Re: [IxDA Discuss] Microsoft Surface and Windows 7
Hi, The company I work for (http://www.intuilab.com) works for 2 years on surface computing application's design. We experienced devices like diamondtouch or stantum's SMK. We have also designed and produced our own multitouch hardware solution (see http://www.intuiface.com). We also are currently "playing" with Microsoft Surface SDK and hardware. In my point of view, the main challenge is designing both for multi-touch AND multi-users. Switching from a single "pointer" (whatever the input : monotouch screen, mouse...) to multitouch gestures is a wide gap. It increases possibilities for users to interact and complexity that designers have to manage. Another point : the Microsoft Surface is a table. This is obvisous to say, but this has wide impacts on design. That means that users can use the application from any side, there is no top or bottom of the screen. Orientation(s) of objects, texts etc is then a serious issue. Finaly (the list is definitively not exhautive), it is pretty hard to define the number of users that will use the table at a time. Design solutions have to be relevant for 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR ... users at a time. This introduce severe constraints on design when those users are working on the same object of interest. Hope this help. Alban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36947 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] Tog on Gestures will force the mouse intoretirement
Well, I guess it depends on usages and context aimed by the technology. I do agree that people won't leave their mouses, keyboards etc. to use gestures' based interfaces or interactive surfaces. I'll be very unconfortable writing this post on a virtual keyboard on any tactile interface even if it's multitouch. But I think that technology has now reached a very promising point and we, as designers, can now explore a wide range of possibilities to provide to our users new ways to interact with interactive systems. I'm thinking about collaborative usages ( like crisis management, decision making...) where mouses and keyboards are definitively not the best way for people to interact. In this direction, design and innovation are not in conflict. Designer's role is to provide the best interactive system (or service) to users. When making design choices we have to consider technics and technologies and choosing wich one will be the most usable and sometimes try something new because users needs can not be fullfilled with existing solutions (and yes innovate). Of course we all see those cool & fancy demos with lot of animations and blur effects... I think that those are due to the current transition phase (and associated technical possibilities) and we have to keep an eye opened on what's behind this 'wow' effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36725 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] Vive l'ergonomie?
Hi Billie, I can testify that there ARE Ix Designers in France. Actually,the company I work in (www.intuilab.com) is specialized in Ix Design and regroups skilled people like Iteraction Designers, Visual Designers, Usability Engineers (or Ergonomes), Developpers ... "L'ergonomie" is a part of the required skills to design good products. It brings its own techniques (evaluation, user needs analysis... ) just like the other disciplines involved in the creation process. Alban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34310 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
