Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?
I don't know of a study as such, but something solid to back up your argument could be #6 in Jakob Nielsen's Ten Usability Heuristics, namely Recognition, no Recall. [ http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html ] I mean, if something is actually hidden, the user *might* stumble across it, but after that, what? They would have to RECALL where that area was in order to display that piece of the interface again. That's surely asking too much. I don't know how much clutter we are talking about here, but minimising interface areas seems like a better approach. The suggestion that users will find hidden areas intuitively seems a bit optimistic to me, too... Intuitively, I wouldn't move my mouse pointer around apparently empty space, thinking Oooh, maybe this would be a good spot for a button... ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49270 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] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?
Sorry... that should have read Recognition, not Recall... with a t! :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49270 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 Everyone had given you good feedback already, but just to stick my oar in... From what I have read and seen demonstrated with eye-tracking heatmaps (but not from first-hand experience), label placement inside text boxes can cause a bit of trouble. People often look for labels to the left of a text box, for example, so it might be weird when it isn't there. Plus, and form element that appears to me completed already can sometimes be ignored (in fact, thinking about it, I have seen that in a test). However, you or I probably wouldn't be deterred by that kind of label placement, so it depends on experience. As Christina says, test test test. Jarrett and Gaffney have some really good stuff on forms in their book, too. I think they would say that if the form is well design overall, and the user is engaged in a dialogue with the form, then the label placement is not such a big deal... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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] 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] Search Pattern Library
Fantastic... and what great timing. Only last week, I was hunting for patterns, and all I found was pretty screenshots of input boxes with a Search button next to it. I look forward to checking this out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48909 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] [EVENT] Eye Tracking Practical Workshop: A one-day tutorial at City University London
Erm... when? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48521 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] Marriott.com breaks the mold...
Yep, interesting approach to squeezing all that stuff on screen. I will play devil's advocate, though... Not so delightful when you turn off JavaScript. Yes, it still functions, but some of the display is broken - not at all what I would call graceful degrade. Imagine you're a PA, making a booking for your boss on this website from within your corporate network, where systems support insist on having JS disabled (it does happen, right?)... That huge long form on the left is quite daunting, and the feature boxes are all over the place and difficult to read. Probably not the user experience Marriott are aiming for in that case. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47972 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] Search interface design and usability
You bet... specifically for search interfaces, you should have a look at Marti Hearst's book Search User Interfaces http://searchuserinterfaces.com/ Her book is also freely available (electronic) on that website... which is cool, since it is a subject I am diving into at the moment! good luck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47849 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
