Re: [IxDA Discuss] Open Office V's MS Office
Mike, If you want to get involved with the UX on OpenOffice you may want to take a look at the below link. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User_Experience/Community/How_To_Join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49045 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
Hi, In the company I'm working with a discussion has just been started; TOPIC: Whether placing a labels inside the fields is a good idea or not. This pattern is spreading recently (i.e. facebook) a lot. Personally, I'm not supporting this idea for many reasons (accessibility, patterns in an eye fixation on form elements etc). Though, I'd like to avoid religious debate on this issue and follow up with some objective studies and/or research. Have you analyzed this issue before or seen some interesting findings? User studies? 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
Hi Maciej, We had this discussion over at UX Exchange a few months back (http://uxexchange.com/questions/309/form-field-inside-labels-usability-and-accessibility) and in response I put together a prototype interaction pattern for form labels inside fields that displayed the label underneath the form field when the cursor was in the field and reinstated it if the user cleared the field or left it blank. Also provided for alternate styling for displaying labels vs user data inside the field. Accessible too, though being a prototype could use some work: http://sandpit.purecaffeine.com/text_in_form_field.html Cheers, Nathanael Boehm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
Maciej - We just had a long discussion on virtually (but not quite) the same topic here on IxDA. Look for 'help text in input fields - bad?' Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM mailto:william.hud...@syntagm.co.uk http://www.syntagm.co.uk skype:williamhudsonskype Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS. Attend our courses on Ajax design usability, card sorting and web usability: CHI 2010 Conference (Atlanta, Georgia) http://www.chi2010.org UPA 2010 Conference (Munich, Germany) http://bit.ly/8x9NU -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Maciej Bieganski Sent: 09 February 2010 03:13 To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Forms design / labels inside the fields Hi, In the company I'm working with a discussion has just been started; TOPIC: Whether placing a labels inside the fields is a good idea or not. This pattern is spreading recently (i.e. facebook) a lot. Personally, I'm not supporting this idea for many reasons (accessibility, patterns in an eye fixation on form elements etc). Though, I'd like to avoid religious debate on this issue and follow up with some objective studies and/or research. Have you analyzed this issue before or seen some interesting findings? User studies? 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] Usability: HipHopMuseum.or or NMOH.org
Strong 1 for hiphopmuseum.org. hiphopmuseum.org = oh, a museum about Hip Hop NMOH.org = National Museum Of History? National Monuments Of Hawaii? No More Overweight Hippos? = totally ambiguous. If you must go with an acronym, I think that HH (or H-H) brings to mind Hip-Hop better than just H and should be in there somewhere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49134 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: HipHopMuseum.or or NMOH.org
sorry, should be 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49134 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] Research in Brazil
Dear all, IxDA – Brazil Local leaders : São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Manaus, Salvador, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, and Santa Maria invites all Portuguese speakers to answer a survey on IxD current state in Brazil. This research started in our regional retreat in November 2009, when we identified how challenging it was to hire Interaction Designers in our region. The result of this research aims to help HR, schools, and all IxD community. To participate, please use the following URL (portuguese only) : https://usabilitylab.wufoo.com/forms/perfil-do-designer-de-interaaao-no-brasil/ Please visit our website: www.ixdabrasil.org, find the local leader close to you and join IxDA community in South America. Thanks for your cooperation. In behalf of Amyris Fernandez IxDA Board IxDA São Paulo 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
I'm not aware of any specific research on the issue - I know LukeW has covered it briefly on his blog: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?687 I'd also be interested if someone has done any research on the topic. Chris On Feb 9, 2010, at 3:13 AM, Maciej Bieganski wrote: Hi, In the company I'm working with a discussion has just been started; TOPIC: Whether placing a labels inside the fields is a good idea or not. This pattern is spreading recently (i.e. facebook) a lot. Personally, I'm not supporting this idea for many reasons (accessibility, patterns in an eye fixation on form elements etc). Though, I'd like to avoid religious debate on this issue and follow up with some objective studies and/or research. Have you analyzed this issue before or seen some interesting findings? User studies? Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
Here's an interesting approach to implementing help text within the field with jQuery: http://www.csskarma.com/blog/sliding-labels/ Best, Jason R. http://jasonrobb.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
I have seen two issues 1. in AB testing, text form field in the form reduces usage of field. Theory is, it reduces the fields recognizably as a field. Test, test, test. 2. on slower connections, the javascript library frequently loads last (occasionally fails) so you get the issue Luke outlines, i.e. when you type the text stays. I have had this happen to me over and over again on Netflix, which has one of the world's great javascript ninjas, Bill Scott so don't blame the javascript. It may work perfectly at work, but nto at home. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:49 AM, Chris Korhonen ckorho...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not aware of any specific research on the issue - I know LukeW has covered it briefly on his blog: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?687 I'd also be interested if someone has done any research on the topic. Chris On Feb 9, 2010, at 3:13 AM, Maciej Bieganski wrote: Hi, In the company I'm working with a discussion has just been started; TOPIC: Whether placing a labels inside the fields is a good idea or not. This pattern is spreading recently (i.e. facebook) a lot. Personally, I'm not supporting this idea for many reasons (accessibility, patterns in an eye fixation on form elements etc). Though, I'd like to avoid religious debate on this issue and follow up with some objective studies and/or research. Have you analyzed this issue before or seen some interesting findings? User studies? Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Student Organization
The idea of IxDA student groups has come up several times over the years, and there is ultimately no reason not to start one. Here are a few questions that have come up because of it: --If there is already an IxDA local group in the area, how does the student group from a particular school play into that? --Do the regulations/guidelines for student groups (established school to school) play well with the 'unorg' philosophy of IxDA? --How do/should IxDA student groups interact with other established groups on campus that may have similar interests/mindshare? While we have an IxDA Local Leaders Basecamp for discussing local group leadership, it seems like an additional Basecamp dedicated to groups on campuses would be beneficial. Together you could have a support network to discuss how to best approach this, and it would also give you access to other IxDA local groups for organizational support and programing ideas. Please let me know if you are interested and I'll set something up and add you straight away. Janna DeVylder President, IxDA 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] Visualizing User Experience
How do you visualize what you do? What are your favorite existing visualizations (like the ones posted recently) that are out in the world that you like to reference. I'm in the process of putting together the picture of the services my team will provide and I'm looking for some inspiration! 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] Localized UX research in France or doing research in another country and language
does anyone have any general experiences to share about doing research in another country in a language no one on your team speaks? More specifically, has anyone used any research agencies in France? 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 - 2 (Sr. Mid) User Experience Designer Openings in Los Angeles, CA | Blitz
Update: Reposting this as we're now looking to add two new members to the UX team. BLITZ Agency ( http://www.blitzagency.com ), located in Southern California, is looking for a UX Designer who is living the digital lifestyle, is passionate about building great user experiences and committed to client success. The candidate we seek will hit the ground running and possess a strong interpersonal dynamic and energy level to match. If interested please reply to this thread or email sscott at blitzagency.com. Overview The UX Designer will be responsible under the direction of the Director of UX, for producing innovative Interaction Design Models, Functional Specs, Sitemaps, Use Case Scenarios, End User Personas, and wireframes in order to provide the companys design and development teams with a clear road map, including all the information necessary to execute BLITZs and our clients vision for a variety of interactive projects. Qualifications Bachelor's degree preferred in design-related discipline: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction; Communications; 2+ years of applicable industry experience; Candidates must be well-versed in user-centered design methods and techniques; Proficient to expert in: Visio, PowerPoint, Photoshop; Must have project experience working with teams on large scale, long-term projects; Excellent analytical and process-oriented skills; Excellent verbal and written skills; Experience in working on multiple projects simultaneously; Prior experience in a software or game design environment or interactive agency preferred. 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] Visualizing User Experience
Luke W put a few good links together: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?156 Some others I've seen floating around: http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalweb/4197767981/ http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/images/ux.jpg http://www.namahn.com/resources/poster.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/udanium/sets/72157594363735437/ http://experiencematters.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/legos-building-block-for-good-experiences/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49179 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] What is a subset of the other?
User experience is a fairly recent concept that seems to be used most frequently to describe the presentation layer of a digital media product. Many roles, some of which are overlapping depending on the team setting, contribute work products that impact the user experience: business strategy, marketing, merchandising, user experience strategy, user research, interaction design, information architecture, visual design, content strategy, site development, etc. A director or manager of user experience needs to have authority and budget to ensure quality of all these work stream and products, including interaction design. Interaction design can include work products, e.g. functional specifications, which in some team settings have implications outside of user experience. Lagniappe: Customer experience is broader than user experience. I would like to see user experience have dotted line reporting to customer experience, which covers customer touchpoints across all channels. Paul Bryan Usography ( http://www.usography.com ) Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/uxexperts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49125 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] Localized UX research in France or doing research in another country and language
Hi Jeremy, You may post your inquiry on the ErgoIHM mailinglist or ask one of the moderators to do so on your behalf. I think writing such a message in English is no problem. https://listes.cru.fr/sympa/info/ergoihm There are numerous companies offering what you are looking for, write me a message if you want some names. Kind regards Milan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49180 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] IxDA Student Organization
The tact that students at SCAD have taken was to link IxDA with IDSA. It is not always ideal, but it seems that the affinities are working thus far. It means that IxDA doesn't have to apply separately to the school. As to what they do. Their biggest activity was well helping put on the biggest most successful IxD conference in history. ;-) ... but putting that side it is very hard to differentiate IxD at the student group level within our world where we really teach ID as a converged design practice, where IxD is just a piece of their overall puzzle. But one thing that has been particularly successful was student run tutorials in specific tools methods that relate specifically to the IxD pieces of the more converged design projects our students engage in. Our main issue is how to have IxDA not be perceived as an ID only endeavor as there are separate departments for Interactive design and other digital design disciplines. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49101 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] Localized UX research in France or doing research in another country and language
Hello Jeremy Another place you could try asking this question is with the France / Luxembourg UPA people. They are pretty active and might be able to offer you some guidance. Their contact page (all in French... ) is at: http://www.flupa.eu/contenu/contact It includes an email address, as well as a contact form. You could just try winging them an email in English, and see what happens. If you have no luck, give me a shout, and I could email them in French, on your behalf. I'm on their mailing list, but otherwise, they've never heard of me, mind you! :). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49180 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] What is a subset of the other?
In my assessment of this situation in the world at large, User Experience (UX, or UXD) has become the umbrella term for a range of fields that consider and address various aspects of the user experience with products and services. All the fields of UX can be defined as operating on a spectrum of skills involving Understanding, Definition, and Communication. IxD is one of the design fields in the space of DEFINITION, being a sibling of Information Architecture and Industrial Design and yet other fields. I created a sundial model to illustrate this understanding of UX and also took it to the level of assessing the particular practices of the discipline of IxD that also lie on this spectrum of skills. See: http://ebacon.posterous.com/sundial-model-of-ux-and-ixd Along with the other materials proposed in this thread, perhaps this model can help inform your company's organization and understanding of the relationships between the larger whole its constituent parts. Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49125 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: UI/UX Designer Houston Confidential Contract
This client is willing to cover flight/hotel/expenses for the right designer who can work onsite in Houston for the next 4 months. Project is working on internal tools for a large company and requires someone to have viewable samples of detailed, complex design documentation. Impact is huge due to client's size and you'll really be able to make an impact in their system design, customer/client experience and revenue. If you're interested, please read details and apply via: http://bit.ly/bKStuk 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
Maciej, Like other have said before, we had a similar discussion recently and here is the link: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=49122 -Gayatri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
A few more things to consider: What if you click on the label, hit the spacebar, and the phone rings. When you come back, will you know what the field was for? Will you need to refresh and lose the other data you had already entered? A person who is blind may tab through all of the fields to see if they%u2019re willing to fill out the form. For any fields where they start typing, when they go back through the form to fully fill it out, the labels will be gone. What if the person entered something unreadable, for example their fingers were shifted on their keyboard and they hadn%u2019t noticed? How will you know what the question was? What if you%u2019re on a touch device and you fat-finger the field before you read it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 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] Forms design / labels inside the fields
@Julie - good points. @All - Thank you for your comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49165 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] Lead Product (visual) Designer needed in NYC
Hey folks - TheLadders.com (one of the most successful startups in NYC), located in SoHo, is looking for a Lead Product Designer. This is a visual design position and is full time, on site. There are three basic requirements: - killer design chops (and the portfolio to showcase them) - an opinion (and the initiative to express and pursue it) - an understanding of Interaction Design Local (NYC metro) candidates are preferred but relo's will be considered (if you're awesome, determined solely by me :-) Interested? Know someone who is? Please let me know. Thanks. [Jeff] == Jeff Gothelf Director of User Experience @jboogie jgothelf at theladders dot 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] What is a subset of the other?
User Experience is a subset of Interaction Design: Interaction Design consists of several components including: - User Experience - Information Architecture - Usability Studies - Graphical User Interface - Web Analytics / Business Intelligence UX is the process by which usage behavioral patterns are identified, interpretted and applied in way that's highly beneficial for both the end user and the business. AaronW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49125 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] Facebook Redesign
The new Facebook design looks like one of the busiest interfaces I've seen in a while. It immediately reminded me of the Yahoo! homepage back when... well, when it was too busy. Yet somehow, the Facebook homepage makes sense, doesn't feel too overwhelming and is easily navigable and parse-able. I think there are two things going on here; one is that they did a fairly good job following basic Gestalt principles of perception to clearly chunk out the layout and establish hierarchy. Two, I think our brains are becoming more accustomed to processing much more visual information. It's been suggested by new neurological research that the way the brain understands complex concepts is through established neurological frameworks, meaning the brain forms neural circuits which define a specific conceptual framework. For example if I say Mystery novel your brain already has an established idea/preconception of the structure of that concept. When you read the actual novel, you'll be fitting the content into that framework, through a process called neural binding. My theory is that we now have a neurological framework of such interfaces -- we know the navigation will be on the left, we know the content will be in the middle, we know there might be threading of conversations, we know there might be a chat roster on the lower left, we know a chat window might popup on the lower right, we know there will be a searchbox at the top, etc. In fact, if you look at the Yahoo! design, the page that it initially reminded me of, it has a very similar structure. Because we already have this framework in our brain, we don't need too much of a cognitive process to understand the page, all we need to do is process the content. I believe even though the page looks crazy busy to our design-trained eye, we now have the proper neural structure to be able to parse and comprehend it with relative ease. 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] Research in Brazil
Oi Fabio! :-) Should we all answer the survey? Even if we're not living in Brazil? Thanks! -- Paola Sales www.paolasales.com On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Fabio Palamedi fabio.palam...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, IxDA – Brazil Local leaders : São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Manaus, Salvador, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, and Santa Maria invites all Portuguese speakers to answer a survey on IxD current state in Brazil. This research started in our regional retreat in November 2009, when we identified how challenging it was to hire Interaction Designers in our region. The result of this research aims to help HR, schools, and all IxD community. To participate, please use the following URL (portuguese only) : https://usabilitylab.wufoo.com/forms/perfil-do-designer-de-interaaao-no-brasil/ Please visit our website: www.ixdabrasil.org, find the local leader close to you and join IxDA community in South America. Thanks for your cooperation. In behalf of Amyris Fernandez IxDA Board IxDA São Paulo 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] JOBS: Looking to hire UX designers and UX Design Director in London (Native Design)
We are a boutique premium design firm headquartered in London, UK and are looking for super talented UX designers and also a UX Design Director. We have designed some of the most iconic, beautiful and functional products and experiences in the world. And now, have plans to expand our UX offerings and grow our substantial client base in North America and around the globe. Please contact me directly with interest and your CV. Please note, these positions are based in London for at least 1st year. Thanks! K Keith Miller VP of Business Development North America 415-377-7500 ke...@native.com www.native.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
[IxDA Discuss] Career advancement
I'd like to get some input from the design community in regards to career advancement. I work at a large organization which has: 1. Junior-level designers 2. Mid-level designers 3. Senior designers 4. Lead designers There are a lot of Senior designers, most of which have been designing for about 7+ years. Lead designers are more along the lines of a Principal designer. In this type of organization, what should the break-down be for each title in terms of years of experience? What would be the main difference between junior-level and mid-level? 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] Localized UX research in France or doing research in another country and language
I've done quite a few research / design projects which have involved users in different countries / languages. In a recent project I worked on for Vodafone, we used Axance (an agency based in Paris) to do user experience research in French, and to collate the results across several different testing languages. I would definitely recommend them. Contact cose...@axance.fr if you wish to talk to them directly. best wishes Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49180 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: full time UXA roles: CHICAGO
I have some new positions opening up and wanted to get the word out beyond interaction10 Mobile team: I have three full time contract positions opening up in my group. These are set to be 3 months but could be extended. I plan to hire these with the intent to convert to full time employee. These are local to Chicago in the downtown location. UXA's are an expanded role that combines information architecture and interaction design focusing on the user interaction. Prototyping and light front end dev skill are a plus but not required. We are going to be working fast and iterating - looking to improve the mobile user experience of our aps. Marketplace team: I am looking for a senior UXA (full time employee) that has B2B web or software experience. We are building relatively complex applications that are implemented on the web. This is not consumer facing. For any of these email me directly if you have an interest and I can send you links and detailed descriptions. - Mark 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) Information Architect - San Diego - \Recruiter\ - Full Time
Do you want to revolutionize how an industry does business?!? If so, please consider the following: We need Usability/Human Factors/User Experience expert to direct our web presence. We are in the process of bringing a traditionally brick and mortar industry into the 21st century. As such, we need a problem solver. That said, we need someone with vision to lead user experience. Our clients will demand an aesthetically pleasing website, so artistic flair is a must. On the other hand, the site must drive revenue, so business savvy is important too. You will join a fun, dynamic team, so strong communications skills and a team attitude are vital. If you are multi-talented and love a challenge, please apply! 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] Localized UX research in France or doing research in another country and language
Hi Jeremy, I recommend you a very complete book: %u201Cthe Handbook of Global User Research%u201D edited by Bob Schumacher (Morgan Kaufmann Publishers) providing you with actionable practices for any international project. This being said I would be more than happy to do you an introduction on how to apprehend the French market. I'm working for Axance, member of the UXAlliance mentioned by Chrystel. We have a long experience of working with foreign companies and run international researches in local languages. Helene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49180 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] Visualizing User Experience
There was a similar post regarding a competition for 'Explaining IA' . The submissions can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/explainia/that you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49179 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] IxDA Student Organization
To everyone- Thank you for all the ideas, I'm going to start writing our constitution and work on starting the group. And for IDSA and IxDA being combined, we were considering this. However, if we split the clubs up, we would have more funding, and thus be able to host more speakers/events. Janna, thank you for replying to my question so quickly- I would be really interested in further discussing the role of an IxDA student chapter on a campus. Per your three questions: 1. As far as I'm aware, there are no IxDA student groups nearby, I could be mistaken though (there are no other design schools nearby). 2. For UC, the major organization is less important than the student group. So as long as the student group has a structure, then we should be ok. 3. This is something that should probably discussed more, as it relates to what an IxDA student group would actually do. However, organizations here tend to be very collaborative. For example, IDSA and SAID may both sponsor a certain event to have a speaker come in (as in they both contribute members and money to run the event). The same would probably go for IxDA. Finally, could you elaborate a bit on what a basecamp would be? I'm still a little unclear as to what it actually is (it does sound incredibly exciting though!). Thank you so much for the support! Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49101 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 Descriptions around the globe
Hi, I am trying to figure how companies around the globe describe people they want to hire, and how they call each function. Please, if possible, send your answers to cont...@ixdasp.org with title + job descriptions for: - Interaction Designers - Information Architects - User Experience person - Usability person - Experience architects - or let us know which name/description the company you work for use to refer to professionals working with IA, Usability and IxD. Cheers, Amyris Fernandez IxDA - São Paulo/Brazil 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] Facebook Redesign.
The 3 column fixed header and footer is similar to Yahoo's homepage, which has deteriorated since. Compare this to the New York Times, Yahoo gives off a certain sense of cheap filled content with McDonalds and MTV. (blech!) The new Facebook redesign is too busy with the new open hierarchy structure. Taking out the Application bar was a big lost. They could have offered transparency to free up visual space. Though it seems that the intent is to get more page views and serve more ads in the new way. In doing so, they've taken away all the great features I've come to love. I actually feel very overwhelmed because everything is thrown at you. More links. unnecessary and useless content for users. However, people have said that about Facebook in comparison to places like Twitter. Here are some of my pet peeves. - The reiterated forced chat list in both left and hidden right column is unnecessary. - I have 5 applications listed on my left (I don't know why those 5) but because of the lack of customization. I can't change it. - Deleting apps is unforgiving. (I accidentally deleted an app and I can't get it back) - Applications takes me to more applications. Or click on more to see more applications of a different type set? (that's confusing) - The lack of customization is very, very disappointing. (But look where customization has taken mySpace) - Creating lists is now gone!!! (I spent lots of time creating and organizing lists for my newsfeed and they're now gone) - The line separations that issolate the news in newsfeed is too strong. It hurts my eyeballs. - It's a very time consuming process to switch between applications. (I have to go back home, see more apps, then find/select the new application) i can go on an on, but the basic message is that taking out the application menu was a big loss. I don't know if I am in the smaller or larger majority audience on this one, but R.I.P. to the Application menu. I hope you see you back in the future. R.C. On Feb 9, 2010, at 7:01 AM, Vlad Margulis wrote: The new Facebook design looks like one of the busiest interfaces I've seen in a while. It immediately reminded me of the Yahoo! homepage back when... well, when it was too busy. Yet somehow, the Facebook homepage makes sense, doesn't feel too overwhelming and is easily navigable and parse-able. I think there are two things going on here; one is that they did a fairly good job following basic Gestalt principles of perception to clearly chunk out the layout and establish hierarchy. Two, I think our brains are becoming more accustomed to processing much more visual information. It's been suggested by new neurological research that the way the brain understands complex concepts is through established neurological frameworks, meaning the brain forms neural circuits which define a specific conceptual framework. For example if I say Mystery novel your brain already has an established idea/preconception of the structure of that concept. When you read the actual novel, you'll be fitting the content into that framework, through a process called neural binding. My theory is that we now have a neurological framework of such interfaces -- we know the navigation will be on the left, we know the content will be in the middle, we know there might be threading of conversations, we know there might be a chat roster on the lower left, we know a chat window might popup on the lower right, we know there will be a searchbox at the top, etc. In fact, if you look at the Yahoo! design, the page that it initially reminded me of, it has a very similar structure. Because we already have this framework in our brain, we don't need too much of a cognitive process to understand the page, all we need to do is process the content. I believe even though the page looks crazy busy to our design-trained eye, we now have the proper neural structure to be able to parse and comprehend it with relative ease. Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49195 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] Seeking: Confusing/misleading signs, hard to use devices, etc
For a talk I'm giving, I'm seeking pictures of: * Confusing or misleading signs * Hard to use devices * Backwards food lines (first the milk, then coffee, then cups) * Challenging user interfaces It could be a tub/shower faucet where you can't easily figure out how to switch the water flow, an emergency brake in a car that is effectively hidden ... anything distinctly anti-usable. Thanks much, Arthur Fink - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A r t h u r F i n k Listening, Consulting, Coaching Common Sense Business Advice art...@arthurfink.com 207.615.5722 Coaching / Blog www.insightandclarity.com Consultingwww.arthurfink.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] Facebook Redesign.
Facebook seems to be trying too hard to be more of an app or an information/sales portal than an online social space. The left sidebar on the new homepage seems to emphasize navigating site features over socializing by placing the the block with applications, games, ads..etc. above the block with the display of current online friends. Improved navigation (or rather having a strong emphasis on exploring site features) ends up making the site seem more of an online catalog to find information to read or products to purchase than for site members to re-connect and socialize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49195 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] Facebook Redesign.
I too miss the Application menu. It was easier earlier. Also I notice the Games Your Games doesnt list all the games that I have subscribed to. - Rajesh Zoho Corp On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Richard Carson richard.carso...@gmail.comwrote: The 3 column fixed header and footer is similar to Yahoo's homepage, which has deteriorated since. Compare this to the New York Times, Yahoo gives off a certain sense of cheap filled content with McDonalds and MTV. (blech!) The new Facebook redesign is too busy with the new open hierarchy structure. Taking out the Application bar was a big lost. They could have offered transparency to free up visual space. Though it seems that the intent is to get more page views and serve more ads in the new way. In doing so, they've taken away all the great features I've come to love. I actually feel very overwhelmed because everything is thrown at you. More links. unnecessary and useless content for users. However, people have said that about Facebook in comparison to places like Twitter. Here are some of my pet peeves. - The reiterated forced chat list in both left and hidden right column is unnecessary. - I have 5 applications listed on my left (I don't know why those 5) but because of the lack of customization. I can't change it. - Deleting apps is unforgiving. (I accidentally deleted an app and I can't get it back) - Applications takes me to more applications. Or click on more to see more applications of a different type set? (that's confusing) - The lack of customization is very, very disappointing. (But look where customization has taken mySpace) - Creating lists is now gone!!! (I spent lots of time creating and organizing lists for my newsfeed and they're now gone) - The line separations that issolate the news in newsfeed is too strong. It hurts my eyeballs. - It's a very time consuming process to switch between applications. (I have to go back home, see more apps, then find/select the new application) i can go on an on, but the basic message is that taking out the application menu was a big loss. I don't know if I am in the smaller or larger majority audience on this one, but R.I.P. to the Application menu. I hope you see you back in the future. R.C. On Feb 9, 2010, at 7:01 AM, Vlad Margulis wrote: The new Facebook design looks like one of the busiest interfaces I've seen in a while. It immediately reminded me of the Yahoo! homepage back when... well, when it was too busy. Yet somehow, the Facebook homepage makes sense, doesn't feel too overwhelming and is easily navigable and parse-able. I think there are two things going on here; one is that they did a fairly good job following basic Gestalt principles of perception to clearly chunk out the layout and establish hierarchy. Two, I think our brains are becoming more accustomed to processing much more visual information. It's been suggested by new neurological research that the way the brain understands complex concepts is through established neurological frameworks, meaning the brain forms neural circuits which define a specific conceptual framework. For example if I say Mystery novel your brain already has an established idea/preconception of the structure of that concept. When you read the actual novel, you'll be fitting the content into that framework, through a process called neural binding. My theory is that we now have a neurological framework of such interfaces -- we know the navigation will be on the left, we know the content will be in the middle, we know there might be threading of conversations, we know there might be a chat roster on the lower left, we know a chat window might popup on the lower right, we know there will be a searchbox at the top, etc. In fact, if you look at the Yahoo! design, the page that it initially reminded me of, it has a very similar structure. Because we already have this framework in our brain, we don't need too much of a cognitive process to understand the page, all we need to do is process the content. I believe even though the page looks crazy busy to our design-trained eye, we now have the proper neural structure to be able to parse and comprehend it with relative ease. Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49195 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] What is a subset of the other?
So interesting. Living, nearly opposite definitions alive in the community. What say ye? Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49125 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
