Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX/Usability folks on Twitter
Hi I would like to be in the list. Thanks. @r_pooh http://twitter.com/R_pooh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44304 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] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation
At 4:00 PM -0300 7/31/09, Gino Rodrigues wrote: >Users are rarely aware about beeing acting or navigating. I think that's at least partly because too many designs mix up the affordances, using one for the other. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC web: www.luminanze.com twt: @ebuie 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] UX/Usability folks on Twitter
All, Today I started making a list of the UX/usability folks on Twitter. The list is here: http://bit.ly/UXTweeps If you're not on it and you'd like to be, or if you're on it and you'd like to be removed, please let me know. Or if you know someone I've missed. Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC web: www.luminanze.com twt: @ebuie 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] UxD, Belmont, CA | 70-85k
My client delivers highly-customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, instructors, students, libraries, government agencies, corporations and professionals around the world. These solutions are delivered through specialized content, applications and services that foster academic excellence and professional development, as well as provide measurable learning outcomes to its customers. They are revolutionizing how students learn. They create online, interactive learning solutions that increase student effort and engagement in their high school and college courses. They have helped 1,000,000 students at more than 1,300 institutions since product inception in 2002 and are looking for eager and like-minded individuals to join our brainy, creative, and lively group! The User Experience Designer will do it all: GUI design, prototypes, wireframes, design specifications, design goals, information architecture, user research. You will interact daily with engineering, product management, and marketing teams to produce the objectives, style, and detailed design of our customer facing sites for administrators, professors, and students. Specific Responsibilities: * Lead the design effort from conceptualization through implementation including translating user requirements into highly usable web applications in partnership with other UX designers, engineering, and product management * Design wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to effectively communicate the user experience of features to internal stakeholders and project team members * Produce high quality GUI elements and ensure aesthetic quality of interfaces * Conduct user research and informal usability studies of prototypes and existing products * Create, document, and evangelize new user interface guidelines, libraries, and standards * Ensure a consistent look and feel, and experience across the applications * Contribute to a consistently high standard of user-centered design across products Basic Qualifications Required: * Bachelor's degree in HCI, design or related discipline * Minimum 2 years user experience design * Proven experience designing customer facing interfaces * Strong understanding of UI/UX principles and best practices * Must have experience creating prototypes using Fireworks and Photoshop * Experience researching and creating user workflows using Omnigraffle or Visio * Knowledge or familiarity with user research, usability testing * Excellent visual and oral/written communication skills * Passion for and demonstrated knowledge of user-centered design Preferred Qualifications: * Master's degree in HCI, design or related discipline * Additional software/platform experience: Flash, Mobile * Experience with use cases, user stories, and other documentation * Industry experience (education technology, elearning, online publishing or similar) To be considered, please submit your resume and preferably a portfolio as well along with your salary requirements to beau-AT-open-source-staffing.com Thank you, Beau J. Gould Open Source Staffing www.open-source-staffing.com beau-AT-open-source-staffing.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HCIJobs (650+ members) User Experience (UX) Discussion / Jobs http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1958128 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] Password Masking and Chroma-Hash
p.s., those %u2022 were supposed to be bullets :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44293 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 and RECAP] Chicago IxDA July and August Events
*Sorry about the repeat everyone - here's the link to the RSVP form for the August event: http://tinyurl.com/m2zpd5* We're sending out double-duty email here - August's event, and a (delayed) recap of our last event on Rapid Prototyping. AUGUST Happy Hour--- Please join us on Wednesday, August 12th for our next Chicago IxDA gathering! Chris Bernard of Microsoft will be hosting the happy hour at the Aon Center. There will also be a demo available for Microsoft Sketchflow, the interaction design tool that's part of the Expression Blend suite (see our recap below for more information - this tool garnered a lot of interest at our July meeting). Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM Address: Aon Center, 200 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL (exact location and time range TBD) Please RSVP by end of day Monday, August 10th. You will get a confirmation message after filling out the RSVP form, which is available at the top of this message. See you there! JULY recap- And now for a delayed recap of our July event. To watch the video of this meeting, see it on UStream here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1813462 Erik Klimczak of Clarity Consulting talked about rapid prototyping. He focused on three methods: Video - Clarity has used video as a way to quickly show the possibilities with a gesture-based solution. Erik showed us a prototype made during the business development process that involved using a greenscreen overlay on a Microsoft Surface table, with a person gesturing in a planned pattern - the basic screens of the Surface table where then mocked up in the video using Adobe After Effects. This allowed for a quick turnaround of a concept (2-3 days) that demonstrated the natural movement and context of a gestural interface in an engaging way without requiring a full Surface prototype. Microsoft Sketchflow - Erik then showed us how Clarity has been using Sketchflow within the Expression Suite to prototype early concepts in a way that shows movement from screen to screen and interactive elements, in a manner that generates usable code. Leveraging design assets in the final project is a goal in order to save effort and cost, especially if paired with an iterative process to ensure feedback. Flash Catalyst - This tool is Adobe's answer to interaction design that lets people familiar with Adobe products build rich experiences / prototypes with photoshop files in lieu of code. It's still in beta mode - you can see it out here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/ JOB OPENINGS--- --- Position Title: User Experience Architect Department: User Experience Client :Sears Engagement Length: Approximately 9 weeks Location of Position: Chicago, IL POSITION: User Experience Architect JOB SUMMARY: The User Experience team at Sears Holdings Online Services is looking for a senior user experience architect with five plus years of experience and a passion for collaboration, technology, user-centric interaction design, and application design to join our close-knit group of web professionals. Specific requirements we're asking for besides five years of experience- Create compelling interactions and experiences with the target audiences' needs in mind. Work independently and collaboratively in an agile environment. Plan and execute iterative user research and analysis projects, including but not limited to interviews, concept and usability testing and heuristic evaluations. Collaborate to develop scenarios, navigation models and prototypes for demonstration of concepts to stakeholders and project teams. Develop and document detailed information architecture and interaction designs for highly interactive interfaces to support business strategy, marketing strategy and desired user behaviors. Serve as an expert consultant during the detailed design phase by reviewing interaction design, copy and visual design for usability best practices. Work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams. And someone who has: A college or university degree in information design, human factors, human-computer interaction or related field (strongly preferred). 5+ years experience in user experience strategy, information architecture and concept development applied to web-based and application design. 2+ years in planning and executing usability research activities, including usability testing and evaluations, with at least one year applying these skills to web-based design. Project experience working with teams on large-scale, long-term projects. Proficiency with design tools including Visio and MS Office Suite. Familiarity with current user experience and usability research, theories, best practices and methodologies. Knowledge of web user-interface technology, excellent analytical and process-oriented skills, strong verbal and written skills. Strong knowledge of user-centered design methods and techniques. Experie
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Password Masking and Chroma-Hash
"Does anyone else have ideas on how to make that accessible for color-blind users?" Maybe having the color letter in the color itself? Say yellow, red, green you could just have a Y R G in the colour itself. Otherwise I know for myself(guy and colour-blind), Yellow, Red, Green would probably look the same as Yellow, Green, Red. And as for symbols, I don't know. Is this protected from being "reverse-hashed"? If someone can take 4 symbols and reverse the process into your textual password then you might as well just get rid of the %u2022%u2022%u2022%u2022%u2022 and make it plain text. But personally, as neat as this it, I just don't see it being any real value in usability. We all know how to type in passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44293 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 and RECAP] Chicago IxDA July and August Events
We're sending out double-duty email here - August's event, and a (delayed) recap of our last event on Rapid Prototyping. AUGUST Happy Hour--- Please join us on Wednesday, August 12th for our next Chicago IxDA gathering! Chris Bernard of Microsoft will be hosting the happy hour at the Aon Center. There will also be a demo available for Microsoft Sketchflow, the interaction design tool that's part of the Expression Blend suite (see our recap below for more information - this tool garnered a lot of interest at our July meeting). Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM Address: Aon Center, 200 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL (exact location and time range TBD) Please RSVP by end of day Monday, August 10th. You will get a confirmation message after filling out this RSVP form. See you there! JULY recap- And now for a delayed recap of our July event. To watch the video of this meeting, see it on UStream here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1813462 Erik Klimczak of Clarity Consulting talked about rapid prototyping. He focused on three methods: Video - Clarity has used video as a way to quickly show the possibilities with a gesture-based solution. Erik showed us a prototype made during the business development process that involved using a greenscreen overlay on a Microsoft Surface table, with a person gesturing in a planned pattern - the basic screens of the Surface table where then mocked up in the video using Adobe After Effects. This allowed for a quick turnaround of a concept (2-3 days) that demonstrated the natural movement and context of a gestural interface in an engaging way without requiring a full Surface prototype. Microsoft Sketchflow - Erik then showed us how Clarity has been using Sketchflow within the Expression Suite to prototype early concepts in a way that shows movement from screen to screen and interactive elements, in a manner that generates usable code. Leveraging design assets in the final project is a goal in order to save effort and cost, especially if paired with an iterative process to ensure feedback. Flash Catalyst - This tool is Adobe's answer to interaction design that lets people familiar with Adobe products build rich experiences / prototypes with photoshop files in lieu of code. It's still in beta mode - you can see it out here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/ JOB OPENINGS--- --- Position Title: User Experience Architect Department: User Experience Client :Sears Engagement Length: Approximately 9 weeks Location of Position: Chicago, IL POSITION: User Experience Architect JOB SUMMARY: The User Experience team at Sears Holdings Online Services is looking for a senior user experience architect with five plus years of experience and a passion for collaboration, technology, user-centric interaction design, and application design to join our close-knit group of web professionals. Specific requirements we're asking for besides five years of experience- Create compelling interactions and experiences with the target audiences' needs in mind. Work independently and collaboratively in an agile environment. Plan and execute iterative user research and analysis projects, including but not limited to interviews, concept and usability testing and heuristic evaluations. Collaborate to develop scenarios, navigation models and prototypes for demonstration of concepts to stakeholders and project teams. Develop and document detailed information architecture and interaction designs for highly interactive interfaces to support business strategy, marketing strategy and desired user behaviors. Serve as an expert consultant during the detailed design phase by reviewing interaction design, copy and visual design for usability best practices. Work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams. And someone who has: A college or university degree in information design, human factors, human-computer interaction or related field (strongly preferred). 5+ years experience in user experience strategy, information architecture and concept development applied to web-based and application design. 2+ years in planning and executing usability research activities, including usability testing and evaluations, with at least one year applying these skills to web-based design. Project experience working with teams on large-scale, long-term projects. Proficiency with design tools including Visio and MS Office Suite. Familiarity with current user experience and usability research, theories, best practices and methodologies. Knowledge of web user-interface technology, excellent analytical and process-oriented skills, strong verbal and written skills. Strong knowledge of user-centered design methods and techniques. Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously. Other required skills include: User research and scenario generation Process flow
Re: [IxDA Discuss] \"Scalable\" websites
On 30 Jul 2009, at 10:44, ErinLynnYoung wrote: [snip] Let's say you're tasked with planning an informational site. Lots of content for several audiences - facts presented in copy, video, imagery, and interactive tools. There are no major points of persuasion other than that you want users to find the site to be credible, understand the subject matter better than they did before, and maybe provide feedback on the experience. You are warned in the beginning that new content will be added at times due to mandates from above. This is not negotiable nor is it avoidable. But there's no way of predicting what that content will be. Here is my question: What would you do or not do in the planning and design of the site to try to ensure scalability? [snip] Things that come to mind (in no particular order): * I'd be trying to get some of the folk giving "mandates from above" involved in the project. It sounds like they need to be. * I'd be thinking that the project is going to need ongoing work by UX/ developer folk. I'd be letting the client know that early. * I'd be wondering if we can section of the variable bits into one particular area (e.g. do all the special cases come down to special events & news - in which case we can section off part of the site to deal with them specifically.) * I'd be trying to get an idea of what kinds of thing might be coming down the pipe in the future. Then I'd start asking about what people don't expect to happen. I find it useful to ask clients to think about counterfactuals to the first thoughts that pop up in their head. It's like weather prediction. The hard cases are those that have lots of different chaotic outcomes. Try and hone in on those. * I'd be wondering if we could use something where we can have more of emergent structure (something wiki-ish, tagging, etc.) rather than one that's designed up front. * I'd be wanting a platform that's popular and probably open-source so that I can easily find folk to hack on it, and leverage the efforts from other folk, as time goes on. * I'd be looking to sites with similar problems (e.g. BBC News, Wikipedia, etc.) to see how they deal with the problem. * I'd be trying to get some of the folk giving "mandates from above" involved in the project. It sounds like they need to be. Oh wait. I've said that already. Probably coz it's really, really important! * I need a conversation to figure out what else to think about :-) (and of course - all the normal card sorting, paper prototyping, etc. to get the clients talking and thinking about what they want.) Cheers, Adrian -- http://quietstars.com - twitter.com/adrianh - delicious.com/adrianh 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] Password Masking and Chroma-Hash
My first reaction to trying this was "wow, awesome!" My second reaction was "hey, my favorite password is ugly. I need to change it to something prettier." Would be very interested to know if it would somehow be able to generate more secure passwords as more aesthetically pleasing, thus manipulating folks into better security for the greater good. Talk about behavior modification in design! anne new-boun...@ixda.org wrote on 07/31/2009 05:09:01 AM: > An experiment from Mattt Thompson in how to visualize the input of > masked password fields: > http://mattt.github.com/Chroma-Hash/ > Some explanation taken from his blog: > Chroma-Hash displays an ambient color representation of the input as > it is being typed. -- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT. The information contained in this e-mail message, including attachments, is the confidential information of, and/or is the property of, Vanguard. The information is intended for use solely by the individual or entity named in the message. If you are not an intended recipient or you received this in error, then any review, printing, copying, or distribution of any such information is prohibited, and please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail from your system. 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] Password Masking and Chroma-Hash
Neat, but he doesn't address color-blind users. Maybe showing small pictures or symbols would address the needs of these users (I know there's already a few sites that use something like that where you have to either choose the picture that you chose as your password or check the associated image once you login with a text pwd). Does anyone else have ideas on how to make that accessible for color-blind users? Thanks, Courtney -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Yohan Creemers Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:09 AM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Password Masking and Chroma-Hash An experiment from Mattt Thompson in how to visualize the input of masked password fields: http://mattt.github.com/Chroma-Hash/ Some explanation taken from his blog: Chroma-Hash displays an ambient color representation of the input as it is being typed. Use Case 1: Login Check If your password normally is represented as "red, purple, orange", and after you've finished typing you see "pink, green, grey", you'll know you mistyped it somewhere along the way. This avoids a potentially long wait for the server to respond with a "failed login" notice. Use Case 2: Password Confirmation When you sign up for a web service, you often have to type your password twice to make sure that you entered what you wanted correctly. As in the demo, a user will be able to confirm that two fields are the same visually. There are, of course, many alternatives for live-input validation of password confirmation, but this is another viable use case for Chroma-Hash. http://mattt.me/2009/07/chroma-hash-a-belated-introduction/ See also a recent discussion about password masking http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=43168 - Yohan 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] Infographical War over Health Care Reform
This was really neat. Thanks for sharing. I esp. liked the link from one of the articles that showed a redesigned clear infographic of the healthcare plan: http://rp-network.com/blogstuff/healthcare.pdf Julie 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] Password Masking and Chroma-Hash
An experiment from Mattt Thompson in how to visualize the input of masked password fields: http://mattt.github.com/Chroma-Hash/ Some explanation taken from his blog: Chroma-Hash displays an ambient color representation of the input as it is being typed. Use Case 1: Login Check If your password normally is represented as red, purple, orange, and after youve finished typing you see pink, green, grey, youll know you mistyped it somewhere along the way. This avoids a potentially long wait for the server to respond with a failed login notice. Use Case 2: Password Confirmation When you sign up for a web service, you often have to type your password twice to make sure that you entered what you wanted correctly. As in the demo, a user will be able to confirm that two fields are the same visually. There are, of course, many alternatives for live-input validation of password confirmation, but this is another viable use case for Chroma-Hash. http://mattt.me/2009/07/chroma-hash-a-belated-introduction/ See also a recent discussion about password masking http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=43168 - Yohan 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] IxDA-SF Presents: Meet with the IxDA Board + Help Us Design the Future of IxDA, Saturday, August 15, 2009
*What's IxDA to you? How could it be better?* Meetup with the IxDA board, have your say and help us build a better global and local network! The IxDA Board will be in town for a strategic planning retreat, and they want to hear the local community's take on some of the issues and opportunities facing our young and growing network. Join us for a drink to meet and discuss what's important to you as a member of IxDA... We will have a brainstorming session. Please share your thoughts with the group at the meeting.. We are anxious to here from you! Here's some topics we will consider... * how do you sustain a global volunteer network and local groups? * how can we lower the barriers to participation? * what does it mean to be a member of IxDA? * how can we engage with other kinds of organizations (professional, educational, community etc) Save the Date! *Date: August 15, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm* *Location: TBD* Please RSVP on the IxDA-SF Ning site: http://ixdasf.ning.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] Infographical War over Health Care Reform
Joe Lanman wrote: anyone else been following this story? Infographics being used by the Republican party to confuse the issue... An interesting follow-up to the ethics discussion... Ages ago I took a class on propaganda theory. There were a couple of students in the class who couldn't get past the "tool vs. user" concept and continued to insist that the United States (or their home country) never uses propaganda, that's something the enemy does. We know that both parties hire PR firms, do we know much about the hiring of design firms? From the looks of some of the infographics being tossed around, I'd say it was a case of "my nephew/niece has a copy of Illustrator". -- J. Eric Townsend, IDSA Designer, Fabricator, Hacker design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 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] Q: Persistent header bar from FB and LinkedIn
They are utterly terrible - just one example: if a user comes to your site, and then clicks to any other page - the address bar will not change. If they attempt to link anyone to a page they have found on your site, the link will a) display the wrong page (the original page) and b) include the header bar, thus perpetuating the problem. 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] Q: Persistent header bar from FB and LinkedIn
Plus those bars could easily add script so when a user browses around, the bar gets the new Url and sends it back to their HQ. I can see some browser-habit spying in this kind of instance. But like Joshua said, these have "the owner value (not user value) in mind." And I agree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44254 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] Q: Persistent header bar from FB and LinkedIn
> > 3. How do people feel about these headers? Are they helpful or intrusive? Some people feel VERY strongly that this technique fundamentally rots the web by introducing new and bad URLs for content. There was a big row about this technique this spring. Gruber led the charge, but its worth poking around and seeing what other ppl had to say, there's a bit of back-and-forth. http://daringfireball.net/2009/04/how_to_block_the_diggbar 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] Q: Persistent header bar from FB and LinkedIn
Josh is spot on. One of the most important reasons I think FB uses the frames is to reduce "bounce rate" and increase visitor loyalty. This is an old technique that has been used since...I would say the "very beginning". The code could look like anything (javascript most likely, but I've done it in C#, VB and JS). The page itself examines the url from the query string parameter that was passed to it from another page (i.e. you wall) and then it sets the bottom iframe's url to that parameter. Obviously this is the simplest example. -Jake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44254 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] toggle on / off design pattern
Hi Alan Thanks for responding. My issue with a checkbox is that conventionally the response to the user's action isn't instantaneous (though it is possible with js) - normally a checkbox is followed by a submit button to action the user's input. I'm after more of a live on/off switch, which is executed quite nicely on the prev link: http://widowmaker.kiev.ua/checkbox/ Cheers s 2009/7/31 Alan James Salmoni : > Perhaps I'm missing something. Isn't the classic pattern for a > toggle the checkbox? I've found from my own testing that users often > get confused if the wording is not clear enough to a checkbox. > > If you want a push-button type thing with a light, it could work for > vision-impaired users by having a dark centre for off and a bright > centre for on. This gives a strong visual contrast. Think of colours > in terms of brightness rather than hue and you can get a good visual > distinction. Or you could overlay some fairly obvious symbols over a > button like a dark red cross for off and a bright white tick for on. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44203 > > > > 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] Q: Persistent header bar from FB and LinkedIn
Intrusive and unnecessary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44254 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] toggle on / off design pattern
Perhaps I'm missing something. Isn't the classic pattern for a toggle the checkbox? I've found from my own testing that users often get confused if the wording is not clear enough to a checkbox. If you want a push-button type thing with a light, it could work for vision-impaired users by having a dark centre for off and a bright centre for on. This gives a strong visual contrast. Think of colours in terms of brightness rather than hue and you can get a good visual distinction. Or you could overlay some fairly obvious symbols over a button like a dark red cross for off and a bright white tick for on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44203 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] Infographical War over Health Care Reform
anyone else been following this story? Infographics being used by the Republican party to confuse the issue... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/07/when_health-care_reform_stops.html http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/07/political_chart_wars_health-care_reform_obfuscated_by_infographics.html 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] toggle on / off design pattern
Thanks for all the responses, I'm digging this one: http://widowmaker.kiev.ua/checkbox/ - ideally I want this to be workable for screenreaders, but I think the application is too complex for the company to build an accessible version - it would cost $$$. ixda saves the day again : ) 2009/7/29 Adam : > Lots of good suggestions above. The toggle can be red and black to > avoid confusion those who are color blind. Are you concerned about > accessibility for screen reader users as well? > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44203 > > > > 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
