Re: [IxDA Discuss] Corners, edges and multiple monitors

2008-04-24 Thread Andrei Herasimchuk
On Apr 24, 2008, at 9:28 PM, Troy Gardner wrote: > I have 4 x 24" monitors (~4x4' of monitors), when an application is > spanned across multipleputting things at the borders makes for > tons of unecessary mouse movement. So I've really come to like > contextual hovers or right clicks. I'm so

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Corners, edges and multiple monitors

2008-04-24 Thread Troy Gardner
I have 4 x 24" monitors (~4x4' of monitors), when an application is spanned across multipleputting things at the borders makes for tons of unecessary mouse movement. So I've really come to like contextual hovers or right clicks. http://intrio.com/blog/2008/01/21/a-great-deal-1920x1600-24-monit

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Language metaphor for UE disciplines

2008-04-24 Thread Troy Gardner
My take Information and Content are the nouns, IA is the grammar, IxD are the verbs, Graphic Design are the adjectives, Your application is the poem Experience Architects are the poets Welcome to the Interaction Design Associatio

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Color gradients that don't carry a qualitative bias?

2008-04-24 Thread Troy Gardner
Can you use grayscale, alpha or motion, or volume to convey the information better? > I'm looking for a color gradient to visually denote a variable but without > the overloading of a 'good/bad' measure to it. Welcome to the Intera

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Placement of username and password on homepage

2008-04-24 Thread Daniel Szuc
Hi Kinjal: "Top right" is a common design pattern and expect users will look for it here. However, suggest that the "login component" can have a particular look & feel that makes it easier to differentiate from other page components (independent of the location) Also see: http://www.welie

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Printing Axure flows

2008-04-24 Thread Eugene Kim
> However, now that I am running Axure RP Pro 5.0 Beta, > that problem no longer occurs Perhaps they fixed > it with this new version? Hmm, I just upgraded to version 5 and I'm still getting the same thing. But maybe there's a difference between that and the beta? . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] Placement of username and password on homepage

2008-04-24 Thread Kinjal
I am working on a web app and was looking if there is any research/guidelines on placement of username and password on the homepage. Yahoo mail and Gmail places username and password to the right, facebook to the left of the screen. Does it matter where its placed. I quickly googled and couldn't

[IxDA Discuss] Design and Design Research Book: "Design Research Now"

2008-04-24 Thread Chauncey Wilson
New Book on Design and Design Research. Michel, R. (Ed.) (2007). Design research now: Essays and selected projects. Basel: Birkhauser. There has been a lot of debate on this forum about the meaning of design, design thinking, and design research. The book referenced above has a set of essays that

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Printing Axure flows

2008-04-24 Thread Shaun Bergmann
I've had issues with the same problem. Axure exports the HTML based flowchart with the wireframes which your partners/clients open in their browser. Printing from that browser window or even from Axure would produce exactly what you show in the image. Messy black boxes. However, now that I am ru

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Printing Axure flows

2008-04-24 Thread Eugene Kim
> You can do this same sort of thing in Visio, and make > an interactive PDF. You may want to investigate that > option. Here's a B&A article that talks about this > subject: http://boxesandarrows.com/view/pdf-prototypes > I guess I was hoping to eliminate the need for multiple apps and

[IxDA Discuss] Animotion Sickness?

2008-04-24 Thread Rob Nero
(no, that isn't a typo) Has anyone encountered motion sickness on a website or webapp that animates the interaction too much? I am in the middle of designing a new navigational paradigm for enterprise webapps that would heavily use the scriptaculous animation framework. The idea is that each cli

[IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Do you ask for Functions or Scenarios?

2008-04-24 Thread Pieter Jansegers
Tell them how you want your program to behave in doing dealing with stuff. The interface is the program to the users, all the functions behind don't matter in their eyes. And the best interface is a plain simple one. In my opinion, only 5% of users do need more than the basics and those were qui

[IxDA Discuss] [plug] Interaction Design Class in NYC

2008-04-24 Thread David Malouf
Interaction Design for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) Expert interaction designer David Malouf is back this year with a revised and improved seminar and studio course exploring some of the most important issues surrounding the web's most sophisticated applications. WHEN: Eight Wednesday eveni

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Printing Axure flows

2008-04-24 Thread Fred Beecher
On 4/24/08, Eugene Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Question for Axure users: > > Is there a way to print out user flows from the prototype output without it > messing up? Here's an example of how it turns out: Eugene, Open the flow page in Axure, then go to the Wireframe menu and select "Exp

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Awesome Bar

2008-04-24 Thread Will Evans
Speaking of which - has anyone else noticed that 3.0.5 breaks for iGoogle? On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Fred Beecher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Will Firefox 3's new 'Awesome Bar' (eeugh) [1] change the way we navigate > > on

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Awesome Bar

2008-04-24 Thread Fred Beecher
On 4/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Will Firefox 3's new 'Awesome Bar' (eeugh) [1] change the way we navigate > online, enhancing search within the browser? I didn't notice it as being anything different than FF2 until I read the "What's New" page on Mozilla' s FF site. A

[IxDA Discuss] Printing Axure flows

2008-04-24 Thread Eugene Kim
Question for Axure users: Is there a way to print out user flows from the prototype output without it messing up? Here's an example of how it turns out: http://stang99.w1.com/ixd/img/axure_printout.gif I'm not sure if this is the correct use of Axure, but I like to create flows and link the o

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Awesome Bar

2008-04-24 Thread Will Evans
In a nutshell. No. I have been using FF3 for about 2 months now and my feeling is that it does not cut cognitive load or increase findability. In fact - I hardly notice it. On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:33 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will Firefox 3's new 'Awesome Bar' (eeugh) [1] change the way

[IxDA Discuss] Awesome Bar

2008-04-24 Thread john
Will Firefox 3's new 'Awesome Bar' (eeugh) [1] change the way we navigate online, enhancing search within the browser? Biggest beef I have with it is that it requires you to cache your history continuously which isn't great if you are at all concerned about privacy [2]. Is it appreciably differ

[IxDA Discuss] EVENT: Bristol (UK) usability group - next meeting Wednesday 7th May

2008-04-24 Thread Joe Leech
The Bristol Usability Group (BUG) is a friendly network of UX professionals, managers and academics based in the South West of the UK.. Next meeting is Wednesday May 7th and is at a different location - E3's offices at Paintworks on Bath Road. Theme: Resolving conflict between brand design vs. usa

[IxDA Discuss] HCI / Interaction Design- The difference?

2008-04-24 Thread Archana Rao
Hiya ! First of- a heads up on my background: I am from India.I have graduated with a degree in engineering- compScience. I work as a QA engineer for the UI component of the Virtual Center at VMware .I am a very creative person with great analytical skills.I have decided to pursue a career in Int

[IxDA Discuss] Job: Interaction Designer - Yahoo! Santa Clara, CA (SF Bay Area); Full-time

2008-04-24 Thread Josephine Soriano
Web UI Designer - Yahoo! Research Santa Clara, CA Full-Time The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news,

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: User Interface Designer - Boston - Full Time

2008-04-24 Thread Will Evans
Posted on behalf of Chris McFarlane, IA @ AIR. Company: AIR Worldwide Job Title: User Interface Designer Description: AIR (Applied Insurance Research) Worldwide is a leading provider of catastrophic risk analysis software. AIR Worldwide's Software Research and Development group is seeking a user i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Do you ask for Functions or Scenarios?

2008-04-24 Thread AJKock
The reason why I thought scenarios might assist programmers (on top of the feature list) is that scenarios might help programmers understand how the user will use the program. If they understand that users will need access to point A,B,F,G on a particular page and that they need to send it all via