[IxDA Discuss] FW: GUI guidelines
You might want to take a look at the MSCUI project http://www.mscui.net/ The guidelines they are producing are part of the British National Health Service's National Program for IT (yes, the capitals mean it is generally better known as NHS NPfIT) If I can have a little dig... It is very much UK based, so the intention is to improve Patient Care, rather than to improve Patient Billing as in US health care, so if you are aiming at a US market, it may not be for you. [Just realised I only sent this to Andreia, so sending it to the rest of the list for completeness ;) ] Gk. Hi, I work in a software company for health solutions. My team has about 20 members and my new big task is to write the guI guidelines. Can you help me with some references that could point me, at least a way to start? Gregor Kiddie Senior Developer INPS Tel: 01382 564343 Registered address: The Bread Factory, 1a Broughton Street, London SW8 3QJ Registered Number: 1788577 Registered in the UK Visit our Internet Web site at www.inps.co.uk The information in this internet email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is not authorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of INPS or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact is.helpd...@inps.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
[IxDA Discuss] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: - Interaction Designer - User Experience Designer - User Interface designer Thanks, Batyah Rubin Freelance User Interface Designer Israel 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
UX=User Experience Design: The umbrella of all good things. This might be the real question you want to ask. What falls under this umbrella? You can go honeycomb, 5 food groups, or I'm inventing my own approach and calling it the 'snowflake 108 degrees of beauty' steps and reasons TBA. IX=Interaction Design: The paved contextual paths of the umbrellas intended use. You need the above to identify what that use is. UI=User Interface Design: Visual design of menu/interactive systems as opposed to backgrounds of butterflies and fields of daisies. More uniform design than art design. Your going to take what your UX and IX people have decided and make it look tempting to use and when they use it they are not going to want to put it down because the above people were on to something and it is INSIGHT that they were on to. What did you buy your girl for valentines day? If you can't pull this off you shouldn't be in UX. er= YOU the person that creates the deliverable for your organization. The organization being the one that lays down the law of what your deliverable is and where the lines are drawn and why. You should be versatile because it is a never ending flux of change, a living organism! I knew some Israeli girls in my day. They called the big dipper a wagon wheel. : ) On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Batyah Rubin rubin.bat...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: - Interaction Designer - User Experience Designer - User Interface designer Thanks, Batyah Rubin Freelance User Interface Designer Israel 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
Hi Rubin, As the Word says, Interaction Design is a sub-discipline of design which examines the role of embedded behaviors and intelligence in physical and virtual spaces as well as the convergence of physical and digital products. Sometimes referred to by the acronyms IxD or iD... Wikipedia definition Facets covered The fluidity of interactions An intuitive workflow The comprehensibility of the information and features A quick and easy progression to feeling comfortable with the system (short learning curve) User Experience is a term used to describe the overall experience and satisfaction a user has when using a product or system. It most commonly refers to a combination of software and business topics, such as selling over the web, but it applies to any result of interaction design. Wikipedia definition User Experience Design is an umbrella term that encompasses Interaction design Information architecture Usability Accessibility Human computer interaction Human factors engineering User interface design as components of the holistic user experience. User interface design is the overall process of designing the interaction between a human (user) and a machine (computer). It includes graphic design, information design and a wide variety of usability methods. Wikipedia definition Facets covered The fluidity of interactions An intuitive workflow The comprehensibility of the information and features The pleasing appearance of the interface Thanks Regards, Mithil Yadav HCI - User Experience Designer -Original Message- From: new-boun...@ixda.org [mailto:new-boun...@ixda.org] On Behalf Of Batyah Rubin Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:24 AM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: - Interaction Designer - User Experience Designer - User Interface designer Thanks, Batyah Rubin Freelance User Interface Designer Israel Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38411 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 MASTEK LTD. Mastek is in NASSCOM's 'India Top 20' Software Service Exporters List. In the US, we're called MAJESCOMASTEK ~~ Opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual and not that of Mastek Limited, unless specifically indicated to that effect. Mastek Limited does not accept any responsibility or liability for it. This e-mail and attachments (if any) transmitted with it are confidential and/or privileged and solely for the use of the intended person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. This e-mail and its attachments have been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. It is the responsibility of the recipient to run the virus check on e-mails and attachments before opening them. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly delete this e-mail from desktop and server. ~~ 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] all small or add caps?
One additional factor to consider. When brands get written about and referenced, writers (or their editors) will usually use title case regardless of the brand standards. This leads either to endless brand policing and frustration or just giving up and saying that the brand is capitalized in print but lowercase in the marque. It is easier to maintain control of brand consistency if you keep things standard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38327 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] all small or add caps?
One additional factor to consider. When brands get written about and referenced, writers (or their editors) will usually use title case regardless of the brand standards. This leads either to endless brand policing and frustration or just giving up and saying that the brand is capitalized in print but lowercase in the marque. It is easier to maintain control of brand consistency if you keep things standard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38327 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
2009/2/10 Batyah Rubin rubin.bat...@gmail.com Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: - Interaction Designer - User Experience Designer - User Interface designer The answer, in my view, comes down to one thing - the culture of the company that you are working in. I am a User Experience Architect (I do design but it's a title that's easier to separate from visual design). User Experience is the umbrella term for all things that relate to creating an interactive experience. I do interactive design and user interface design as part of my job, as well as user research, business analysis and a bunch of other stuff. Most of what I do fits within the rough remit of user entered design. Some companies are more visual design based and some are more engineering based. In engineering based companies there are often User Interface Designers and in more visual based companies you are more likely to get Interaction Designers. Most of this comes form the processes the company is following (or not) and the systems and products they are designing for. -- Stewart Dean 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] New Announcement: HFI PET Course Scheduled for May 6-9 in NYC
An Invitation to Register for How to Design for Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust (PET Design) HFI will be presenting its new course for Usability professionals on Wednesday, May 6 Friday, May 9, in NYC. The course explores the next wave in Web site design persuasive design designing for persuasion, emotion, and trust. Register soon, this course is filling up quickly! Register here: http://www.humanfactors.com/PETdesign/training.html About the Course Persuasion, emotion, and trust (PET) are critical factors for creating successful online interactions. The growing reliance on e-channels makes an engaging customer experience more important than ever. This course provides the essential knowledge to transition from being a classical usability engineer to become a complete user experience designer. You'll learn to develop persuasive strategies and implement research-based methods throughout the design process to make your website more trustworthy and convincing. Whether your site is e-commerce, informational, or transactional, you can establish deeper relationships with your customers by understanding how people make decisions that lead to conversion. You'll learn techniques to probe the subtle motivations and emotional triggers that influence peoples reactions to your message, content, and offers. Why PET design? While traditional user-centered web design focuses on designing for usability, it is now essential to design for Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust to satisfy customer needs and meet business objectives. In this course, you will learn advanced techniques to motivate people to explore, discover, interact, and return to your website. Whether your site, application, or product is informational, functional, or transactional, PET design teaches you how to influence people to make decisions leading to conversion. You'll learn how to: Engage customers Persuade users to act Achieve measurable results Invest in your career Join the thousands of user experience professionals who already know that HFI training is one of the best investments you can make to enhance and advance your career. Learn from the best HFI has earned a reputation as the worlds most well-respected user-experience design firm and is the leader in usability and user-centered design training. This course will be taught by Mona Patel, HFI VP of Eastern Region. Mona is HFI's expert on the emotional response to design. 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] Sketching Prototyping Workshop IA Summit March 19th [PLUG]
Times running out and space is limited. So, you better sign up while you can still get in. Leah Buley of Adaptive Path and I are running a full day workshop at the IA Summit on sketching and prototyping—you won't want to miss it. It's the first time we've done this workshop together, but previous versions of her sketching workshop and my prototyping workshops have sold out. Now, we're bringing the best of both worlds together for the first time. What are you waiting for? Sign up today https://www.asis.org/Conferences/IA09/ia09regform.php Workshop Details This hands-on workshop will be conducted in a team setting following the design studio format, commonly used in architecture and industrial design. We’ll guide you through the design studio process of generating concepts, presentation, and critique. The workshop will concentrate on two primary methods for concept generation: sketchboards and prototypes. During the morning session, we’ll walk you through sketchboards, show you how to use them to generate ideas, and use the design studio process to identify and explore the strongest design solutions. And finally, we’ll show you how to select the most important aspects of your design to prototype. During the afternoon session, we’ll walk you through prototyping, take the sketchboards from the morning session, show you how to create prototypes, and use the design studio process to test and refine your prototypes. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a working prototype. Learning Objectives How to create faster, higher quality designs How to collaborate with design, technology, and business stakeholders How to generate and explore ideas without significant investment or attachment How to use the design studio process of presentation and critique to identify and refine the strongest design solutions How to identify the critical aspects of your design for prototyping How to use analog tools like paper to create rich interactive prototypes Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: t...@messagefirst.com AIM:twar...@mac.com Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
I find that interface design is an umbrella term too with sub terms of visual design, information design and interaction design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38411 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
They maybe the same or not, depends on your definition of Interaction design, and user experience design and UI design. But anyway, user only use the product ( designed artifact) through the interface, and his personal experience is generated according to HIS using (the interaction happens here) context. Regards, --Jarod On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Batyah Rubin rubin.bat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: - Interaction Designer - User Experience Designer - User Interface designer Thanks, Batyah Rubin Freelance User Interface Designer Israel 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 -- http://designforuse.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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
Didn't Dan Saffer forbid us from discussing this on this list anymore? :P 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
Hi Stewart, Thank you for your answer. Many people were kind enough to reply and it appears that there is no consensus. I am giving a presentation at a conference in Jerusalem on February 26th and I think I will adopt your title User Experience Architect.for two reasons: 1. It will be helpful in *avoiding confusion* most people have when I use the term designer in my title. They assume it means that I deal with the graphics and aesthetics. 2. I intend to explain my job by using the *example of an Architect* of a house. The Architect first finds out what the client needs, then, after some rounds of refining the plans together with the client, the Architect provides the final plans to the builder. In my case, I am the architect who determines the user needs, tests and refines the design, and finally supplies the specifications to the developer. Thanks to you and everyone else who took the time to answer. Batyah PS: Anyone interested in hearing about a |Technical Communicators Conference in Jerusalem on February 28th? On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Stewart Dean stewd...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/10 Batyah Rubin rubin.bat...@gmail.com Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: - Interaction Designer - User Experience Designer - User Interface designer The answer, in my view, comes down to one thing - the culture of the company that you are working in. I am a User Experience Architect (I do design but it's a title that's easier to separate from visual design). User Experience is the umbrella term for all things that relate to creating an interactive experience. I do interactive design and user interface design as part of my job, as well as user research, business analysis and a bunch of other stuff. Most of what I do fits within the rough remit of user entered design. Some companies are more visual design based and some are more engineering based. In engineering based companies there are often User Interface Designers and in more visual based companies you are more likely to get Interaction Designers. Most of this comes form the processes the company is following (or not) and the systems and products they are designing for. -- Stewart Dean 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] interaction\'09|vancouver recap
It's Tuesday and after I finally got a full night's sleep I realized we probably could all share with the greater community some of the themes and memes that emerged in Vancouver. I think there is allot to discuss and share and really build on so...well...discuss...please... 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] Seattle monthly meetup - Tonight! (Tuesday 2/10)
On the 2nd Tuesday of every month, Seattle-area information architects, user-centered designers, librarians, technical writers, and usability folk meet up at the Elysian pub in Capitol Hill to talk shop and socialize. The format is informal - all you need to bring is a topic of conversation, such as an interesting problem, a project you're working on, or even your resume. Students and professionals alike are welcome! Seattle Monthly IA/UX Meetup 7pm-10pm, Tuesday, February 10 Elysian Brewing Company 1221 E Pike St, Seattle http://ia.meetup.com/57 This event is organized by the Pacific Northwest chapter of ASIST (http://asistpnw.org). This month, we're welcoming our newly-elected chapter officers: Rachel Elkington (chair), Andrew Szydlowski (Treasurer), and Kris Bell (Secretary). They'll be organizing this event in future months, so keep an eye out for announcements from them! See you there! Aaron --- Aaron Louie 2007-08 Chair, ASIST PNW Associate Director of User Experience, ZAAZ 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
I would suggest looking through the archives. This question (or at least a derivative) has been asked many times. On 2/10/09 12:44 PM, Batyah Rubin rubin.bat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Stewart, Thank you for your answer. Many people were kind enough to reply and it appears that there is no consensus. I am giving a presentation at a conference in Jerusalem on February 26th and I think I will adopt your title User Experience Architect.for two reasons: 1. It will be helpful in *avoiding confusion* most people have when I use the term designer in my title. They assume it means that I deal with the graphics and aesthetics. 2. I intend to explain my job by using the *example of an Architect* of a house. The Architect first finds out what the client needs, then, after some rounds of refining the plans together with the client, the Architect provides the final plans to the builder. In my case, I am the architect who determines the user needs, tests and refines the design, and finally supplies the specifications to the developer. Thanks to you and everyone else who took the time to answer. Batyah PS: Anyone interested in hearing about a |Technical Communicators Conference in Jerusalem on February 28th? On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Stewart Dean stewd...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/10 Batyah Rubin rubin.bat...@gmail.com Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: - Interaction Designer - User Experience Designer - User Interface designer The answer, in my view, comes down to one thing - the culture of the company that you are working in. I am a User Experience Architect (I do design but it's a title that's easier to separate from visual design). User Experience is the umbrella term for all things that relate to creating an interactive experience. I do interactive design and user interface design as part of my job, as well as user research, business analysis and a bunch of other stuff. Most of what I do fits within the rough remit of user entered design. Some companies are more visual design based and some are more engineering based. In engineering based companies there are often User Interface Designers and in more visual based companies you are more likely to get Interaction Designers. Most of this comes form the processes the company is following (or not) and the systems and products they are designing for. -- Stewart Dean 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] interaction\'09|vancouver recap
Yes yes, plese! Especially for those of us unlucky enough to get stuck in the office and not in Vancouver. David On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:44 AM, greg greg.petr...@sap.com wrote: It's Tuesday and after I finally got a full night's sleep I realized we probably could all share with the greater community some of the themes and memes that emerged in Vancouver. I think there is allot to discuss and share and really build on so...well...discuss...please... 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 -- Making peoples lives easier daily... since 1969 w: http://spinjunkey.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] Open source user experience
I've been working in open-source for a bit over four years now... getting designers to donate their time for collaborative projects at the same level as developers do would be a tremendous boon. Plus, an IxDA-facilitated open-source initiative would be an excellent way to get more experience on a wider variety of projects, while contributing to the state-of-the-art. I for one would relish the opportunity to see how others work and build some battlefield camaraderie. The point Andy makes above (about open-source versioning tools being ill suited for design) is an important one... how do we set up the infrastructure for OSS design collaboration? What's the SourceForge or Google Code for designers? I imagine IxDA Labs could take a hybrid approach... weave together a wiki, knowledge management tools, digital whiteboarding... Please count me in :) -Jonathan On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Elizabeth Bacon li...@elizabethbacon.com wrote: Tom, et al., I'm really excited to say that IxDA may be able to support and aid you in your others efforts to connect with the Open Source movement and community. Several IxDA board members met with Aza Raskin of Mozilla at the Interaction'09 conference to discuss how we could work together in the future, given the alignment of interests we have in making the world a better place. IxDA really wants to enable new sorts of design-led open source efforts to succeed. We're presently envisioning having a kind of IxDA Labs area, just like they have a Mozilla Labs area, where such design-led, collaborative open-source projects can be seeded and developed. Our steps in this area thus far have been semi-connected to the current infrastructure project. Anybody who's interested in pursuing this idea further, please let me know what you think about being a leader and/or forming an initiative in this area with support from IxDA. :) Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38371 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
While trying to avoid the discussion of defining any of the terms, I thought I'd write about what I've seen (from my personal experience and job seeking) in the marketplace in terms of job titles. Interaction Designer, User Experience Designer and User Interface Designer are usually interchangeable job titles -- you usually don't see more than one of these job titles within an organization. I haven't seen the title User Experience Architect used as much as the others, but I think it's in this class. There may be differences in what people with these titles do at different companies, but you probably couldn't tell based on the job title alone. Information Architect is sometimes interchangeable with the above titles, but is occasionally a separate function (i.e., some places have Information Architects instead of any of the above, while other places have both IA and UX roles). Usually a Manager or Director of Interaction Design or Information Architecture has only Interaction Designers or Information Architects reporting to them. A Manager or Director of User Experience may have people with any of the above titles reporting to them, but is more likely to also have User Researchers and Visual or Graphic Designers reporting to them. This seems to support the notion that User Experience is emerging as an umbrella term in practical usage. Regards, Adam On Feb 10, 2009, at 12:53 AM, Batyah Rubin wrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between these three titles: - Interaction Designer - User Experience Designer - User Interface designer 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
I use to Jesse James Garrett's definition and facet breakdown that's been around since ~2000~. http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf The definitions and breakdowns are and have been around for quite a few years now... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38411 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] TechShoret Conference for Technical Communicators - Jerusalem Feb 26, 2009
Third Annual Technical Communicators Conference Jerusalem, Israel February 26th, 2009 Schedule for the conference: http://www.techshoret.com/tcc_conference/tcc_2009_program_schedule.html I will be presenting the following topic to Technical Communicators: *Usability Targets, Techniques, and Tactics* Usability, what's all the hype about? Why should you care? Find the answers in this presentation, by focusing on the following aspects of Usability: · Targets, rules, and principles · Techniques to identify, assess, avoid, or repair usability issues · Tactics and resources for substantiating ideas and convincing the bigwigs Hope to see you there, Batyah 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] Open source user experience
The Mozilla labs team, under Aza's leadership, is making headway in bringing usability test results into the collaborative environment. Zac Lym, a mozilla intern with mentorship from myself and others, has been doing tests and struggling to make these consumable to the Ubiquity development team. A combination of Vimeo for video hosting tagging along with structured, written summaries has been the technique arrived at through much iteration: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Ubiquity/Usability/Usability_Testing/Fall_08_1.2_Tests/Tester_06#Discovery http://www.viddler.com/explore/indolering/videos/10/ Back in the Netscape vs Mozilla days, some talented UI folks from the community make ASCII specifications of UI a fine art, much to the chagrin of some folks at Netscape who produced more polished deliverables. Historical post http://www.surfmind.com/musings/2003/02/21/index.cfm#index The pendulum has swung the other way with the MozConcept series where we saw concept videos with high-end production values from Adaptive Path. In the middle are the sketches and low-fi mockups we see on blogs and flickr (ex. http://www.lizblankenship.com/tabviz/?p=92)http://www.lizblankenship.com/tabviz/?p=92 Trac and Bugzilla are not that inaccessible -- they support attachments and auto-hyperlink URLs. I'm not sure that I fully agree that the tools are ill suited though there's certainly room for improvement. - (a different) Andy On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Jonathan Abbett jonat...@abbett.orgwrote: snip The point Andy makes above (about open-source versioning tools being ill suited for design) is an important one... how do we set up the infrastructure for OSS design collaboration? What's the SourceForge or Google Code for designers? I imagine IxDA Labs could take a hybrid approach... weave together a wiki, knowledge management tools, digital whiteboarding... 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] interaction\'09|vancouver recap
http://johnnyholland.org/ On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:46 PM, David Shaw david.sh...@gmail.com wrote: Yes yes, plese! Especially for those of us unlucky enough to get stuck in the office and not in Vancouver. David On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:44 AM, greg greg.petr...@sap.com wrote: It's Tuesday and after I finally got a full night's sleep I realized we probably could all share with the greater community some of the themes and memes that emerged in Vancouver. I think there is allot to discuss and share and really build on so...well...discuss...please... 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 -- Making peoples lives easier daily... since 1969 w: http://spinjunkey.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 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Yeah... but there's polar bears! On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr rob...@rhjr.net wrote: Looks like the UX Challenge organizers changed a few details along the way. From the site http://www.uxchallenge.com/pricing.html: - There's a conference fee of $2,000 per person - The hotel is not included — it's $450 per person for four nights - Contrary to what is implied on another pagehttp://www.uxchallenge.com/concept.html, flights from Oslo to Svalbard are not included either In short, assuming $1,000 for airfare to Oslo (from the USA), it would cost close to $20,000 to send a team of five people to the UX Challenge. And this is for an event you have to qualify for to even attend in the first place. Who do these people think they are? -r- 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Well, it looks like getting there may be part of the challenge... On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr rob...@rhjr.net wrote: Looks like the UX Challenge organizers changed a few details along the way. From the site http://www.uxchallenge.com/pricing.html: - There's a conference fee of $2,000 per person - The hotel is not included — it's $450 per person for four nights - Contrary to what is implied on another pagehttp://www.uxchallenge.com/concept.html, flights from Oslo to Svalbard are not included either In short, assuming $1,000 for airfare to Oslo (from the USA), it would cost close to $20,000 to send a team of five people to the UX Challenge. And this is for an event you have to qualify for to even attend in the first place. Who do these people think they are? -r- 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Looks like the UX Challenge organizers changed a few details along the way. From the site http://www.uxchallenge.com/pricing.html: - There's a conference fee of $2,000 per person - The hotel is not included — it's $450 per person for four nights - Contrary to what is implied on another pagehttp://www.uxchallenge.com/concept.html, flights from Oslo to Svalbard are not included either In short, assuming $1,000 for airfare to Oslo (from the USA), it would cost close to $20,000 to send a team of five people to the UX Challenge. And this is for an event you have to qualify for to even attend in the first place. Who do these people think they are? -r- 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] Open source user experience
While bring UX to open source is not impossible and there are great people putting up a great fight. These are more the exceptions than the rule. We need to realize that until the culture of OSS evolves from one where code contribution is king, to one where idea contribution (in ALL its forms, including code) is king, it will remain difficult. I think there needs to be a bit of a revolution and one I'm hoping to have something to do with (maybe even with Aza's help). In the spirit of Carpe Diem, I really want to just do it and create an OSS project, even if only experimental that starts out with attempting to answer the question, What would a designer led open source software project look like? The goal isn't to negate the developer, but create a space totally different from before. The outcome is not to learn how to lead developers, but to create a space for exploring design in its relation to development in a new way and see what succeeds and what fails. The ultimate goal would be to work towards modeling a new culture where business, development and design can co-mingle/lead OSS initiatives/projects. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38371 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Might be a way to weed out people. Perhaps you could contact them regarding offering some scholarships. I've already assembled a team and will be attending (if we get accepted), but realize that it's not accessible to everyone. Perhaps future years will be more affordable. On Feb 10, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr wrote: Who do these people think they are? Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: t...@messagefirst.com AIM:twar...@mac.com Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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 application
Mentioned that we were working on an iPhone application last week. It got released today and is a Dj/Remix app that comes with music from electronic artists. If anyone is interest you can have a look in the link below, but be warned as we break one of the cardinal rules by having automatically playing music! http://www.touch-mix.com/deadmau5 Gavin Burke http://www.futureaudioworkshop.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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Just be sure to take off your shoes whenever you enter a shop in Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard! I never would have learned that had I not seen that link. Thanks, Robert! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38434 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
My gut tells me right-click actions in browser-based applications are unconventional and should not be introduced (and if it is already introduced, should be removed). I also feel even though the application is for the enterprise, this is a moot point because in the end it is still a browser-based application. What are your thoughts on right-click actions in web applications? What about specifically for enterprise applications? Should there even be a difference? 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] interaction\'09|vancouver recap
To the Johnnies at Johnny Holland and the people who contributed those writeups, TANKS, as my relatives say overseas. As I posted before, videos are coming, and we'll be able to continue the conversations specifically per talk. I think what Greg was getting at was talking about the resonating and controversial themes that arose during the conference. Chum for people to descend upon: -) We need to step back from catty topics on the discussion list and focus on important stuff, the moonwalking bears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47LCLoidJh4 -) Designing for Sustainability -) Sustainability was a good way to introduce the wider range of impact that IxDs can have on the world -) It's about people, stupid: Interaction Designers design for Behavior and People, not simply high technology -) How are we going to give the world 10,000 IxDs in the near future? Is 10,000 the right number? Where are they going to come from (someone in the hallway suggested China)? Lots to talk about here-- let's be proactive about spinning off new threads! - Nasir 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
Well, we are creating the next version of a widely used piece of desktop software, so the users who will be migrating across to it will expect the same right click interactions they had in the desktop version. I do not think this is an isolated experience for people who are used to desktop applications, and I do not believe the method of delivery, via the browser, should change that experience. Gk. (At some point, I'll remember that hitting reply only sends it to the poster, not the whole list! Sorry Michael!) Gregor Kiddie Senior Developer INPS Tel: 01382 564343 Registered address: The Bread Factory, 1a Broughton Street, London SW8 3QJ Registered Number: 1788577 Registered in the UK Visit our Internet Web site at www.inps.co.uk The information in this internet email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is not authorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of INPS or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact is.helpd...@inps.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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
I would generally avoid right clicks on the web, even for enterprise tools. Why make the user right click when contextual menus can be shown on a 'regular/ left' click? If you have multiple actions- use the hover/mouse over state to differentiate. -- -Vishal http://www.vishaliyer.com On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Gregor Kiddie gkid...@inpses.co.uk wrote: Well, we are creating the next version of a widely used piece of desktop software, so the users who will be migrating across to it will expect the same right click interactions they had in the desktop version. I do not think this is an isolated experience for people who are used to desktop applications, and I do not believe the method of delivery, via the browser, should change that experience. Gk. (At some point, I'll remember that hitting reply only sends it to the poster, not the whole list! Sorry Michael!) Gregor Kiddie Senior Developer INPS Tel: 01382 564343 Registered address: The Bread Factory, 1a Broughton Street, London SW8 3QJ Registered Number: 1788577 Registered in the UK Visit our Internet Web site at www.inps.co.uk The information in this internet email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is not authorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of INPS or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact is.helpd...@inps.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 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
We've actually just removed all custom right-click menus from our web-based enterprise software, as a result of surveys and usability tests demonstrating that the majority of our users didn't even know that the right-click menus existed. We're not talking casual users, either: nearly all of them are trained and have been using our software for 5+ years. It's important to note that our software is neither the web-version of a desktop application, nor did we use right-click menus in enough places to accustom our users to trying out their right mouse button. If either of these had been true (or if we expected to introduce a consistent set of right-click menus throughout the app), the right-click menus might have made more sense. However, for our users and usage patterns, the better option was to make these functions visible in the UI. -Sarah Kampman -Original Message- My gut tells me right-click actions in browser-based applications are unconventional and should not be introduced (and if it is already introduced, should be removed). I also feel even though the application is for the enterprise, this is a moot point because in the end it is still a browser-based application. What are your thoughts on right-click actions in web applications? What about specifically for enterprise applications? Should there even be a difference? 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 application
This is very cool! I don't see the full page in my browser (Firefox) though -the logo is cut in half - is that on purpose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38439 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] Open source user experience
We've bounced around the idea of IxDA labs for a while now. In fact, some might argue that we've had one for the longest time-- people have always been welcome to show us a better way to do things, and we have ways of setting up sandboxed development environments, albeit very manually. What got me excited over the weekend was Aza Raskin's point that there is a vast gulf of opportunity for Interaction Design in the open source world, and that we are welcome to the table in many ways. While OSS is indeed a code-based world, I think there are collaborative behaviors our tools need to pick up in order for us to effectively join the party: -) Our design deliverables are not well suited for source control systems. They can't diff our files and tell us clearly what changed, nor do a sexy merge like you can with text-based code. Sure, you can annotate a change when you check it back in to the main branch, anyone who works with source control knows those change annotations usually get BSed. It's useful to see *everything* that changed-- there's always some small change that wasn't made clear in the comment. -) To the point of modularization: In the same fashion that it takes effort to modularize code, so can we do the same with design docs. Set up common symbols and background layers so that a change in one place propagates across the design doc. Find a way for people to work on those symbols and layers without having to check out the whole freakin' file. Allow people to update, or build the latest snapshot so everyone is on the same page. Anyone know of a solution for this? Would Adobe Version Cue help here? Fireworks doesn't seem to be invited to that party, at least in CS3 ... - Nasir 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
Although less destructive, offering web users right click is like offering them keyboard shortcuts: you're counting on them to interact with your website uncommonly. While you may find a few power users who appreciate the enhancement, far fewer users will notice such a feature in the same way they might notice Search, RSS, or Contact for instance. With that said, right-click in a browser-based applications has potential if: a) it does not contain essential interactivity b) is clearly communicated to the user c) is available by other means (e.g. button, hyperlink) Adding enterprise to the equation is a bit different as that is an acutely targeted demographic. If the application is built for a specific company, the company has the option to educate their users directly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38441 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
Google Docs has right click! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38441 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
On Feb 10, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr wrote: In short, assuming $1,000 for airfare to Oslo (from the USA), it would cost close to $20,000 to send a team of five people to the UX Challenge. And this is for an event you have to qualify for to even attend in the first place. Sponsorship! Team jackets with logos! This is the NASCAR of UX. 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Sponsorship! Team jackets with logos! This is the NASCAR of UX. Great idea! Though, I think sponsors prefer to somehow benefit from the deal. Regardless, the Miskeeto logo sure would look great on one of those satin jackets. ;) -r- 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] interaction\'09|vancouver recap
I've posted the slides from my keynote if you are interested: http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/02/carpe-diem-attention-awareness-and-interaction-design-2009-slides/ Dan Saffer Principal, Kicker Studio http://www.kickerstudio.com http://www.odannyboy.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] Interaction'09|vancouver 16 days away
I went through; having a new laptop, not being recognized by the site, opening a confirmation email, signing in with my existing account information... For a post about smuggling maple syrup past sleeping mounties?!?!? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37397 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
Because right click is a common and known action for applications. We've seen it and used it a number of times in RIA and web-based applications. In fact, we've seen participants look for it in web- based applications that look more like desktop applications. They actually start looking for desktop behavior. On Feb 10, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Vishal Iyer wrote: I would generally avoid right clicks on the web, even for enterprise tools. Why make the user right click when contextual menus can be shown on a 'regular/ left' click? If you have multiple actions- use the hover/ mouse over state to differentiate. -- -Vishal http://www.vishaliyer.com Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: t...@messagefirst.com AIM:twar...@mac.com Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
That came up at Ixd09. It's a fantastic sponsorship opportunity. On Feb 10, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Jared Spool wrote: Sponsorship! Team jackets with logos! This is the NASCAR of UX. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: t...@messagefirst.com AIM:twar...@mac.com Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Imagine sponsoring a team at the inaugural UX Challenge. That sponsor could promote the event along w/UX Challenge. It's a win win. On Feb 10, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr wrote: Great idea! Though, I think sponsors prefer to somehow benefit from the deal. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: t...@messagefirst.com AIM:twar...@mac.com Blog: http://toddwarfel.com Twitter:zakiwarfel -- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
What is this right click thing you speak of? I guess you haven't considered folks that use a left handed mouse where clicking the right button fires the primary click action. But that's cool, I'll start using the term left click to mean secendary click actions. That'll confuse you. Southpaw, Andrew On Feb 10, 2009, at 14:29, Alina al...@iterating.net wrote: Google Docs has right click! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38441 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] Ah, the good old days!
Posted without comment... Mostly because I'm scared to admit I actually recognize most of the machines in the clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ Imagine if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to read today's newspaper. Well, it's not as far fetched as it may seem... -- Andrei Herasimchuk Chief Design Officer, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. and...@involutionstudios.com c. +1 408 306 6422 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
I agree with the point Todd made. As distinctions between web and desktop breakdown, conventions are going to merge as well. We recently did some user testing for a web app that did not yet have contextual menu options and found that most of our participants were right-clicking to do common actions you would expect in desktop apps. Does your application look and feel more like a website or a desktop application? Users will pick up the visual language and behave accordingly. If it looks like an app, many people will expect it to behave like one (hence Google docs). I don't think context menus are particularly uncommon, but they are a shortcut. One rule I always go by, if a function is in a contextual menu it also has to be available somewhere else as well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38441 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] [Event] NYC UPA 2/17: User Experience and Analytics by Marko Hurst
The New York City Usability Professionals' Association invites you to attend: Designing Outcomes for Usability: The Future of User Experience Analytics a presentation by Marko Hurst, Director of User Experience at Colangelo Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Networking: 6:00 pm, Presentation: 6:30 pm JPMorgan Chase - Park Avenue Please scroll down for event and registration details. Register at: http://nycupa20090217.eventbrite.com ABOUT THE PRESENTATION Even as the pace of society, business, and the Internet continue to increase, many budgets and time lines continue to decrease. To compound this issue, there is a serious disconnect between business goals, user goals, and what visitors actually do on your site. UX practitioners need a simple and efficient way to reconcile these diverse needs while taking action on their data. Join us to learn about a new method for incorporating quantitative data such as web analytics and business intelligence into your qualitative user experience deliverables: personas, wireframes, and more. This presentation will include discussions of online business models, feedback loops for ensuring cross-discipline collaboration, and ongoing revisions. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Marko Hurst is the Director of User Experience for Colangelo (an Omicom subsidiary) and has worked for Fortune 500 companies such as Proctor Gamble, Unilever, Kraft, Ford Motor Company, and Motorola. Marko also develops artificial intelligence around decision-making and maintains a blog on analytics at MarkoHurst.com. Marko is the co-author of Search Analytics For Your Site. With Lou Rosenfeld, Marko is bridging the gap between user experience and web analytics by teaching UX professionals how to use quantitative data without a degree in mathematics. This new direction in industry practice helps companies see where they are leaving money on the tableand how to get it back. ABOUT THE EVENT Location: JPMorgan ChasePark Avenue 270 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 (Park Ave between 47th and 48th on WEST side of street. Not the brightly lit, newer building.) Schedule: 6:006:30: Networking refreshments 6:308:00: Announcements, Presentation, QA 8:008:30: Post-presentation networking 8:3010:00: Dinner with speaker (optional)* *Please note that dinner is an optional, post-event social activity and is not included in the event fee. Dinner attendees are expected to pay for their own food and drink. Registration: $15 for non-members; $10 for members; $5 for students (Pre-payment online required for all tickets) Please register at: http://nycupa20090217.eventbrite.com Registration closes at 12:00 AM Friday, 2/13 (2 bus. days before the event). Refundable until noon, Thursday, 2/17 (2 bus. days after the event) by sending a request to r...@nycupa.org. Transferable on or before noon Monday, 2/17 (1 bus. day before the event) by sending a request to r...@nycupa.org. You must notify us, and get a confirmation, of this transfer or it will not be valid. NO EMAIL RSVPs ACCEPTED FOR THIS EVENT Members of our parent organization, 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. To learn more, please visit us at http://www.nycupa.org. 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
Guys, the reason to put a logo on a jacket is so the jacket gets exposure w/ or w/o winning. If the only way to get exposure is to win, then you want to do more than sponsor a random team. You want the team to be PART of you. You want credit, i.e. you want the team to be in your employ! -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38434 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] Ah, the good old days!
Funny. I like the bat phone. If I had a time machine I would love to be marooned in the 80's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WeunI8LEVkfeature=related Take note of the location of Protovision. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk aherasimc...@involutionstudios.com wrote: Posted without comment... Mostly because I'm scared to admit I actually recognize most of the machines in the clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ Imagine if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to read today's newspaper. Well, it's not as far fetched as it may seem... -- Andrei Herasimchuk Chief Design Officer, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. and...@involutionstudios.com c. +1 408 306 6422 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
The context (or pop-up) or right-click (as a default) menu was originally created to reduce the amount of movement that a user had to make to activate a function that would operate on text or objects. If, for example, you were creating a large drawing, you could select an object at the bottom of your screen and operate on that object without moving to the pull-down menu or toolbar at the top of the screen. As others have noted, the context menu was considered a shortcut, but for some applications like graphics programs or project management tools, the context menu was actually the primary way to access common functions. Context menus were probably more designed for expert users as an efficiency aid. So, when using context menus with the Web, a web application, or a software application, will those context menus actually reduce the effort? One of the design principles for context menus was that only functions that were available in the current context (e.g., a particular type of object was selected) would be displayed - no disabled items, only active functions. Over time, several variations of context menus started appearing: 1. The lean, efficient menu with no disabled functions 2. Context menus with a mix of enabled and disabled functions 3. Hybrid context menus where part of the menu was static because it applied to many cases and another part that was dynamic. 4. Context menus with submenus So, one question to ask when using context menus is whether they will provide a more efficient user interface for an important sample of users. I tested context menus in the 1980s when they were a new UI object and helped write early specs and style guides that included context menus that were activated by the secondary mouse button. The overriding goal was to reduce physical work and improve efficiency. Chauncey On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Shimone Samuel shim...@shimone.infowrote: Although less destructive, offering web users right click is like offering them keyboard shortcuts: you're counting on them to interact with your website uncommonly. While you may find a few power users who appreciate the enhancement, far fewer users will notice such a feature in the same way they might notice Search, RSS, or Contact for instance. With that said, right-click in a browser-based applications has potential if: a) it does not contain essential interactivity b) is clearly communicated to the user c) is available by other means (e.g. button, hyperlink) Adding enterprise to the equation is a bit different as that is an acutely targeted demographic. If the application is built for a specific company, the company has the option to educate their users directly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38441 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] Inspired by Interaction09?
Hey, The conference was better than amazing.. my activity on the list has been sparse over the last year, but my feeling of belonging in this community has increased a thousand times. (twitter has played a large part in that too) I'll be presenting my recap of the conference at work in a couple weeks, and hopefully some of what I heard/discussed/learned we can actually use in our day to day practice. We're also going to be doing a recap at IxDA Toronto soon... keep the discussions going! It was amazing to meet all of you face to face, I hope we can do it again soon! If anybody is heading to or around Toronto please get in touch! Matt. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Janna Hicks DeVylder ja...@devylder.com wrote: What an amazing weekend. First off, many thanks to Greg Petroff, the Simon Fraser University team, and every committee member and volunteer for creating a space for such amazing speakers and workshops. My mind is racing right now. I don't want this energy to fade, I want all the ideas I wrote down to actually take a life outside of my notebook. I don't want to just slip back into work as usual. So I wonder: How do YOU plan on using what you've learned this weekend? How do you plan on keeping the conversations going? I'll start: I'm going to start a new local group in Savannah, Georgia so I can have some in-person inspiration between conferences. You? Janna 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 -- Matt Nish-Lapidus -- personal: mat...@gmail.com twitter: emenel 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] Is using JavaScript to submit a form WCAG 2.0 compliant?
Hi all, I'm about to go into a series of form redesigns within a section of my company's corporate site. We've mandated that any new forms or form redesigns should comply with WCAG 2.0 AA recommendations. Most of the 2.0 criterion and techniques seem reasonably clear and I'm not finding it too difficult to find examples of their application, but I can't seem to locate a clear rule around the use of JavaScript to submit a form. Requirement 4 states that 4. Accessibility-Supported Technologies Only: Only accessibility supported technologies are relied upon to satisfy the success criteria. Any information or functionality that is implemented in technologies that are not accessibility supported are also be available via technologies that are accessibility supported. I've read that because most assistive technologies, as well as browsers, now support JavaScript, its appropriate use shouldn't be a barrier to satisfying the requirement. Indeed, the 2.0 guidlines include a number of techniques to achieve compliance based on client side script - see http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20080430/client-side-script.html . And criterion 2.1.1 makes it pretty clear that a form submit would need to be accessible from the keyboard, not just a pointing device - see http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20080430/F54.html But I can't find a clear call on whether a form that uses JavaScript to perform the submit would be acceptable for AA compliance. Can anyone help me on this one? Thanks, Marcus 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] Favicon and Apple Bookmark Icon
My company is an interactive agency. For a few years now as a standard procedure we've created favicons (favicon.ico) for websites we build. Recently, we have started creating an Apple Bookmark Icon (customIcon.png) as well. As an owner of an iPhone I dig the bookmark icon. But in day to day browsing on a computer I actually use the favicon. In fact all my browser bookmarks are simply the favicon. It allows me to have more bookmarks without displaying any text. For me and those that use favicons in this manner, the image essentially defines the entire site. I noticed recently Google updated their favicon. I also noticed this site does not have one, despite a perfect mark to use (the X in IXDA). I was curious what your thoughts are on the importance or need of these images/icons that visually define a web presence. 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] Interaction Designer vs User Experience Designer vs User Interface designer
I don't think there's a clear answer for that question, but my take on it is that:Interaction Designers designs interactions, most likely in the form of wireframes. They're not necessarily user research experts but work closely with them to create ideal experiences.User Experience Designer designs interactions but also has a user research background, so is able to play both roles.User Interface Designer - I don't see that term being used as much anymore and it's probably b/c the field is moving into designing experiences, rather than just interfaces. For example, designing a retail experience. I'm sure someone might disagree with me here, or add to what I've said. At the end of the day, I don't think there's a general agreed upon definition for these terms.Sally 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] ADVICE: Is the UX Intensive right for me?
I've been considering Adaptive Path's UX Intensive, but have heard conflicting reports about it's value. Here's my situation: * Sole UX Designer for an early dot-com startup * First time holding the title of UX Designer * 8+ years of web design experience (visual design front-end development) * Have worked in freelance, agency, and in-house environments * Poses many of the soft skills (aka instinct, intuition, etc.) but lack some hard skills (aka formal training, methodology, lingo, etc.) Is the UX Intensive right for me? Or should I look elsewhere? 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] Interaction 09 Video Update
Hi Everyone, I don't have to tell you how great it was to participate and help organize Interaction 09 | Vancouver. Thanks to everyone for coming up and sharing the love (and feedback) about production management for the conference, including the playlist :-). As you know, we filmed all of our sessions, as well as interviews with our speakers and a few attendees. There are two ways to view this content: -) Attend a local IxDA Interaction 09 Redux event. Local leaders will have immediate access to these videos when they are finished on February 23rd, so that they can show them at local events dedicated to reminiscing on the conference. If you'd like to start a local group and play these videos as part of an event, e-mail localgro...@ixda.org. Local leaders, get your requests in now for videos, and I'll try to get them produced earlier. -) Beginning February 23rd, we plan to begin releasing these to the community. Each week, we will share a total of three videos, drawn from the keynote, invited talk, and lightning rounds categories. We will post a link to the IxDA Media Library as we add content. This is by design; we want to dole out the inspiration in bite-sized pieces, so that everyone has time to Some of you have noticed that Brightcove, the video platform we used for our Interaction '08 videos, has closed the site we used to share that content. We'll be re-uploading this content to the media library as well. In the meantime, if you need access any of the content from '08 or '09 for a lecture/talk or other event, please message me directly and I'll try and help you out with a hook-up. Cheers, Nasir Barday Media Maven Interaction Design Association P.S. The conference playlist is at the end of the thread here: http://interaction09.crowdvine.com/posts/show/3144133 P.S.S. This playlist can be made playable by building a list at Seeqpod.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] Open source user experience
Having worked with open source tools as a developer and with developers for five years now, I think the cultural obstacles mentioned in the Paula Bach article above (which is an excellent piece, thanks for the link!) are very real. I think it would be useful to seriously consider strategies for overcoming and/or resolving these obstacles before approaching specific projects. Obviously, there will be some project communities that would love IxD contributions. However, I just want to emphasize that some project communities may offer resistance (or just ambivalence) and that thinking through how to overcome those reactions would make successful collaborations more possible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38371 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] CHI 2009 Early Registration Ends in One Week. Register now, save
(Apologies for Duplicate Postings) Only one week remains to save $200 by registering early for CHI 2009. Registration: http://www.chi2009.org/Attending/Registration.html Discounted Hotels: https://www.ttgcompass.com/compass/webdirect.cfm?code=chi09 * Early Registration Deadline: 15 February 2009 * Discounted Hotel Deadline: 1 March 2009 * Late Registration Deadline: 28 March 2009 * Onsite Registration Starts: 4 April 2009 Most registration fees reduced from last year! Advance program now available online: http://www.chi2009.org/Attending/Program.html CHI 2009: The 27th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-9, 2009, Boston, MA, USA, http://www.chi2009.org Tessa Lau Eben Haber CHI 2009 Publicity Chairs 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 application
Very sweet what was your graphics engine? GL ? On 2/10/09, gavin burke|FAW gavin.bu...@futureaudioworkshop.com wrote: Mentioned that we were working on an iPhone application last week. It got released today and is a Dj/Remix app that comes with music from electronic artists. If anyone is interest you can have a look in the link below, but be warned as we break one of the cardinal rules by having automatically playing music! http://www.touch-mix.com/deadmau5 Gavin Burke http://www.futureaudioworkshop.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 -- Brad Ford Art Director 801.699.7038 www.superbigfundesign.com -- Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -Albert Einstein 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] The UX Challenge organizers might be insane
...Erm could be worse I suppose; the world could be hampered by a global economic meltdown and the worse recession for about 75 years! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38434 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
Another issue to consider is that right click is almost universally unsupported on cellphones. For more intense interactions it may be nice to have such capabilities as an added action, but I believe that in most cases you would want to duplicate those features in a left click accessible menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38441 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] Confirmation Dialog Boxes
I'm in the process of creating the Delete and Save confirmations for a web app. In most cases, I prefer to label buttons according to the action being performed. But in this case, in order to answer the question being posed, it seems as though I should be using Yes and No buttons. DELETE: Are you sure you want to permanently delete your selection? - [Yes] = delete and return to page - [No] = skip deletion and return to page SAVE: You are navigating away from the page. Would you like to save your changes before proceeding? - [Yes] = save changes and proceed to selected page - [No] = won't save changes and proceed to selected page - [Cancel] = won't save changes and return to original page Would it make sense to replace Yes with Delete and Save respectively so that the user knows exactly what action will occur, even though it's not correctly answering the question? Does anyone know of any reference/s discussing proper verbiage for dialog boxes? 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] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)
Hi Michael, As a designer I would not put any actions exclusively into contextual menus accessed through right-clicks in a web app. However, as a user I can say that I have been finding myself sometimes attempting to right-click in web apps that I use. As browser-based apps begin to feel more like desktop apps, I see the line blurring in my own use. One particular web-based system that I use and am thinking of in this context is Wufoo. This is a web-based form builder that allows drag-and drop creation of forms (and more importantly has an excellent management and processing system for forms). In this environment I have sometimes attempted to right-click without thinking about it. My view may be counter to a lot of the other feedback, but moving forward, as web apps become more sophisticated and similar to desktop apps in look and feel, it may be beneficial to add right-click contextual menus functionality. Although I would always provide more traditional web-based options as well for the same actions. Chris Principal Stellar Debris ch...@stellardebris.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38441 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] Exclusive Domain Name
Hello, my name is Mr. Charles Claybrooks Are you seeking an eye catching, traffic building domain name for your online or offline business? I have a legally registered domain name for sale that can be worth a fortune for the right Entrepreneur and investor. I am presently accepting bids via my e-mail address: mrcdowntobusin...@yahoo.com This unique domain name is not presently being used by anyone anywhere . The Domain Name is: BAILOUTTIME.BIZ Beginning Bid Asking Price $ 10,000 $ 100,000 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] Traffic Building Domain Name
Hello, my name is Mr. Charles Claybrooks Are you seeking an eye catching, traffic building domain name for your online or offline business? I have a legally registered domain name for sale that can be worth a fortune for the right Entrepreneur and investor. I am presently accepting bids via my e-mail address: mrcdowntobusin...@yahoo.com This unique domain name is not presently being used by anyone anywhere . The Domain Name is: BAILOUTTIME.BIZ Beginning Bid Asking Price $ 10,000 $ 100,000 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
