Oliver,
By "adoptability" I assume you mean how easy it is to learn or transfer
existing knowledge to the use of it. That is, how "intuitive" is the system.
How about a controlled study to see how quickly users learn to use it or field
studies with a prototype to see how easily users can adopt
On Jan 11, 2008 9:19 PM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I want to be
> able to set up multi-columned text blocks that flow from one to
> another and have typographic control that you typically find in the
> likes of InDesign.
OmniGraffle doesn't offer this level of control over text l
On Jan 11, 2008, at 8:11 PM, Jorge Arango wrote:
> Have you tried OmniGraffle? It's probably a good fit for your needs.
I know it's great for wireframes, flowcharts, and the like, but does
it have page layout features? I wouldn't expect it to. I want to be
able to set up multi-columned text
Hi,
I am youle, an interaction design student from Umea Institute of Design.
In November 2007, I was seeking for advice in IxDA for my degree project in
Sustainability. During the past years, I always asked myself about the role
of interaction designer in sustainability... and still I wasn't sure
Jack:
On Jan 11, 2008 6:59 PM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Freehand allowed me free reign in
> my typography and page layout and provided all the tools I needed for
> creating vector objects (lines, arrows, rectangles, etc.).
Have you tried OmniGraffle? It's probably a good fit for
Hi All,
I had asked this question a while back and received some interesting
comments - I was wondering if other people had more input?
As a graduate student in Human Computer Interaction, I have been taught
multiple techniques of traditional usability testing e.g. heuristic
evaluations, controll
I've been trying to decide what to do since Adobe acquired and dropped
Freehand. My documentation is typically short enough that InDesign
would be overkill, in features and cost, but there is no way I could
use Word to do what I've been doing. Freehand allowed me free reign in
my typography
Micah,
From a data quality standpoint (and to some degree from a user standpoint)
classifying a phone as home / cell is not the best way since a lot of people
have a cell phone as their home phone.
We concluded calling it phone usage and had the labels Personal and Business
(Work). Each phone cou
Micah,
Why not use one field for phone number instead of 3 if you need only 1?
-
Alok Jain
On Jan 11, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Micah Freedman wrote:
> I've got a form where the user must enter one of their work, home, or
> cell phone number. What's the best way, do we think, to indicate to
> users th
Do you want to really change the way people see the future? Do you have
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The Microsoft Surface creative design team is looking for a Senior Visual
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Do you want to really change the way people see the future? Do you have
exceptional visual design skills and an impeccable sensibility for color,
composition, form and story?
The Microsoft Surface creative design team is looking for a Senior Visual
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On 1/11/08, Shaun Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hope I am not alone in finding at least some level of frustration with
> just about every iteration of ATM interfaces installed from just about any
> financial institution.
Yes, even being somewhat green in some aspects of design, I can tel
Shaun Bergmann wrote:
> I hope I am not alone in finding at least some level of frustration with
> just about every iteration of ATM interfaces installed from just about any
> financial institution.
>
The biggest crime is designing screens with lines connecting labels to
buttons as if people lo
Hi Jeff,
some barely reasoned opinion from an IX programmer..
> For example, I've visited several sites that automatically open a live
> chat
> window if the user has been inactive on a page for over a certain length
> of
> time. To me, this seems like a poor experience for a couple of reasons. I
>>1. If there is going to be some sort of additional surcharge for using
the bank machine, and you need to prompt the user to answer YES or NO to
their submission of $2.00 for the convenience, then do so near the
beginning of the process.
Isn't half the point that you only get charged for withdraw
I've got a form where the user must enter one of their work, home, or
cell phone number. What's the best way, do we think, to indicate to
users that one of these three fields is required?
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Jeff,
May I ask you not do one thing that annoys me very much when I use
live chat of my hosting provider:
When I click on "Live Chat" on the homepage it opens new window and
then resize it as needed. However I use FF and all new windows
(target="_blank") are opened as tabs. So after I click ther
On Jan 11, 2008 1:35 PM, Adrian Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which is actually an urban myth :-)
>
Oh, that's right, I remember now. Bigfoot told me that story. Have to have
words with that boy...
Michael :-)
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On 11 Jan 2008, at 20:29, Michael Micheletti wrote:
[snip]
> Your statement reminds me of something I read (sorry can't remember
> the
> source) about the design of a writing instrument for the US space
> program.
> The astronauts needed to be able to write in zero gravity, upside
> down, in
For me IxD consists of 2 parts -- dynamic (interaction) & static
(visual appearance). So typography deals with visual
appearance/representation & readability (usability of text in some
cases).
However there are so many different disciplines (from cognitive
psychology to graphical design) and princ
I do like Digg.com label - "Are You Human", they used to have "(sorry
we have to check)" next to it which is now dropped.
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On Jan 11, 2008 7:28 AM, Murli Nagasundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am convinced that the Nano as it exists could not have been designed
> in either Japan or the US (or any G-8 nation, for that matter).
> Whether that is a positive or a negative, I don't know yet, but I
> believe it is im
Completely agree about typography being crucial to user experience.
But IxD is a branch of UX design. I was wondering about various
opinions on how typography relates specifically to IxD...
Jeff
On Jan 11, 2008 3:16 PM, Maxim Soloviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What does this thread have to d
In this case I would go with safest choice -- take a look at "big
brothers" registration forms -- Yahoo, Google, Microsoft.
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Very good story, I think! Lot's of lessons to learn :)
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> What does this thread have to do with interaction design?
In my opinion main goal of interaction design is to provide the best
user experience possible.
And typography is one of important components in that case.
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Alexander wrote:
> I recall there was a quite large thread on
> ATMs a while ago in the list.
ATM interaction design
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=15793
// jeff
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Posted from the new ixda.org
http://www.ixda.org/discuss?p
I recall there was a quite large thread on ATMs a while ago in the
list. Not sure if it's been mentioned there, but I think one major
impeding factor is that cash machines (and basically anything that
handles money) has to go through a lot of certification procedures to
prove that it is secure enou
No way! :-)
On Jan 11, 2008 2:47 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You first!
>
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On Jan 10, 2008, at 11:20 PM, Jeff White wrote:
> What does this thread have to do with interaction design?
>
> I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm really interested in what the list
> has to say about this question.
You first!
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I hope I am not alone in finding at least some level of frustration with
just about every iteration of ATM interfaces installed from just about any
financial institution.
What are some of the major changes you'd like to see in them?
I have a few suggestions:
1. If there is going to be some sort o
What about the copy tools like Adobe InCopy and QuarkCopyDesk?
These seem to have better word processing capabilities than their respective
layout tools (InDesign & QuarkXpress)...
Maybe better style control?
On Jan 11, 2008 8:42 AM, Akanowicz Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For writing projec
On Jan 10, Ratan Tata, patriarch of the Tata conglomerate in India
unveiled what is billed as the least expensive car in the world, the
Nano. Not a very original name, but the story behind the car is quite
fascinating. Here is an interview with Ratan Tata about how the
project was initiated and h
Is anyone here aware of any research regarding best practices for
implementing live chat on the web? I'm also interested in hearing
well-reasoned opinions and seeing examples.
For example, I've visited several sites that automatically open a live chat
window if the user has been inactive on a page
One of the problems with monitoring such tools is that there are so many of
them to keep up with, in addition to your daily "life" (away from the
computer...that "real world" thing everyone's talking about).
I'm on Facebook for work reasons, and because someone invited me (my
company's planning to
"click "Add application" immediately (of course, this can only be
harmful if the facebook app will for example display something
undesirable in your profile) ."
OT : Its not the facebook app that is necessarily undesirable. I
removed SuperWall with all its nice features because one or two
people s
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On Jan 11, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Ari Feldman wrote:
> well, all is not lost as you could run SheepShaver, a 68xxx
> emulator. with a
> rom and version of MacOS, it will run lots of old Mac software. i
> had a
> version of it running OS 9 under my last Mac
I have been on the IXDA group for over a year now and I suspect there
are at least two of you who are in the Calgary area. If you are out
there and would like to meet email me off list.
Thanks
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Hi,
A quick search through the archives IxDA discussion list hasn't provided me
with what I was looking for, so here is a question for you.
Do you know something about good IxD online courses/education?
Thank you
Regards,
Darek
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Hi,
Like most of You I'm using Pages - simple, fast and stable.
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On 10 Jan 2008, at 14:38, Michael Tuminello wrote:
> For me, I can't say that it does very much. That's part of the
> reason I'm headed down to interaction 08 - for the agile/uxd workshop.
[snip]
On the subject of conferences...
The Agile 2008 Conference (Toronto, Aug 4-8) this
year has a U
:-)
I wasn't really challenging any of them, and should have replaced 'the
list' with 'folks'.
Jeff
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:10:50, Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There are at least five different conversations in this thread. Which
> ones are you challenging?
>
> 1) Are there any studie
well, all is not lost as you could run SheepShaver, a 68xxx emulator. with a
rom and version of MacOS, it will run lots of old Mac software. i had a
version of it running OS 9 under my last Mac running Tiger.
On Jan 11, 2008 2:30 AM, Jim Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Jan 10, 2008, at 9:
On Jan 10, 2008 8:38 PM, Matt Nolker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'll certainly be interested in the general answer to this question, as I've
> only looked into Facebook in any detail. Starting last July, I was involved
> in project to build and launch a fairly sophisticated (by Facebook "Vamp
Please join us at the next Silicon Valley IxDA meeting, on Wednesday,
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There are at least five different conversations in this thread. Which
ones are you challenging?
1) Are there any studies about why Arial is used for web apps more
than Verdana?
2) Are studies a valid approach to making typographic decisions?
3) Should one space or two follow a period?
4) In wha
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