[IxDA Discuss] IxD Terms Wiki (was Re: Terms Every IxD Should Know
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Alexandra O'Neal a...@alexfiles.comwrote: ... I liked someone's idea of a permanent wiki for this effort. bests, Alex Does anyone mind if I do this? Would there be people around to contribute and help out with the gardening? If so, say so, and I'll get something up in a couple of hours :) Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum http://resilientnationaustralia.org Resilient Nation Australia 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] Terms Every IxD Should Know
What about (for techniques): Contextual Inquiry Storytelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38736 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] IxD Terms Wiki (was Terms Every IxD Should Know
I'll be happy to contribute. One thing though; does it have to be restricted to terms? I think its a good start, but I think it should be open to articles that's not strictly terms. - Eirik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38758 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] Terms Every IxD Should Know
Hi Andrea, I've started piling this list together so far at uxcommunity.org. I know it's ux not ix but I figure the list can be grabbed by anyone and put onto the official ixda.org site sometime later - for now, it is there if anyone wants to build on it. Cheers, Andrew On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Andrea Lewis helloand...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps the wiki could be a long-term pet project of this group/membership? I see incredible value and potential here... defining the till yet undefined... and reaching consensus on terminology and definitions. On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Chauncey Wilson chauncey.wil...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Dan, Here are a few other terms: Reliability Validity User profile Open sort Closed sort Q-sort Reverse sort Hierarchical sort QOC Design rationale User interface inspection Use case Pattern Affinity diagram Artifact analysis Baseline Beeper study Diary study Metaphor Braindrawing Claims analysis Scenario-based design Participatory design Cognitive task analysis Concept mapping Ethnography Internal validity External validity Greeking Kano method Parallel design Participant observation Rich picture Sampling (stats) Transparency Triangulation Wizard of OZ study Chauncey On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Dan Saffer d...@odannyboy.com wrote: At I09, there were a lot of calls for a vocabulary we can all understand, no matter what medium we're working in. As part of my crowdsource the book effort, I'd like to include these terms in the second edition of Designing for Interaction I'm currently working on. Here's the list I have. What else should be on here? 5-way Actuator Adaptation Affordance Agile Button Comparator Conditional Constraint Customization Deliverable Dial Direct Manipulation Drop-Down Menu Eye tracking Feedback Feedforward Indirect Manipulation Input Hover Jog Dial Latch Metadata Mockup Mode Output Persona Personalization Pixel-Perfect Prototype Sensor Service Slider Stakeholder State Switch Toggle Usability Testing Use Case Waterfall Widget Window Wireframe 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 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 -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum http://resilientnationaustralia.org Resilient Nation Australia 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] Long / Large forms
Hi, I'm looking for examples of very long forms, or forms for gathering lots of data. Forms that have multiple questions (20+) for gathering lots of long answers (150 words +). I'm thinking these would be like Resume Builders, Grant Applications, Business Plans... Anyone seen or worked on something like this? Thanks, Chris -- Chris McLay. http://eeoh.com.au 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] IxD Terms Wiki (was Re: Terms Every IxD Should Know
Hi everybody, Wonderful initiative! I would like to help creating a portuguese version of this wiki. IxD material in our language stills very limited ;) Regards, R. Seiji Sato Interaction Designer http://www.rseiji.com +55 11 8297-2930 São Paulo, Brasil On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Andrew Boyd and...@onblogging.com.auwrote: On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Alexandra O'Neal a...@alexfiles.com wrote: ... I liked someone's idea of a permanent wiki for this effort. bests, Alex Does anyone mind if I do this? Would there be people around to contribute and help out with the gardening? If so, say so, and I'll get something up in a couple of hours :) Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum http://resilientnationaustralia.org Resilient Nation Australia 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] IxD Terms Wiki (was Re: Terms Every IxD Should Know
Hi Ricardo, that would be a very good thing. Let me know if I can help in any way (notwithstanding that I do not speak Portuguese :) ) Cheers, Andrew On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Ricardo Seiji rica...@rseiji.com wrote: Hi everybody, Wonderful initiative! I would like to help creating a portuguese version of this wiki. IxD material in our language stills very limited ;) Regards, R. Seiji Sato Interaction Designer http://www.rseiji.com +55 11 8297-2930 São Paulo, Brasil On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Andrew Boyd and...@onblogging.com.auwrote: On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Alexandra O'Neal a...@alexfiles.com wrote: ... I liked someone's idea of a permanent wiki for this effort. bests, Alex Does anyone mind if I do this? Would there be people around to contribute and help out with the gardening? If so, say so, and I'll get something up in a couple of hours :) Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum http://resilientnationaustralia.org Resilient Nation Australia 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 -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum http://resilientnationaustralia.org Resilient Nation Australia 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] IxD Terms Wiki (was Terms Every IxD Should Know
Great idea, Andrew. I'd support that :-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38758 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
Thank you for your engagement and many serious and sometimes humorous points. OK, here we try to answer some of the questions: IS THIS GENIUS DESIGN? We know that a good and realistic prototype of a system with all the background research etc. can't be done in two days. Therefore we will provide a framework with a specific conflict with context, User research with Personas etc. We will also provide you contact with real users and experts in the domain. Still, it is a hard task to make a successfull system in 2 days, but you are among the best in the world aren't you? THIS IS NAIVE. REALISM PLEASE! A Facebook for peace? An online game to get Palestinians and the Israeli to become friends? To be honest, we really don't know if it's possible, but at least we turned the question around: could this work? We don't think we can make something that actually stops an ongoing war. But, can we make the reconciliation process easier and make it less probable that a new conflict will escalate? WHY WEB? The web is a perfect medium for communicating across borders. People in a conflict area would probably not like to meet face to face, but could they interact through the web? The costs of a web solution could be quite low compared to the possible importance of the outcome. CONFERENCE OR COMPETITION? It is both. We have B.J Fogg, Jesse James Garrett, Todd Zaki Warfel and others giving inspirational talks and guiding you during the making of the prototype. The participants will learn a lot from how the other groups solved the task and the results they came forward with. The competition is to make people extra motivated. ALL the solutions will we published afterwards and discussed so every team will have their chance to show off their work. WHY THE LOCATION? We believe that something completely different from the normal conference location could inspire people to think out of the box. PRICING: Many conferences in the US cost 2000 and upwards. F.ex User interface 13, UXweek etc. At Arctic UX Challenge, dinners and one event is included. The cost of transport will of course be higher than from San Fran to New York, but think about the rest of the world that always have to go to your country to attend conferences ;) Hotel is actually cheaper than most US conference-hotels. We think it is a real pity if great UX Professional can't afford to join us. What about trying to get your team sponsored by one or more companies? We expect a lot of media-buzz on this event, and it will be a unique chance for the sponsoring companies to get their names connected to world-wide-peace, as all the teams and their solutions will be published. IxD VS IA AND OTHER EXTINCT CONFLICTS We are done with this, aren't we? POLAR BEARS We won't harm any polar bears, and we are not going to let them harm you either :) ARE WE INSANE? The last time we looked at a Rorschach inkblot we saw 200 people having the time of their life at the Island of Spitsbergen. They felt they made a difference, they learned a lot AND they had a great time. Best regards, For The UX Challenge team Jostein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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] carbon footprint
Here is the site where I purchase my carbon offsets: http://www.carbonfund.org/ It's very easy and has a trip calculator. On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Stephen Holmes stephenwhol...@me.comwrote: I have a carbon account here in Australia (www.greenfleet.com.au) that I update each month or so but the job has been made easier by my airline (www.qantas.com.au) also allowing me to offset each booked flight. Both these tools cover a vast percentage of my current carbon usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38739 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] Come design ITSME with us
Hi everyone, I wanted to introduce Itsme project to you all and gather your comments and feedback on it, which I think is very important for the project as we are moving on from the initial design phase to the development phase. So, here goes a little about itsme.. Itsme is a new kind of PC that we are designing and developing. It is based on a new metaphor of Stories and venues : organizing information as per the context in which they are generated and needed. We have defined a clear vision of the Itsme interface, with design features etc, and are now moving on to the development phase. Here is a document where you can find more details about the concept, design features including , content management, navigational modalities, information flow management and how we are planning the itsme system architecture. http://www.itsme.it/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/itsme_cards_screen1.pdf Would appreciate your comments, thoughts, feedback Thanks Nikhil http://www.itsme.it/ 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] Terms Every IxD Should Know
A few more terms:
- heuristics
- low-fi (low-fidelity) prototype
- high-fi (high-fidelity) prototype
- paper prototyping
- storyboards / storyboarding
- solution visualisation: conceptual visualisation
- user scenarios
- user personas
- user interface specification ('UI spec')
- user-centred design / UCD
- pattern library
- component control library
- user interface guidelines ('UI Guidelines')
- UX / user experience
- graphical user interfaces / GUIs
- evaluations / usability evaluations
- widget
- components
- controls
- structural components (menus, toolbars)
- navigation
- orientation
- labels
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms Every IxD Should Know
Getting a glossary together is a great idea, both for Dan's revised book and for the community. I (helped) put together a UI glossary at Yahoo but that has more to do with what elements on the screen (button) are called, for the purposes of consistent translation to 35 other languages. While researching it I did come across some glossaries from MS and a few others, though I don't want to fall into fallacy of equating UI and IxD. Some of the words being suggested here seem to be UX words but not IxD words, which is probably a good thing from the perspective of coming to agreement across subdiscipline on what the terms mean, but it might be worth sometimes indicated when a word is from the core IxD practices or shared/borrowed/encountered on cross-functional teams. On the IA side of the fence, we are working on a skills matrix in which we're trying to inventory a number of the skills and tasks that IAs should be expected to be able to do at various stages of their career. Of course there are variations but we think we can indicate some required and elective skills at various rough levels. The purpose of the exercise is to help hiring managers and job seekers ask for and meet matching expectations. The IxDA may want to do something similar (and the other tribes: usability experts, etc., may wish to do so as well), and we could all compare notes at some point, both on terminology and on skillsets. -xian- 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 '10 Dates?
On Feb 14, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Jerome Ryckborst wrote: It was Twittered: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=ixd10+feb And So It Was Twittered! And So It Was Said! All Hail The Twitter! [All together, in unison:] ALL HAIL THE TWITTER! 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] JOB: UX Research Summer Internship with SUPERVALU - Minnesota
Location: Chanhassen, MN Work under the direction of a staff researcher to plan and execute usability studies on software user interfaces and training materials. Assist in efforts to define usability study objectives, write usability test task scenarios, recruit and screen users, conduct usability tests, capture and analyze user feedback, identify themes and specify findings recommendations, and present study results to clients. This role does not design user interfaces. Qualifications: Currently pursuing a Bachelor or Masters degree in Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Management Information Systems, Cognitive Sciences, Interaction Design, or related discipline. This internship is paid but housing and relocation are not provided. Please contact me directly if interested. Samantha LeVan samantha.le...@supervalu.com 952-906-6748 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] Talk to the Hand: Dan Saffer and gestural interfaces, by Andy Polaine
I wish I could have left Dan's second part of that quote in (or should have). I agree with the second part more than the first part. Designer's are *part* of service design by virtue of the fact that we (mostly) design touchpoints and sometimes the interactions and journeys between those touchpoints. But on that view, designers have always been service designers even before the particular naming of service design as a discipline happened. I don't think that being accidentally part of a service is the same as designing services or being a service designer. There are very important ways of seeing design when you look at design through the service design lens as Dan says and on that I'm in total agreement. But I do think there are specific approaches to service design as a discipline that are new enough and not well-known enough for there to be value in keeping it separately defined at the moment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38711 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] Good stock imagery resources, anyone?
i like veer quite a bit. not sure about the value; i just download comps until i'm ready to buy, but they have a nice selection of images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38775 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] Good stock imagery resources, anyone?
Hi, Ryon. My favorite one is iStockPhoto, with a very large choice of photos, vector art, animations and even videos. One of the best cost / benefit ratios I've found. Have a look at http://www.istockphoto.com All the best, Ricardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38775 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] Fwd: Terms Every IxD Should Know
Forgot to reply to all.
Chauncey
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From: Chauncey Wilson chauncey.wil...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms Every IxD Should Know
To: caronnect caronn...@gmail.com
I don't think that I've seen:
medium-fidelity prototyping
persuasive technology
ambient interface
ubiquitous interface
The bridge method
conjoint analysis
repertory grid technique
persona-based inspections
HTA - hierarchical task analysis
Link analysis
Forms follows function
Stroup effect
Visual angle
rapid ethnography
between-subjects design
within-subjects design
mixed factor design
binomial theorem
cognitive dissonance
the fundamental attribution error (or FAE)
availability bias
Layering
Law of Pragnanz
Inverse pyramid
wayfinding
figure-ground
virtual metaphor
spatial metaphor
temporal metaphor
production blocking (as in brainstorming - things that block the production
of ideas like background conversations)
Nominal group technique
Delphi method
SWOT (planning technique)
Evaluation apprehension
Metaphor game
Affinity map
KJ method
Insight sheet
Cognitive walkthrough
Cost-benefits chart
Function analysis
Value engineering
Mixed-mode surveys
SUS
QUIS
ASQ
PSSUQ
WAMMI
NASA-TLX
Likert-like scales
Likert scales
Semantic differential
Process flow diagrams
CUTA
Laddering
Readibility
Legibility
Contrast
Progressive disclosure
means-end analysis
5 Whys method
Chauncey
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:12 AM, caronnect caronn...@gmail.com wrote:
A few more terms:
- heuristics
- low-fi (low-fidelity) prototype
- high-fi (high-fidelity) prototype
- paper prototyping
- storyboards / storyboarding
- solution visualisation: conceptual visualisation
- user scenarios
- user personas
- user interface specification ('UI spec')
- user-centred design / UCD
- pattern library
- component control library
- user interface guidelines ('UI Guidelines')
- UX / user experience
- graphical user interfaces / GUIs
- evaluations / usability evaluations
- widget
- components
- controls
- structural components (menus, toolbars)
- navigation
- orientation
- labels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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[IxDA Discuss] Seeking ID professionals in non-profits
I'm a Career Counselor at the University of Michigan School of Information. I'm doing a research project on people who work in fields related to human-computer interaction. I'm looking to interview a couple people for my research. Specifically, I would be interested in speaking with a current professional who is relatively new to the profession (five or less years in the field) and works in the non-profit sector. Please contact me off-listserv at kkowa...@umich.edu if you fit this profile and would be interested in contributing to my research. I can provide details regarding the project at that time to determine interest. Thank you! Kelly A. Kowatch, Career Counselor University of Michigan School of Information Career Services Practical Engagement Program 734.936.8735 402 West Hall kkowa...@umich.edu 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] DoTheRightThing.com Wireframes
Inspired in part by @semanticwill's public release of some of his wireframes, I've put up our prototype for the second release of http://www.dotherightthing.com . This release hasn't gone live yet, but will launch within the next few weeks. http://www.acleandesign.com/2009/02/do-the-right-thing/ I put together the wireframes in Axure. There are a few advanced interactions in there, such as the company search. @pixelyzed asked me, Are your protos always as high fidelity as the DoTheRightThing ones?, which I find interesting. I see these as low fidelity. There is use of color and contrast, but only where ux is concerned. But, I could be wrong! How do your wireframes compare to these in terms of fidelity? Do you use other tools that would have improved on this prototype? Also, if anyone is interested in helping us beta test and populate the new version before release, D me on Twitter, @lorenbaxter. Best, Loren (Apologies for using the terms wireframe and prototype interchangably - I've never been convinced of the difference between the two.) - http://acleandesign.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] Good stock imagery resources, anyone?
also check out:http://www.stockxpert.com/ http://www.youworkforthem.com/ someone should compile these resources and cross reference them with DS's vocabulary list. 1, 2, 3, not it. 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] Good stock imagery resources, anyone?
Check out: Stockxpert.com Youworkforthem.com Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Ricardo Porto rica...@calepino.com wrote: Hi, Ryon. My favorite one is iStockPhoto, with a very large choice of photos, vector art, animations and even videos. One of the best cost / benefit ratios I've found. Have a look at http://www.istockphoto.com All the best, Ricardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38775 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] Using qualifying questions to create a semi-walled garden?
Working on a marketing site for a consumer electronics service. Some customers can get product A; some can get product B; some can get both (due to geographic and technical limitations). There is no clear-cut single qualifying question, but probably 95% accuracy by postal code (zip code). Marketing is pushing for a qualifying question up front that will determine which product you are shown (i.e, you will not be shown the other product). We are pushing for an open site that will promote both products, and give the users the ability to choose, and do qualifying as the first step in ordering. The qualifying info may or may not be able to be stored in a persistent cookie; so the UX might be really awful if you come back and the site keeps asking you where you're from (plus other possible questions). Besides the argument of user control over system control, can you think of any other angles to try and sell this to the marketing folks? I'm certain that it will adversely affect the sales of both products if users have to continuously qualify themselves during the research and decision process. They are quite fixated on performing as much pre-qual up front. thanks Anthony 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] Using qualifying questions to create a semi-walled garden?
Are you talking qualification by postal code (local), by State or by country? If by State or Country a simply visual representation under each product illustrated could be the answer. The Blue and Red state map of the US during the elections is a good example. People are less likely to choose an item that they are visually shown their country/state doesn't have it; so the error message would be either skipped or at least tolerated more because they have already noticed the map's status information. There may be an issue with generating a whole stack of maps with different yes/no states for each State/Country though! Subsets may be needed to cull the permutations. Postal code is difficult as there are so many to list and it is hard to visually represent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38784 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] Using qualifying questions to create a semi-walled garden?
Identify the ip and re-route. Don't start with a question. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2009, at 4:37 PM, Stephen Holmes stephenwhol...@me.com wrote: Are you talking qualification by postal code (local), by State or by country? If by State or Country a simply visual representation under each product illustrated could be the answer. The Blue and Red state map of the US during the elections is a good example. People are less likely to choose an item that they are visually shown their country/state doesn't have it; so the error message would be either skipped or at least tolerated more because they have already noticed the map's status information. There may be an issue with generating a whole stack of maps with different yes/no states for each State/Country though! Subsets may be needed to cull the permutations. Postal code is difficult as there are so many to list and it is hard to visually represent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38784 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] Good stock imagery resources, anyone?
Hey Ryon, I agree with Ricard - my favorite site is http://www.istockphoto.com/ Cheap, high quality, broad collection, and good search engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38775 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] Good stock imagery resources, anyone?
I have made good use of stock.xchng (sxc.hu). I haven't purchased anything from them, however they have a pretty nice selection of free stock photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38775 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] Good stock imagery resources, anyone?
I agree with Ricardo, www.istockphoto.com is the best way to go! Great value, great photos, powerful search engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38775 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 '10 Dates?
Marked on my calendar. Not only will it be my first IxD Conference, it will be my first trip back to Savannah since 2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38687 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] Good stock imagery resources, anyone?
On the Creative Commons side of things, Compfight is a useful resource for trawling Flickr: http://www.compfight.com Stock Xchng is another: http://www.sxc.hu/ very much along the lines of istockphoto.com Obviously Getty too: http://www.gettyimages.com/ Very specific one on travel brochure Graphic Design from the 1920s and 30s: http://www.travelbrochuregraphics.com/ Australian specific one: http://www.pictureaustralia.org/ One for visual arts: http://www.vads.ac.uk/ These are mostly more arts based, but there is a big list here too: http://www.vraweb.org/resources/diag/digreslist.html Best, Andy Andy Polaine Interaction Experience Design Research | Writing | Education Twitter: apolaine Skype: apolaine http://www.polaine.com http://www.designersreviewofbooks.com http://www.omnium.net.au http://www.antirom.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] List ordering: alphabetical vs. logical?
On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Elizabeth Buie wrote: Alphabetical order is no better than random order if the user does not know what to look for. Alpha order aids in scanning through a list of things with known names, to find the one sought. I disagree that alphabetical is random; it is quite well-ordered by a long-set of standing rules. It is also a means of ordering that people learn, in Western culture, from the day they begin to learn to read. As Chauncey says, it is the way to order when no other order makes sense. Hmm, I would have to disagree with this. Alphabetical *is* better than random order, because human beings don't believe in random order. We always believe that there is a design of some sort (and thus we invented god, thank you Voltaire). And thus if your list of items were random, users would try to make sense of the randomness, to impart a design behind it, to figure out what the heck is going on. To pattern match, if nothing else. Alphabetic order indicates design intent of some sort, and while some users might wish for better design (like their country at the top of the list), at least they won't spend cycles trying to make sense out of what is supposed to have none. And thus they can move forward without worrying that they didn't get it. -- Jim 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
