[IxDA Discuss] JOB :: IA :: NYC :: UX-focused recruiter (JWG) :: Fulltime

2008-05-16 Thread Joanne Weaver
Hey party people. Got a new gig in for ya..nice opportunity for a mid/senior IA (5 years experience) to be a big fish in a growing pond and serve as the Founding Mother/Father of this co's official UX practice as called by name; the Product folks already do quite a bit of high-level UX work, fyi.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] seo and usability

2008-05-16 Thread AJKock
I agree that the guideline could be expressed more clearly and that there's no obvious answer to the how much longer question, yet. It's perfect example of how marketing can interfere with clarity. I understood what you meant, but it was open for interpretation if you didn't understood the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] adding the twitter badge to the IxDA site?

2008-05-16 Thread AJKock
Thanks Dave for the lengthy explanations. I think I understand the benefits of the tool, but it won't ever become my main source of communication. I am trying to cut out noice. :) Welcome to the Interaction Design Association

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Gorgeous Mobile UI eye-candy

2008-05-16 Thread Leah
These folks do some pretty good looking stuff: http://www.tat.se/conceptlab/ And here are some fun mobile concept videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tXSEtJnPh0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FS2TiK3AI http://www.vodafone.com/flash/future/application/index.html

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why isn't voice-based UI mainstream?

2008-05-16 Thread Sachendra Yadav
I think Voice UI will not become primary mode of interaction in the near future for obvious reasons. It'll be used mostly when Visual UI is difficult to use i.e while driving a car, taking care of babies, performing surgical procedure etc Sachendra Yadav http://sachendra.wordpress.com

[IxDA Discuss] Use cases and user scenarios

2008-05-16 Thread Sachendra Yadav
Is there a concrete distinction between use cases and user scenarios? -- Sachendra Yadav sachendra.wordpress.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Use cases and user scenarios

2008-05-16 Thread Celeste 'seele' Paul
On Friday 16 May 2008 03:31:16 Sachendra Yadav wrote: Is there a concrete distinction between use cases and user scenarios? A use case is a description of how a user might use an application to complete a specific task and can vary in the application-specific detail from simple pseudo-code

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Use cases and user scenarios

2008-05-16 Thread Chauncey Wilson
As a side note, there are many varieties of use cases and scenarios with some of the types overlapping more than others. Here are some of the types of scenarios that are described in the literature. They vary in several dimensions including level of detail, forcus on person versus technology or

Re: [IxDA Discuss] seo and usability

2008-05-16 Thread marianne
Oddly enough, I have just gone through this at work where I am the dreaded seo specialists. It is unfortunate that search engine technology affords maximum relevance weight to the browser title and that this value has been chosen over the title displayed on the page to appear in the search results

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Use cases and user scenarios

2008-05-16 Thread Dann Nebbe
A use case typically includes information about how systems interact with each other as well as how the person using the system interacts with the system. For example, a use case might include information about when the application interacts with a database or another application. User scenarios

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Visual indication of a partially selected group

2008-05-16 Thread Rakitin Karamazov
I've seen some software use a color to fill in the checkbox for state two. The fill color is the same as the color of the check that is present in state one. Turning the checkbox gray makes it seem unavailable -or at least un-interactable- which is not the message you are trying to send. . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Gorgeous Mobile UI eye-candy

2008-05-16 Thread Milan Guenther
I can't resist to plug (: Here are the results of a mobile interface design course at our university in coop with the uex folks from lg mobile: http://flickr.com/photos/fh-duesseldorf/collections/72157603894123604/ Since our focus is on graphic design, maybe you can find some inspiration there,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IRC for IXDA?

2008-05-16 Thread Dante Murphy
I joined...hope to see some others participating. Dante Murphy | Director of User Experience| D I G I T A S H E A L T H 229 South 18th Street | Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA 19103 | USA Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.digitashealth.com -Original Message-

[IxDA Discuss] JOB::Interaction Designer, NYC, TMP Worldwide, Full Time

2008-05-16 Thread Angela Azzolino
TMP Worldwide Advertising Communications, LLC (www.tmp.com..:..:Kate%20Leeson:Local%20Settings:Temporary%20Internet%20Files:2007%20Releases%20(Drafts):www.tmp.com) is North America's largest independent recruitment advertising agency and the only recruitment advertising agency recognized among

[IxDA Discuss] Ideas Worth Stealing [Plug]

2008-05-16 Thread Will Evans
I just wanted to point out Robert H's blog - and specifically his article about reinventing the About Us section of a corporate site. Check it out here: http://rhjr.net/theblog/2008/04/14/reinventing_about_us/ -- ~ will Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Visual indication of a partially selected group

2008-05-16 Thread Mark Pawson
We are working on this same issue right now in our desktop app and we are using the small green filled square inside the checkbox for case # 2. I have seen this used a lot in Windows to the point that I have just assumed it is a standard. I will admit the first time I saw it during a Visual Studio

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Omnigraffle IA stencils

2008-05-16 Thread Jeff Gimzek
i think http://www.graffletopia.com is the only one you need. OG rules. you'll wonder why it tool you so long. jd On May 16, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Will Evans wrote: Hi all, For once - a non-snarky Will post. As of this week, I have made the complete switch to Mac - and after installing

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Omnigraffle IA stencils

2008-05-16 Thread Jeff Gimzek
took. took you so long. when is spellcheck going to be more contextual ? On May 16, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Jeff Gimzek wrote: i think http://www.graffletopia.com is the only one you need. OG rules. you'll wonder why it tool you so long. jd On May 16, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Will Evans wrote:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ideas Worth Stealing [Plug]

2008-05-16 Thread Jeff Howard
Recognizing the actual channels of communication is important, but I'd say that the argument would be better applied to the Contact Us section than the About Us section. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

[IxDA Discuss] Hand Writing in Web Design

2008-05-16 Thread Harvinder
There was recently an article in a magazine and I am not sure which one was it out of Inc, Entrepreneur or Fast Company where they were talking about increasing role of hand written design. Has anybody read that? What do you guys think of hand written design as a part of web design. Are there any

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Omnigraffle IA stencils

2008-05-16 Thread Tim Ostler
Graffletopia certainly, but also the good people at the Yahoo Design Pattern Library have now released an excellent co-ordinated set of UI stencils (Visio Photoshop and Illustrator too). http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/ At the IA Summit I and all the people in the UI Patterns workshop were

[IxDA Discuss] User manual workflow documentation?

2008-05-16 Thread Gavin Burke
Not sure if this is totally relevant to the list, but I would like some advice on writing a software user manual. The software we have developed is comparatively easy, but I still need to document some of the basic work flows. Rather than typing next, click and hold the button and drag to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Use cases and user scenarios

2008-05-16 Thread Pankaj Chawla
On 5/16/08, Sachendra Yadav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a concrete distinction between use cases and user scenarios? Here is my take on answering your question: First the similarities: Both are functional analysis tools and help to drill down on the behaviour of a system vis-a-vis another