Chris Dame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I saw that US News recently ran an article on the "Best Careers of 2008"
> This seems like a great sign that we are nearing the tipping point, along
> with all of the good and bad things that come along with it.
>
> Personally, I was excited to see it and r
> "i'm not sure why the current batch of
> accessibility software (screen readers being
> the most common) are so far behind today's
> browsers. maybe there's a legitimate reason
> that i don't know about but from what
> i've seen they're just way behind."
Very true, Matt. I think it's mostly abo
For many years we stayed away from the design part -- now see both as
very intertwined - user research, wireframe, usability test, repeat ...
Usability results can be harder to communicate without a design to
talk to. Talking to the design or leading up to communicating the
design around the
Unfortunately, I knew several such leaders in the network engineering and
tech support fields, but can't recall any in web design/development (caveat:
I haven't worked in an agency or big SW shop like SAP/IBM/MS, so can only
speak for my enterprise and startup experience).
On the other hand, I hav
Thanks for sharing, Chris...very nice to see "our name in lights" even if
it's only the script-writers getting the credit. At least it's a start =].
I agree with your misgivings about the article, and can only think that our
profession is evolving such that another few years from now will see the
>"Science has a while before osmosis becomes >a viable business
practice."
Yep! I think your reservations about this article tie together some
things others here have said in a different thread (or threads) in
the last few days, Chris. Mark Schraad lamented the occasional
disadvantages of compro
Yup.
Twitter would have been a great tool growing up and filled the gap
just after Summer Camp in Australia where we all wanted to keep in
more contact as we waited another year for Summer Camp to start
again. We used to use the phone more to chat and meeting up at
people's houses for vide
My only bone to pick with them, well - one bone to pick is the use of
"specialist" which in a narrow sense is a very specific title for
people in our field with 1-3 years of expertise - or in the pejorative
sense means someone who can 'only' do usabilty or UX. Specialization
is for ants. Th
I saw that US News recently ran an article on the "Best Careers of 2008"
(http://www.usnews.com/features/business/best-careers/best-careers-2008.html),
and a new addition this year is "Usability/User Experience Specialist",
which arguably we are. This seems like a great sign that we are nearing
the
In the final analysis, there is no perfect objective test that's automatic.
Ther are too many variables, including doctypes, and many of the accessibility
criteria can only be assessed by the subjective human mind.
That said, I use and appreciate http://www.cynthiasays.com/ after checking for
> Someone as knowledgeable on the subject as yourself could do the world
> some good by refuting the list that started this conversation, or at least
> debating the merits of eye tracking.
>
>
Eye-tracking provides unique methods to assess the impact of digital media
i.e., advertisements and web pa
My path:
film/video studies (undergraduate), low-level film/video production jobs ==>
master's program in communication arts specializing in telecom policy but
including more video and film stuff, as well as programming (Pascal),
general interest in shaping new communications technologies ==>
tea
Jeff: "Is it harder to sell simplicity if it truly is the best
solution?"
Mark Twain once received this telegram from a publisher:
NEED 2-PAGE SHORT STORY TWO DAYS.
He responded:
NO CAN DO 2 PAGES TWO DAYS. CAN DO 30 PAGES 2 DAYS. NEED 30 DAYS TO
DO 2 PAGES.
There within lies 'the sell'. The
Jim said:
> Go back even further. I heartily recommend a
> study of heraldry %u2014 coats of arms. Layering
> of colors, readability at a distance,
> points of difference%u2026 there's a lot of good
> basics there that have been around for
> 1000 years.
Agreed! In a different context, look even f
Pauric: "I would restate the issue you describe as too much design
effort on creating delight, part of the 'essential' granted but, at
the cost of defining the core goals. This results in feature creep in
my view (and gmail is well down that road now)."
My thinking exactly, Pauric!
I also very mu
Agreed. There will -always- be compromise, even in the most ideal
situations. Unless your project has a single stakeholder, then there
will be compromise to please all parties. Compromise doesn't mean
"bad" though, and sometimes compromises can actually lead to better
solutions, ones that a sing
Hi,
I am web master trying to provide accessibility to our corporate
website. I checked our site with http://508ita.com and it gave me a
very comprehensive report. I would like to know if there are any
similar free products available.
o2ateam
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Mark Schraad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What IS frustrating within the corporate environment is that so often
> compromise is the outcome.
We may have different perspectives on compromise, Mark. The best I would expect
from a product development effort would be a compromise; a delicate balan
This is a great thread! One for the archives for sure.
My path to IxD started when I was a kid and we got our first C64 I
suppose. I immediately took to programming, and when we got an Appl
IIe with Logo on it graphics became my main interest.
>From there I got more and more into computers and
That's a fantastic idea actually... taking the common practice of
progressive enhancement a step further, so that the "enhancements"
aren't just about making things prettier/fun/fluid, but also about
making things work better for different groups of people. this seems
like a really great approach,
Jeff:" it seems to me there are a lot of people actively working in a
manner that pulls us away from accessible design, which has many
benefits for all of us. For the most part, I think it's because they
don't understand it""This is a choice Google made, and it's
their choice to make, and as a
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