twitter convert the URL into a tinyURL before submitting the post so I know how much more typing space is left What limitations do you face? -- Sachendra Yadav sachendra.wordpress.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Limitations of twitter
Hi Sachendra, I love Twitter, but one of the main reasons I love it is the API. If I don't like something about native Twitter, there is always someone out there creating a better GUI to handle so many of these problems. I recommend Spaz or Twhirl as they are X-platform, stable and great features that you can't get in Twitter native client. one of your issues is in the native client. Just go to http://twitter.com/[id] and you see all the posts of a single user. (Is that what you meant?) I like the idea of concatenating the URL when it is typed, i.e. when I type a URL hitting space should auto-change it into a tiny-like URL. There is no reason that a tool like Spaz or Twhirl can't do this themselves. Features that I'd like might be more about the API (meaning 3rd parties couldn't do it unless Twitter makes it available): 1. I'd love to be able to create groups of people that I follow and turn on device notifications based on group selection. 2. I'd like to be able to have views of conversations (or threads) so that if I have a backforth across time that it is easier to track a thread. Sometimes a reply happens hours after the initial message (in an email way) but it gets lost. (@'s and directs). 3. I think the back-channel stuff is interesting but should be made easier. GroupTweet.com has taken on a piece of this, but what we did for Interaction08 was just great! -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27964 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Limitations of twitter
It would be nice to see both sides of someone else's conversation without having to go digging. Martin Polley Technical writer, etc. +972 52 3864280 http://capcloud.com/ Sachendra Yadav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What limitations do you face using twitter? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Senior UI Designer, Culver City California, Symantec, Full Time
Symantec is committed to providing the highest quality interface for its products and, in this role, you will have an opportunity to continue and build on that success. You will work intimately with product managers, engineers, technical (documentation) writers and customers to infuse new ideas into the product line. At the same time you will be joining a great team of UI designers at Symantec. We have an outstanding team of designers covering a wide range of UI design challenges. The position offers great opportunities for individual creativity and innovation as well as the benefits of a diverse and supportive design community. Responsible for providing UI Design and Usability support to Symantec product development teams, including designing and specifying product UIs, the analysis and investigation of application usability, and field studies. In this role you will create, adapt, and implement innovative ways of achieving highly usable products within Symantec by driving UI design and coordinating usability on multiple, unrelated projects. You will be responsible for setting project usability objectives while you work on problems of complex and diverse scope, identifying creative alternatives. You will collaborate closely with development, visual design, product management, and program management to ensure the success of product UIs. Responsibilities also include: *Creating and maintaining UI prototypes and UI specifications *Translate market and product requirements into first class user interface designs in the form of conceptual models, wireframes, paper prototypes, screen mockups and other specifications *Create and maintain the internal standards, templates and processes necessary to ensure a consistent, unified, high-quality user experience across all products in the suite *Plan and manage customer and usability testing *Oversee the visual design process by managing internal and external design resources Qualifications: *Bachelor's degree required *Human factors engineering experience required *4+ years of UI Design and Usability evaluation experience *Demonstrated skill in conducting all feedback methodologies (e.g., usability testing) *Demonstrated track record of designing high quality user interfaces for enterprise software applications *Demonstrated skill in leading design and documenting UIs. *Demonstrated experience with Web 2.0 related presentation technologies *Must have solid experience with and knowledge of web-based UIs and HTML, and be able to produce UI prototypes *Graphic/Visual design skills a plus *Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in diverse, cross-departmental teams *Comfortable in front of customers *Demonstrated ability to work closely with engineering *Strong project management skills, including managing contractors, vendors, and interns *Excellent written and verbal communication skills *Entrepreneurial: flexible, optimistic, problem-solving approach to work *Ability to work in a team setting and be independently motivated is key Contact Information: Send your resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please include the position for which you are applying in the subject field. *Symantec Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes diversity. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Limitations of twitter
Hi Dave, What I meant was viewing conversations like you mentioned in your second point. Something like what Gmail does would be cool where I could expand/collapse conversations. I also like Martin's idea of giving both sides of conversation, I think facebook's Wall does something similar. -- Sachendra Yadav sachendra.wordpress.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27964 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] GUI / CLI / Quicksilver (was Windows -- what would you change in interaction?)
We are working on a very interesting project related to this subject that I hope to be able to share very soon. - Russ On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Diego Moya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In case that you don't know it yet, you absolutely have to review Humanized's Enso Launcher (www.*humanized*.com). It provides an interface similar to Quicksilver but based on principles developed by Jef Raskin (one of the original Mac designers) which are briefly explained in the Archy wikipedia page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy ). Enso is an alternate approach to the same problem, allowing the flexibility and consistency of a CLI but with better learnability, feedback and GUI integration. The main benefit of the Unix CLI were that it allows for easy integration of small compontents, each one tailored to make well a single task. But GUIs, being compartmented in separate applications, often reinvent the wheel (i.e. how many different spell checkers do you have between your desktop, web apps office suite? With a CLI you could have just one, and use it at every place where it is needed). People at Humanized write several blogs with many insights into these subjects. On 10/04/2008, Jeff Hendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Jeff Garbers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me the interesting thing about Quicksilver is how it *combines* a keyboard-based interface with rich visuals in a really novel way. It's totally different from a traditional command line in how it provides visual feedback on matches and builds commands according to its own simple syntax as keys are pressed. Interesting subject... this actually relates quite strongly to my reasons for starting the history of interaction thread a couple days ago. Inspired by Quicksilver and Don Norman's recent article on the subject, I'm doing my masters research on ways to combine GUI/WIMP interfaces with CLI-esque interaction to receive the benefits of both. I'm in the very early phases of research, and what I'm doing right now is trying to nail down exactly what the benefits of command lines are, what was lost when GUIs took over, and how it the benefits can be brought back. I made a prototype of such a thing, which basically ended up being ugly Quicksilver for Open Office, for a class project and got pretty decent results from KLM-GOMS modelling as well as a real user evaluation. Unfortunately, the code isn't anywhere near stable enough to release, but there are some pictures and charts as well as a 20 page paper for the truly brave here (no nasty comments on the web site design please, I am absolutely not a web developer :) ) http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~jchendy/ate.htm -Jeff Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Russell Wilson Vice President of Product Design, NetQoS Blog: http://www.dexodesign.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Limitations of twitter
I find this idea of tracking conversations in twitter interesting. From the Twitter site: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and coworkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? That does say communicate but it doesn't say converse. It's based on answering one question. Twitter has morphed from being a simple status updater to being a global chat program. The limitations we're talking about are outside of Twitter's focus. It's not a forum, it's not a chat app. It's a status feed. Since Facebook was mentioned, think about the fact that they have two separate tools for communication and status (status and the wall). Sure, I can see the wall-to-wall conversation thread, but that's separate from the status. Now, that does not mean the API doesn't create opportunities for third parties to adapt to the usage, or even that Twitter might not enable features to adapt to the usage, but in regards to the original purpose of twitter, conversing wasn't it. I'm not sure the folks at Twitter expected the use of replies and direct messages to overtake the basic tweeting as a primary usage. Just my $0.02. -- Lance E. Leonard Evermind Media Group, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 314.809.4662 http://www.evermindmedia.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Limitations of twitter
I was part of a group that presented ideas for Twitter yesterday. Our focus was on the ability to manage groups of contacts and the related psychological research. I posted a PDF with the design recommendations (6 images and short descriptions) at: http://www.sunnybeachdesign.com/twitter-ideas.pdf --- Sunny Beach Graduate Student University of Michigan School of Information Human-Computer Interaction Specialization __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] NYC-UPA - 4/23 - Social Influence: Social Media the Enterprise
NYC Usability Professionals' Association presents: *Social Influence: Social Media the Enterprise *If you think social media is all about clever corporate marketing on Facebook or quirky videos on YouTube, you're missing an opportunity to change your company's entire culture. In fact, social media can affect how companies innovate, test ideas, market, recruit talent, measure performance, and interact with all their stakeholders. In his discussion Going Social Now, Shiv Singh, head of the Avenue A | Razorfish social media practice, will show you how the enterprise can use social media to craft more relevant and useful user experiences. As part of his discussion, Shiv will discuss how the rise of social media has created a new form of marketing altogether, social influence marketing. He will also discuss research studies that help explain why some online communities are more successful than others. You will walk away from this engaging discussion with user experience strategies to help you design more successfully for the social web. *Speaker*: Shiv Singh, Avenue A | Razorfish * Date*:Wednesday, April 23, 2008 *Registration*:6:00pm (refreshments served) Please arrive by 6 to allow time to get through security. Photo ID required by security to enter building. It must match the name on the registration list. * Presentation*: 6:30pm to 8:00pm (includes QA) * Networking*: 8:00pm to 8:30pm Dinner at a nearby restaurant: 8:30pm to whenever (participants pay for their own dinner) * Location*: Avenue A | Razorfish 1440 Broadway (Between 40th 41st) New York, NY 10018 * Cost*:NYC-UPA members: $10 Non-members: $20 Non-members with 1 year membership: $25 Full-time students: $5 (students please provide valid ID) * RSVP*: *NO EMAIL RSVPs ACCEPTED FOR THIS EVENT. *Please purchase a guaranteed ticket at the event registration site: http://nycupa20080423.eventbrite.com Please note ticket office will be *closed* by *4 p.m. Monday, April 21, 2008*(2 days before the event). Tickets are refundable until noon, Friday, April 25, 2008 (2nd day after the event) by sending a request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Tickets are transferable on or before 4 PM Monday, April 21st, 2008 (2 days before the event) by sending a request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . You must notify us, and get a confirmation, of this transfer or it will not be valid. Members of our parent organization, the UPA (the Usability Professionals' Association), must join the NYC chapter to qualify for member rates. We encourage everyone to join our parent organization, though you do not need to do so to become a member of our chapter. You can learn more about our NYC organization http://nycupa.org/ or learn about our parent organizationhttp://www.upassoc.org/ . Seats are limited and reservations are first come, first served. We advise you to register early as previous events have sold out and we had to turn people away. *About the speaker: *Shiv Singh has been with Avenue A | Razorfish since 1999 and has worked in its Boston, New York, San Francisco and London offices. As Director, Global Strategic Initiatives Shiv is tasked with building Avenue A | Razorfish's Social Media capabilities. Singh helps the agency introduce its clients like Carnival Cruiselines, Levi Strauss Co., and L'Oreal's Garnier Fructis to social influence marketing – or applying social media throughout a client's entire marketing lifecycle to build stronger customer relationships. His role also includes developing strategic partnerships, creating thought leadership and encouraging experimentation with social media across the agency. He has been a speaker at conferences such as SXSW, the Direct Marketing Association's Leader's Forum and on the Social Computing Panel at the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, CA. He has also published several articles and academic papers on social influence marketing, online community development, social media and collaboration; most recently, Social Influence Marketing: Strategies Tactics to Win Customers and Think Social Influence Marketing in 2008, published in the agency's 2008 Digital Outlook Report. In 2005, he founded and led the agency's Enterprise Solutions practice, which helps organizations empower their employees and partners with the information they need to do their jobs efficiently and effectively. He has an undergraduate degree from Babson College and did his graduate work at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he researched social networks. Visit http://www.goingsocialnow.com for trends, commentary and news
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Committing changes to a database
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Jessica Enders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any opinions on when one approach should be used over the other and whether the inconsistency matters? Hi Jessica, I've done some work on an existing web-based product configurator that does something similar - you save your changes but intentionally commit later. Although this makes sense from an engineering perspective, this intentional commit has been the cause of some long-winded product support calls. The main problem turns out to be that the application's committed/uncommitted state is not clearly indicated. A secondary problem is that the importance of committing changes is not obvious. Application users go along happily thinking that they've done their thing then wonder why no changes have taken effect in the system. I'd recommend in this case that you bring the product support team a box of doughnuts and ask them to tell you the things they get lots of calls on. If they don't mention the commit problem outright, ask them if they ever get calls related to it. Alternately, if you're setup to do quickie usability tests for the application, grab a couple newbies and see what happens. From my perspective, though, inconsistent save and commit behavior is more of a problem than a solution. Hope this helps, Michael Micheletti Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Limitations of twitter
I for one would like to be able to see all posts from a single user in one place You can do this by going to that person's profile page. be able to post pics Try either Twitxr or using a combination of a Tumblr blog and TwitterFeed. Twitxr lets you post pics and then updates Twitter for you, but it's not very good. Using Tumblr, you can email pics to your blog and then have TwitterFeed udpate Twitter automatically based on the RSS feed for the Tumblr blog. -r- Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] User research ROI graph
Hello, I would like to show in a very simple way how user research and usability can be usefull for business. So I am looking for any kind of recent Graph, chart or statistique about the value of User Research. The only convenient graph I have found for now is from the Nielsen Usability Report : http://www.useit.com/alertbox/roi-trends.gif But I don't find it very meaningful, and the other statistics that I've found are a bit outdated, like the IBM success story of 200% ROI as well of the ROI ressources from UPA : http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/usability_resources/usability_in_the_real_world/selling_usability.html Do you have any idea where I could find any User Research ROI graph (or data I could agregate ?) Thank you, Chiwah Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] prototyping spectrum (short poster)
One thing I really like about this chart is that it demonstrates more than one type of prototype. I am inclined to map each phase as follows: 1. ideation 2. design 3. engineering ...but that's just the pragmatist in me, or the curmudgeon. Thanks for sharing! Dante Murphy | Director of User Experience| D I G I T A S H E A L T H 229 South 18th Street | Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA 19103 | USA Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.digitashealth.com -Original Message- http://udanium.com/proto_spectrum_v1.pdf Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Limitations of twitter
I'd love if twitter had some of the more robust features that iRover has. iRover isn't really good for the ambient stuff the way Twitter is, but it is great for sharing media and ideas. Unfortunately, the interaction model is a bit too heavy for me and there is no way to easily limit your primary feed to just your friends and well few people I know use it making it even more useless. People are the best content. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27964 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] History of Interaction?
Been having trouble with my email server lately... this was sent partially. Resending it to complete it. - On Apr 9, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Jim Hoekema wrote: Still, it seems almost all the examples are histories (sort of) of interactive TECHNOLOGIES, and what would be really nice is a history of INTERACTION DESIGN in a more technology-agnostic way. The whole notion of interaction design being technology agnostic is a relatively new concept as near as I can tell. And when I've brought it up in that context, I've often meant agnostic to digital technology, but I've never been specific I admit. As such, I doubt you'll find anything historically that discusses interaction design in that way of thinking. In fact... Design has *always* been driven and founded in technology, considering that design is often a human endeavor to reform the world around them by their own hands with their own tools. Every tool, printing press, building materials, chemicals, etc... That's all technology. What some people on this list consider interaction design is nothing more than a new term on a collection of older practices from established design fields. It should be noted that giving your profession a new term however, does not make it new. And by that, I mean to avoid falling into the trap of not seeing the connections from various design practices of the past to what you do today. For this particular thread, to find examples of technology agnostic in design history, simply go back and read a lot of industrial design books. Henry Dreyfuss's Designing for People is an obvious classic. Go read about Eames or learn about Norman Bel Geddes and even go back to Gerrit Rietveld. It's all there. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] History of Interaction?
On Apr 9, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Jim Hoekema wrote: Still, it seems almost all the examples are histories (sort of) of interactive TECHNOLOGIES, and what would be really nice is a history of INTERACTION DESIGN in a more technology-agnostic way. The whole notion of interaction design being technology agnostic is a relatively new concept as near as I can tell. And when I've brought it up in that context, I've often meant agnostic to digital technology, but I've never been specific I admit. As such, I doubt you'll find anything historically that discusses interaction design in that way of thinking. In fact... Design has *always* been driven and founded in technology, considering that design is often a human endeavor to reform the word around them by their own hands with their own tools. Every tool, printing press, building materials, chemicals, etc... That's all technology. What some people on this list consider interaction design is nothing more than a new term on a collection of older practices from established design fields. It should be noted that giving your profession a new term however, does not make it new. For this particular thread, to find examples of technology agnostic in design history, simply go back and read a lot of industrial design books. Henry Dreyfuss's Designing for People is an obvious classic. Go read about Eames, or learn about Norman Bel Geddes and even go back to Gerrit Rietveld. It's all there. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] History of Interaction?
On Apr 9, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Jim Hoekema wrote: Still, it seems almost all the examples are histories (sort of) of interactive TECHNOLOGIES, and what would be really nice is a history of INTERACTION DESIGN in a more technology-agnostic way. The whole notion of interaction design being technology agnostic is a relatively new concept as near as I can tell. And when I've brought it up in that context, I've often meant agnostic to digital technology, but I've never been specific I admit. As such, I doubt you'll find anything historically that discusses interaction design in that way of thinking. In fact... Design has *always* been driven and founded in technology, considering that design is often a human endeavor to reform the word around them by their own hands with their own tools. Every tool, printing press, building materials, chemicals, etc... That's all technology. What some people on this list consider interaction design is nothing more than a new term on a collection of older practices from established design fields. It should be noted that giving your profession a new term however, does not make it new. And by that, I mean to think For this particular thread, to find examples of technology agnostic in design history, simply go back and read a lot of industrial design books. Henry Dreyfuss's Designing for People is an obvious classic. Go read about Eames, or learn about Norman Bel Geddes and even go back to Gerrit Rietveld. It's all there. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface
Behold: Muxtape.com Okay, in a nutshell, it's a music sharing site with a bit of a twist -- you can only share music via playlists that you create and upload to share. Like the mixtapes of old (old, being the 80s), you're only allowed a certain number of songs for your playlist. Create an account and check out how freaking simple the upload interface is. Or, click on one of the user names on the home page and check out how the playlists are displayed and listened to. Amazingly simple... like Google search simple. Here's Mule Design's take on it: http://weblog.muledesign.com/2008/03/muxtape.php There's a screen capture of the upload interface on Mule Design's blog if you don't feel like creating an account on Muxtape. Let me know what you all think... Is it too simple? Too iPhone-ish? I've been listening and exploring playlists all day, if that counts for anything... Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Muxtape.com's simple interface
Thanks for the pointer. Definitely a great user experience - simple, engaging, and addictive. Imagine how much fun mashing this up with a social graph would be... Dmitry On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Kevin Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Behold: Muxtape.com Okay, in a nutshell, it's a music sharing site with a bit of a twist -- you can only share music via playlists that you create and upload to share. Like the mixtapes of old (old, being the 80s), you're only allowed a certain number of songs for your playlist. Create an account and check out how freaking simple the upload interface is. Or, click on one of the user names on the home page and check out how the playlists are displayed and listened to. Amazingly simple... like Google search simple. Here's Mule Design's take on it: http://weblog.muledesign.com/2008/03/muxtape.php There's a screen capture of the upload interface on Mule Design's blog if you don't feel like creating an account on Muxtape. Let me know what you all think... Is it too simple? Too iPhone-ish? I've been listening and exploring playlists all day, if that counts for anything... Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] From Business to Button s 2008, 12-13 June in Malmö, Sweden.
'Bad design is bad business,' says usability guru Don Norman before his European visit. Don Norman will be a keynote speaker at Business to Buttons 2008, Europe's meeting place for interaction designers and business managers in Malmö in June. The conference focuses on interactivity regardless of the technical platform and how to combine design with business benefits. Here you can get inspired, learn from others, and develop within your area of competence. Workshops and sessions are filling up. Don't miss out! For more info please visit www.businesstobuttons.comhttp://www.businesstobuttons.com About From Business To Buttons Our much longed for conference From Business To Buttons had its premiere in 2007 and it was met with great success. Long before the first conference was put into effect we had felt the necessity to gather people within our industry. Then we wished to bring forward those in the frontline, our role models within our field. So the conference rapidly started taking shape. Our aim was to create a gathering for and by the people in the frontline. We wished to gather those who are always seeking new paths, rethinking and developing their way of working. A key part was also to share knowledge, insights and mistakes, something we recognize to little of. The organisers Malmö University and inUse are therefore repeating the success once again this year. The conference will be held in Orkanen at Malmö University 12-13 June. The event is a two-day conference offering insights and methods on how to design information technology and create positive effects for business and society. It is also becoming a European meeting place where the people within the industry can get inspired, learn from each other, and develop within their areas of competence. It is a conference that focuses on interactivity regardless of the technical platform. This year we offer three tracks for the participant to chose from that goes parallel. One design track, one strategy track and one workshop track. Representing the sessions and workshops we have just over 30 speakers, mainly international from UK, US as well as from Asia. This years keynote speaker is Don Norman that will talk from his latest book, The Design of Future Things. We also proudly present David Fore from Cooper, Clive Grinyer Head of Design at Orange Telecom and well know brand strategist Patrick W Jordan just to mention a few. Besides from full days with sessions and workshops in Orkanen, we will have a number of interesting exhibitors and happenings on site as well as a great evening at Glasklart in the west harbor to offer the participants. For more info please visit www.businesstobuttons.comhttp://www.businesstobuttons.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Committing changes to a database
The important thing here, is what's user's mental model here, more or less, he's like writing on the paper for fill a paper table, if write down, it's/should there ( if he type in, it's there), so save in a just-in-time way meet this very well. And at the same time, let user could undo what he/her has done before, this makes the application less scary. If possible, i would like a software without open/save/save as, these things just leads to confusing. for more information, you could ref About Face X.X on Undo/redo topic ( i'm not the book seller) Cheers -- Jarod On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Michael Micheletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Jessica Enders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any opinions on when one approach should be used over the other and whether the inconsistency matters? Hi Jessica, I've done some work on an existing web-based product configurator that does something similar - you save your changes but intentionally commit later. Although this makes sense from an engineering perspective, this intentional commit has been the cause of some long-winded product support calls. The main problem turns out to be that the application's committed/uncommitted state is not clearly indicated. A secondary problem is that the importance of committing changes is not obvious. Application users go along happily thinking that they've done their thing then wonder why no changes have taken effect in the system. I'd recommend in this case that you bring the product support team a box of doughnuts and ask them to tell you the things they get lots of calls on. If they don't mention the commit problem outright, ask them if they ever get calls related to it. Alternately, if you're setup to do quickie usability tests for the application, grab a couple newbies and see what happens. From my perspective, though, inconsistent save and commit behavior is more of a problem than a solution. Hope this helps, Michael Micheletti Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Designing for better life style. http://jarodtang.spaces.live.com/ http://jarodtang.blogspot.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
