[IxDA Discuss] Intranets: Portal and Portlets or Dashboards
I've been tasked with developing the requirements and UX for an Intranet. The IT folks are talking about a portal model with the multitude of legacy applications fully integrated as portlets. I think that a personalized dashboards with single sign-on and links to apps is OK with info feeds to the dashboard as appropriate. My fear is that the portlet approach is too complex to successfully design and implement. This sounds like the type of project destined to fail. I was wondering if anyone has evidence-based POVs on Portals vs. Dashboards from a UX / Usability / Project success viewpoint. 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] Are We The Puppet Masters? The Ethics of IxD.
One ethical consideration I run into often is a client wanting the marketing email option defaulted to "opt-in". Typically these options are buried at the bottom of the page, below the fold and buried in fine print. I always push for either "opt-out" as the default, or no default value at all. Jon Karpoff Senior Partner Director User Experience Office: 1-212-237-5516 Cell: 1-914-419-4151 Email: jon.karp...@ogilvy.com We few, we happy few 636 11th Ave, New York, NY 10036. Brad Nunnally To Sent by: Jared Spool discuss-boun...@l cc ists.interactiond "disc...@ixda.org" esigners.com Subject Re: [IxDA Discuss] Are We The 07/29/09 11:02 AM Puppet Masters? The Ethics of IxD. Hi Jared, Sorry for my lack if responses, currently adjusting to my new life as a father and learning how to manage my time. I gave been following, just not able to respond as much as I wish. I don't see any moral issues when it comes to influencing a persons behavior. Simple because at the end of the day the person can always choose to do something different. It is when we as designers take that choice away I see an issue. The real debate defing the line that seperates influence and control and what types of influence seem to push the envelope on "right" or "wrong". Dave recent comment on HOW we influence is very interesting and one that I want to explore more. This message has been brought to you via my iPhone. On Jul 28, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Jared Spool wrote: > > On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Dan Lockton wrote: > >> it's a great debate > > If only I understood what we were debating. > > It's disappointing when an author posts his article for discussion > then doesn't participate in said discussion. Maybe we should debate > how that is "wrong"? > > Jared > > 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 Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to email or messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the sender's company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. For more information on WPP's business ethical standards and corporate responsibility policies, please refer to WPP's website at http://www.wpp.com/WPP/About/ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation
I'd say use buttons if it something you WANT the User to do vs. links for things Users CAN do. Also there should be primary and secondary level buttons with only one primary button per functional area - the acion you REALLY want the User to chose... The "SUBMIT ORDER" comes to mind. Jon Karpoff Senior Partner Director User Experience Office: 1-212-237-5516 Cell: 1-914-419-4151 Email: jon.karp...@ogilvy.com We few, we happy few 636 11th Ave, New York, NY 10036. Shivan Kannan To Sent by: disc...@ixda.org discuss-boun...@l cc ists.interactiond esigners.com Subject Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation 07/29/09 10:55 AM Hi If you see gmail interface, they have a 'Back to Inbox' text link unlike its adjacent buttons. This is to make the back more prominent for the user and also that it is in blue underlined (a convention for links). You can use the button if that is the only button in that row or column, or you could use the blue underlined link as gmail has. The point is to show the difference in appearance thereby making it stand out from the other trigers (links). The reason others suggested you to change the link to a button may be because you already have several similar looking links within the article. Hence to make the 'BACK' look different from them, button is advisable. >From a functionality point of view, link or button doesn't matter much. From a usability point of view, a button will definitely stand out from a number of links on the same page. -- Shivan Kannan %u2605 uidude.com %u2605 uidude.wordpress.com %u2605 twit...@uidude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44185 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 Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to email or messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the sender's company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. For more information on WPP's business ethical standards and corporate responsibility policies, please refer to WPP's website at http://www.wpp.com/WPP/About/ 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] Do grid systems also apply to application interfaces?
We use grid-based layouts for apps. First, a lot of financial apps need to display tabular data. Second, grids help with consistent layout for forms. If you have multiple functional areas on a single screen use the 'modulus' concept from the Swiss Style of design. That is, divide your screen into a grid of small cells that represent the finest granularity of real estate assignment you need. Then create your functional 'zones' using a muliplier of cell height and width (cell spanning). Continue to use the grid for layout within each zone. This will give you a logical and extensible layout. This will work for content, displays (charts, graphs, et al.), controls and form fields as long as all objects are sized as a multiple of the modulus. Obviously the size of the modulus must be chosen with care since you can't have fractional dimensions of the modulus - the modulus represents the finest resolution of object size. The overall usable screen dimensions must also be a multiple of the modulusAttached is an example using a 5 pixel square modulus. A 1024 x 768 pixel screen can be divided into a grid of 256 x 192 cells using a modulus of 4 pixels square. In this case the finest resolution for positioning is 4 pixels.(See attached file: Swiss Style.png) Jon Karpoff Senior Partner Director User Experience Office: 1-212-237-5516 Cell: 1-914-419-4151 Email: jon.karp...@ogilvy.com We few, we happy few 636 11th Ave, New York, NY 10036. Jennifer R Vignone Rein Groot , Sent by: "disc...@ixda.org" discuss-boun...@l ists.interactiond cc esigners.com Subject Re: [IxDA Discuss] Do grid systems 07/29/09 10:30 AM also apply to application interfaces? I design financial applications for trading and trade analysis. I have always used grids to base my design in. They provide stability to the design and make the design repeatable so that once created and applied as needed across the main screens, panels, widgets, etc., it can be replicated as the application evolves/expands. It cuts down on the back and forth between me and the developers to fine tune the design, because they have a grid and patterns to follow (down to the pixel). It also makes rapid development, where sometimes elements are implemented very quickly (and occasionally without the benefit of the designer -- ;) ) still adhere to some notion of the required design parameters. Jennifer === -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Rein Groot Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:06 PM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Do grid systems also apply to application interfaces? Hi All, I'm very interested in hearing your opinion/experience on the followig: For content sites a grid system can be used to give the page a clean and consistent layout. Do grid systems also work/exist for application interfaces? My own opinion: I think this does not work since application interfaces are not very likely to be layed out in columns, but rather in functional spaces. Hope to hear from you. 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. __
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Whats in a name, my fellow Usability Experience Specialists?
Times are indeed changing, and in many practices the IA is now responsible for much more than taxonomies and functional wireframes. We see more cross discipline design work. There is also a growing trend towards using some form of Agile for development. The IA becomes responsible for representing the end-to-end experience as both the voice of the user and the owner. In this less documented more Socratic method of application development with the addition of the expanding experiential palette, the term IA doesn't begin to cover the actual role. We also have seen a shift in the UCD community towards a recognition of the importance of emotional engagement and aesthetics in the design of web experiences. I think User Experience Designer is a term that encompasses the expanding role of IAs, the broadening view of UCD and moves us back towards Wurman's vision that IA is a creative design discipline that makes complex information and rich systems easy to understand and use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37257 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
