Re: [IxDA Discuss] Good news for Visio users
More good news for Visio users- if you've been wishing you could create interactive prototypes with Visio, here is a something (relatively unknown) that enables you to do so- VisDynamica. I wrote about it a few months ago. URL: http://tinyurl.com/mr7ovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48162 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] Core77 equivalent for interaction design?
"Are there blogs or sites that round up studies and cold hard facts and numbers, rather than pretty inspirational stuff?" Sheri, try the UX Bookmark URL: http://www.theuxbookmark.com -Abhay Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.uxquotes.com http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Sheri Hyman wrote: > Are there blogs or sites that round up studies and cold hard facts and > numbers, rather than pretty inspirational stuff? Of the sites > mentioned above, I think uxmatters is the closest to what I'm > looking for. > > Thanks, > Sheri > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46964 > > > > 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] websites as art
Joshua Davis' 'Once upon a forest' is still around: http://www.once-upon-a-forest.com/ -Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Thomas Wailes wrote: > Not sure if this is exactly what you have in mind, but a recent article in > the NY Times proposes that videos submitted to YouTube be considered a new > art form: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/magazine/06FOB-medium-t.html?_r=1&scp=9&sq=youtube&st=cse > > -- > Tom Wailes > twai...@yahoo.com > -- > > > > > > From: Christina Wodtke > To: discuss@lists.interactiondesigners.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 9:34:57 PM > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] websites as art > > I was chatting whit a colleague, and we could recall examples in the early > days of the web where a site was a work of art, and no other thing but art, > but can't think of recent examples. any sightings? > > 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 > -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility 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] Any good book on interaction Design/UX
Hi Sunil Have a look at: http://www.theuxbookmark.com/2009/07/interaction-design/printed-books-on-user-experience-free-to-read-online/ - Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Ali Naqvi wrote: > http://www.amroha.dk/litterature.html > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45387 > > > > 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 Reports: A waste of time?
Mashoor, I'm guessing that you make a report and then mail/ hand it out. *If* that's the case, then there's a simple solution. The issue with preparing a report and mailing it out to stakeholders is that there is a slim chance that it will be read by all. Taking print outs and personally handing them over to each of them doesn't help either. If you want to make sure all stakeholders not only go through it entirely, but also understand well what's in it , then try shifting to presentating the report. You can keep the deliverable as a doc if you like. I would recommend changing to a presentation format instead since it's better suited for presentation. As Angela mentioned, filter out the stuff they dont want to know about. Post report creation, try and figure out with them what is it that they want to see in there and what is it that they don't. By all means, suggest a structure for the report that you think would work well with them, but then modify it according to how they want it. Once you are ready your presentation, send out a meeting request and make sure you get all or as many stakeholders as you can to attend. As opposed to probably only a few stakeholders reading the report and making limited sense out of what is in it, the presentation ensures that: 1) Everybody goes through the report, from beginning to the end, since you're presenting it to them. 2) They can make better sense of what the report contains since you're there to discuss the details and address their queries right away. 3) There is better appreciation of your research findings and recommendations. Equally important, you get to equally appreciate why it is that they can not incorporate certain recommendations, what ever the reasons may be- conflict with business goals, time/ technical constraints? By the end of it all, everybody walks out with a better understanding of the report and a better understanding of what should be done next. Hope this helps. I've mentioned some tips on creating usability test reports besides others in this presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/ConeTrees/tips-for-effective-usability-testing-in-india. This is in context to India but I would think most of the tips should come in handy regardless of where you are located. - Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Angela Arnold wrote: > In my experience, usability reports go largely unread. The business > wants to know the quick wins as well as the longer term issues, but > they need to be easy to digest, engaging and prioritised: filter out > the stuff people dont need to know right now. As a UX designer > working in an agile environment, I try to save as much time as > possible, by taking screenshots to sessions for my observers to > annotate. I take developers, BAs and business owners to the sessions > to give them an overview of the main issues. I bring the screenshots > back into work and get them straight onto the wall. Whilst the > feedback is clear in my mind, I stick large index cards up next to > the screens highlighting the major issues, and include some quotes > from users. My main objective is to engage the development team > enough to read these snapshots. We always record our sessions on > video, so if we need to look back or really highlight something, a > quick video showcase can provide compelling evidence. These screens > provide a quick and easy way to communicate with the team and give a > quick round up of the major issues. They can also stay up on the wall > and act as a reference to decisions made earlier in the project. > Meanwhile I can go about implementing change rather than trawling > through video and audio material and writing long reports. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44960 > > > > 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] Product Configurator: This product customizer is basic and uses Flash as a technology to execute its goals.
It took me a bit to figure out how to use this one. I would have preferred 'style' and 'color' to be located below the customization window (or elsewhere but essentially not grouped together with style) since I would imagine one would first choose a woolen and then customize it. So 'type' is one category and the other 'customization' category is 'style' and 'color'. On a side note, this site immediately reminded me about The Mongolian Shoe BBQ site that Puma came out with a few years back which was fantastically done. URL: http://www.conetrees.com/2006/12/blog/mongolian-shoe-bbq-by-puma/. The site is still on but the interface has changed. You chose materials with chopsticks earlier and even then it was surprisingly simple to use. -Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Jennifer R Vignone < jennifer.r.vign...@jpmorgan.com> wrote: > Is the first page a home page? > I was confused in the sense that there was no explanation of anything but > difficult to read type that said, "Customize your knit headgear". > I would rethink that type treatment as it doesn't "pop" against the > illustration and takes effort to read. The color sort of clashes with the > color selected for the accessories as well. > > Once into the tool: > I might consider having a separation for an area called "Text" where they > could enter their text and see how their specific product would look, rather > than having to look at "McClancy" all of the time. It makes it seem more > personal and the user gets a better sense of the actual product. > > I might instead default to the lower required quantity number. > > Small thing that comes from maybe dealing with data too much...where you > state the price, the hyphen looks like a negative value of the price instead > of like a hyphen. Maybe a space after the hyphen or a colon? > > Labels of "Color 1" and "Color 2" are confusing since the widget on the > left states "Product" and "Print" for the corresponding values. I would keep > "Product" and "Print". > > I might consider a different color for the quantity field to make it look > more like and input. I am not clear as to what I can and cannot edit. > > Your saved form doesn't have your URL on it, the date I created the sample, > any contact information vis-à-vis an email or a phone number. > > This was quick, but I hope it is helpful. > > > > > -Original Message- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto: > discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Sachin Ghodke > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:02 AM > To: disc...@ixda.org > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Product Configurator: This product customizer is > basic and uses Flash as a technology to execute its goals. > > Can you visit this link (http://www.cwsdemo.com/modernsportswear/UI/) > and let me know what your thoughts are on this customizer? > > Thank you in advance for your feedback. > Sachin > > 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 > This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and > conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of > securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, > confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, > available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. > ____ > 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 > -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility 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] In 10 words or less, what is software design to you?
In 9 words- Code written to help users accomplish their goal(s) better. -Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi http://www.slideshare.net/group/web-accessibility On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Russell Wilson wrote: > > "...making the ordinary extraordinary" seems very generic to me, whereas > > "software design" seems fairly specific. (I hang out, because of my > son's > > profession, with a lot of magicians and special effects artists these > days. > > Those guys think they've cornered the market on 'making the ordinary > > extraordinary'. And I find it hard to believe that Ferrari's designers > don't > > think they are 'making the ordinary extraordinary.' Likewise, there ain't > > nothing ordinary about this $2.1m Bugatti: http://is.gd/1nB3s ) > > > > Well I never said it was the best answer - it literally popped out of my > mouth on the spot when asked the question. > BUT, it does capture something - that at the end of the day, we're not > design luxury items; we're not really creating works of art (maybe, but > rarely). We're building tools for people to do stuff. And of course we're > trying to make those tools the best they can be. We want people to be > attached to them (like I'm attached to me new Silva Alpha > headlamp< > http://www.silva.se/en/Products/Mobile-Lighting/Alpha-Intelligent-Light/ > >... > trust me it rocks!) > We are making the ordinary (e.g. accounting software... talk about blah... > *smile*) extra-ordinary, or as good as it can be. > > 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 intranet books
Look under the Intranet Usability section at NN/g http://www.nngroup.com/reports/ I've used a couple of them from here in the past and I gladly recommend them. -Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:22 PM, james_kauffman at vanguard.com < james_kauff...@vanguard.com> wrote: > It's been a few years since I worked on a corporate intranet. Can anyone > recommend some good books to bring me up to speed on current best > practices? > > Thanks, > Jim K. > > -- > 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. > > > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40482 > > > 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] Idea Generation Activities
I think De Bono's 'Six Thinking Hats' technique works great, whether in a group or alone. The six different colored 'hats' represent a different ways of thinking. The six thinking hats cover positive, negative, neutral, creative emotional and organizationally inclined ways of thinking. It's like saying you would want people of these six 'hats' to be a part of your team because you look at problems and think about solutions in a way that views them from all angles, so to speak. -Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > I'm thinking about leading some discussions to help my team and > company generate ideas about what sort of experience we want our > users to have when they interact with a new version of our software. > > Have you ever participated in, or led, an activity that you found > really helpful in generating these ideas? I anticipate a group of > 5-7 people working together for about 1 week to do this; I've got a > number of ideas already, but I am searching for more. > > My ideas, still in an toddler stage, are: > > 1) Come up with two companies, similar to each other but different > from us. What attributes do they have in common, and how are they > different? > > 2) "Promise, Symbol, Proof" - For ten (or so) companies, come up > with what they're promising their customers, the mark that > symbolizes the promise, and the proof that shows they're meeting > their promise. > > 3) "What are we? and the rule of opposites" - Come up with > attributes that describe our product and our users' experience with > it. What are the opposites of those attributes, and what would > things be like if we switched to the opposite? > > 4) "Weird What-ifs" - Fill in the following sentence "What if we > were __?" and then answer it. For instance, "What if we > were a religion? > > I would love to hear what other types of activities you have found > successful. > > (By the way, I haven't called this "brainstorming" because I > don't want to limit the responses.) > > > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40167 > > > 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] Type or select?
Applying an input mask to the input field is an elegant solution. Try the jQuery masked input plugin: http://www.conetrees.com/2009/03/blog/jquery-masked-input-plugin-increase-usability-for-masked-format-input-fields/ -Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Shaun O'Connell wrote: > Hi IXDA'ers, > > I was trawling through the archives looking for a suitable discussion topic > to post against, and this one came up. > > I was recently inspired by a blog entry concerning calendar-based date/time > pickers< > http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/lovemores-world/2009/02/25/an-effective-jquery-date-time-picker > >to > create a more intuitive date/time picker. > I'm not sure about the rest of you, but some calendar controls frustrate me > as a user. Sometimes I'm forced to use a calendar control because it's > easier than interpreting the format for the single date field. > > Anyway, the post got me thinking about a different approach to date/time > pickers, leaning heavily on those old mechanical alarm clocks that had > dials > or cogs next to the hour and minute displays. Read more on the idea here: > http://ndorfin.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/rl-date-picker/ > > Will this idea end up being harder to understand than a fly-out calendar > picker? i.e. Does convention over-rule out-of-the-box UI ideas? > > Has anyone had any experience testing up-down-arrow or slider controls in > web-based forms? Could something like my 'tumbler' idea work if the > graphic > design is done properly? > > I'd love to have some feedback on this idea. Thanks! > > Cheers, > Shaun > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Pietro Desiato gmail.com>wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > I think that the date format could be an issue. I'd rather prefer a > > text field for day and year and a dropdown for month (it's also > > easier to select the month instead of either writing it or understand > > which format has been used). If you feel that the conversational > > paradigm is the way to go (as I do), think also about the label you > > want to associate to these fields. Maybe (I don't know your > > context\users) you can "melt" these input fileds with the label. > > Something like "I am born on [month dropdown] [day], [year]. Imho > > the calendar is a complex interaction (opening, browsing, selecting, > > closing) and I'd avoid it. > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Posted from the new ixda.org > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36010 > > > > > > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ... discuss at ixda.org > > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39417 > > > 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] Sources for Touch Interaction Information
Also check out the Interaction Design Guide for Touchscreen Applications<http://www.theuxbookmark.com/2009/02/interaction-design/interaction-design-guide-for-touchscreen-applications-experimental/>(Experimental) at the SAP Design Guild. -Abhay On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Damon Dimmick wrote: > Hi guys, > > So, specializing in web apps, I've had precious little work on > touch-screens (especially for mobile platforms) come across my desk. > However, the market seems to be heating up. > > Although many of our skills are easily transferable from one platform to > another, I personally could use some reading on the nuances and > strategies associated with good IxD in relation to mobile and touch > interfaces. > > Do any of my fine colleagues out there have any links to how-to-guides, > studies, and interaction overviews related to mobile platforms and touch > screens? > > Sincerely, > Damon Dimmick > Cambridge, MA > > > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39410 > > > 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 > -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.com http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi 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] Concept evaluation - itsme workstation
The reason might have to do with ambiguity in a particular label. For some reason, every time I saw the 'Start the Test' link after each video, I thought I'd watch all the videos first and then do the test thinking there was actually one common test rather than 4 separate ones. Relabeling ''Start the Test' to 'Take the test and move to the next video' and removing the 'Next Video' link should bring in better results. - Abhay -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design <http://www.conetrees.com> @conetrees <http://www.twitter.com/conetrees> The UX Bookmark <http://www.theuxbookmark.com> The New Delhi UX Book Club <http://uxbookclub.org/doku.php?id=new_delhi> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:47 PM, nikhil paul wrote: > Hi everyone, > > A few days back i introduced a new project "ITSME" : a new > workstation for the knowledge worker based on the concept of Stories > and Venues (find details here http://www.itsme.it/about-us/). > > Up till now we have defined the ID Model, released explorations of > Interaction Paradigms and Preliminary GUI, to achieve a detailed > design of itsme visual interface. But now we need to understand how > people perceive them, so we can assess the work we have done until > now. > > We need to know how do you perceive itsme functionalities, what > values do you attribute to itsme features, and further identify and > understand user needs. Only then can we begin to make informed > choices about whether and how to improve itsme to better suit the > needs of the user. > > To that end, we’ve put together an online concept evaluation: four > persona based scenarios in the form of short video clips, each > followed by a simple set of questions. > > http://www.itsme.it/evaluation/ > > Please, go ahead and evaluate the concept. > It takes around 15 minutes to do the evaluation. > > Thanks for your time. > Nikhil > > > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39217 > > > 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 > -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees http://www.theuxbookmark.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] Field labels for non-native speakers of English
First name, last name works well in India, and I would presume it does across South Asia. Family name is confusing here as opposed to being easily understood by East Asians, as Angela says. - Abhay On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Marcus Coghlan wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently involved in a redesign of a registration form aimed primarily > at native English speakers, but with increasing use by non-native speakers, > especially from Asia. Unfortunately, using non-english labels is out of > scope for the time being. > > Has anyone come across research on which name field labels are most readily > understood by non-native speakers? > > a) surname, last name, family name > b) given name, first name > > Any recommendations on these or other easily confused form labels would be > much appreciated. > > Thanks, Marcus > > > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39070 > > > 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 > -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees 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 accordions
The best way to go forward would be to get a good number of representative or actual users and simply do two simple A-B tests on the same users. I'm not or expanding on participants and numbers because there is no information given about what your site is about, who does it target and whether it's live or not. Test 1- accordion without auto-switching and and accordion with auto-switching Probe the participants in context of what you want to accomplish through the auto-switching and choose which way to go. Test 2- accordion with 'open panel' upon MouseOver and accordion without 'open panel' upon MouseOver Observe more and probe to validate whether users find this confusing, irritating or just fine/ needs minor adjustment to suit their taste. But otherwise, in my opinion, points 1 and 2 could be implemented as mentioned or the other way round, without any major concerns to users. The only points to take note would be: Point 1- Accordion auto-switches to the next part after every 5 seconds when mouse pointer is outside the box. It's fine if it does or doesn't. But you should consider avoiding the slide transition while showing changing panels. This will avoid the accordion from distracting the user from the other content on the page (you said this is not very important content). Instead, you would like to use the slide transition to help the users are operating the UI so they realize the change in state of the changing panels more easily. Point 2- OnMouseOver any part-title bar opens this part (with latency 200ms). It's fine if it does or doesn't. But in case it does, the latency could be decided by testing it out with 10-15 folks across departments in your organization to what seems natural and fit. Cone -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com";>www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees";>Twitter: conetrees On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Kordian Piotr Klecha wrote: > No, I don't mean harmoshkas, but boxes with sliding parts, e.g.: > http://www.stickmanlabs.com/accordion/ > > We are going to use such box on the main page (in the bottom of column - > not > very important content there, but still) and just wondering about > interactions. Current proposition is: > > 1. Accordion auto-switches to the next part after every 5 seconds when > mouse > pointer is outside the box. > > 2. OnMouseOver any part-title bar opens this part (with latency 200ms). > > 3. Clicking on part-title bar opens it too. > > Especially point 2 is a manner of doubt. > > Any advices, examples, opinions? > > > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36908 > > > 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 > -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees 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 extensions would you like to see in a mobile browser?
I'd like it to save the file to a location when I do a screen capture. If possible, I'd also like it to give me an option to: 1) Let me set a default for what format/ compression to save the file in, every time I do a screen capture 2) Let it ask me every time I do a screen capture on what file format/compression to save in with a preview of it in how (if I want to upload it directly to the web without editing, I'd like to choose the optimum format depending on how many colors are there on that page or section of a page I am zooming in on) I'd like the option of choosing between gif, jpg, bmp and png for file formats. These four would well suffice for me, Cone www.conetrees.com www.twitter.com/conetrees On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Sachendra Yadav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Would it suffice to be able to download the page to device memory and > be able to access it later even without network connection, or would > you specifically prefer the screengrab (might be a significantly small > area given that screen-sizes of mobiles) > > Sachendra > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Cone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to see an extension for taking screenshots of pages in the > browser. > > That's one thing I can immediately think of. > > Cone > > www.conetrees.com > > www.twitter.com/conetrees > > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Sachendra Yadav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> The first extension for Mozilla's mobile browser "Fennec" has been > >> released. It's a URL Fixer, a handy tool that corrects typos in URLs > >> typed in the address bar... makes perfect sense for a mobile browser. > >> > >> What extensions would you suggest to enhance the browsing experience on > >> mobile? > >> > >> -- > >> Sachendra Yadav > >> http://sachendra.wordpress.com > >> > >> > >> > >> Reply to this thread at ixda.org > >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35476 > >> > >> > >> 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Cone Trees- User Research & Design > > http://www.conetrees.com > > http://www.twitter.com/conetrees > > > > > > > > -- > Sachendra Yadav > http://sachendra.wordpress.com > -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] What extensions would you like to see in a mobile browser?
I'd like to see an extension for taking screenshots of pages in the browser. That's one thing I can immediately think of. Cone www.conetrees.com www.twitter.com/conetrees On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Sachendra Yadav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > The first extension for Mozilla's mobile browser "Fennec" has been > released. It's a URL Fixer, a handy tool that corrects typos in URLs > typed in the address bar... makes perfect sense for a mobile browser. > > What extensions would you suggest to enhance the browsing experience on > mobile? > > -- > Sachendra Yadav > http://sachendra.wordpress.com > > > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35476 > > > 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 > -- Cone Trees- User Research & Design http://www.conetrees.com http://www.twitter.com/conetrees 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Countrywise understanding of IxD
Regarding the pay bit, this might help: http://www.coroflot.com/community/results.asp Filter the results by selecting 'Interaction/ Web Design' from the 'Area of Concentration' dropdown. With a sample size of around 400, it's not a very good source, especially since what you get is a mix of interaction and web design professionals, but could be useful to begin with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34837 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter
Twitter is a fantastic tool for user research. It can be used to advantage in many cases for both enabling and conducting user research. Here's an interesting post: http://dinamehta.com/blog/2008/02/01/twitter-for-ethnography/ I have begun using Twitter recently. Drop by sometime @ http://www.twitter.com/conetrees :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34682 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] ATM machines
Why can't my bank (ATM) remember that I always want to conduct my transaction in English? I am prompted every single time - English or Spanish? Once I've logged in, my creditials could auto-trigger my personal preferences. (Also, I always want a printed record of my transaction. Always.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24469 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ 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
[IxDA Discuss] call them "T-shaped people"
Armano @ Logic+Emotion introduced this term to me. Today over lunch the discussion turned to cross pollination, overlapping skillsets and new vs. old job descriptions. I wondered, as a practioner what is your principal skill or vertical leg of the T? today's find: Ten Jobs You Didn't Know You Wanted http://www.fastcompany.com/multimedia/slideshows/content/crave-worthy-jobs_pagen_8.html -- Cone Johnson conejohnson at gmail today's find: *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Adding Depth to Skills
Search for "interaction" on www.aiga.org, and you'll find several articles including one from a familiar name - that of our very own Dan Saffer. ;-) The 'related content' sidebar will yield even more juicy tidbits. AIGA = one of my favorite resources. Online offline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=23651 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Your favorite rating interface
I've just recently been researching visual metaphors for one of our sites and noted that Petco uses paw prints; Burpee uses leaves; but strangely, Figleaves.com did not use fig leaves. I found most sites use stars - in some variation or other. And I agree with Esteban that reviews are actually more effective that the ratings. Perhaps the ratings can just be considered "short-hand" to the reviews which (hopefully) provide the all important and much needed details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=23493 *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ 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
