Re: [IxDA Discuss] Open format between Visio and Omnigraffle?

2008-05-20 Thread Lain
Hello, Guys! I don't know about Mac.. but Visio... it really old programm. Try To Use Axure RP Pro 5 - it's really better. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29191

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for upcoming UX conferences in North America and Europe

2008-05-20 Thread Carol Smith
The Many Faces of User Experience: Usability through holistic practice Conference June 16-20th in Baltimore, MD, USA. http://upa2008.org/ This is the Usability Professionals' Association International Conference. We're expecting 700+ attendees with tracks on: Managing User Experience;

[IxDA Discuss] Reminder: Queens of Content presentation in SF - May 20

2008-05-20 Thread Peter Merholz
[excuse the cross-posting] Just a reminder that tomorrow Adaptive Path is hosting the Queens of Content for a two-fer presentation at our offices at 363 Brannan. Details here (and please use Upcoming to let us know if you're coming!) http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/668376 We start with

[IxDA Discuss] shape libraries for axure

2008-05-20 Thread Alinta Thornton
Can anyone point me to shape libraries for Axure? The drawing tools are so limited. Or possibly, a way to import shapes from Visio? Alinta Thornton User Experience Lead Independent Digital Media Welcome to the Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Resources for new usability managers

2008-05-20 Thread Daniel Szuc
Hi Elise: Sarah Bloomer has some training talking to this specifically User Experience Strategy, Vision and Teams,Building and Managing a Successful User Experience Team and Creating a UX Vision and Strategy See: www.sarahbloomer.com Can also check out materials from -

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Shopping Cart Examples

2008-05-20 Thread Jeff Gimzek
I like the bananarepublic.com one. the one thing that drives me nuts about it is that initial interaction makes it seem like it is a drawer that opens and closes, but when you click to re-open it, you leave the page. I did an improvement on that experience for an amex site: see

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Branding / Identity awareness: examples of testing change?

2008-05-20 Thread Alexander Baxevanis
That's more of a general branding issue that I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer. But I've seen lots of cases online where some organisation changed their identity or, more frequently, got bought by some other company. Usually this is accompanied by a lot of publicity, so there's almost always

[IxDA Discuss] Asking questions to participants in a positive or negative way ?

2008-05-20 Thread chiwah liu
Hello, If I want to do a survey to participant about, for example, usability of a product. Is it better to formulate questions in a positive way ? Is this product is easy to use ? or rather in a negative way Did you experience difficulties using this product ? Or maybe I should ask them both,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Asking questions to participants in a positive or negative way ?

2008-05-20 Thread Alexander Baxevanis
More importantly, the question you that should always be asked if you want to get any insights that will help you improve your product is WHY they think your product is (un)usable. On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Steve Baty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chiwah, It's preferable to ask the question

Re: [IxDA Discuss] shape libraries for axure

2008-05-20 Thread Fred Beecher
On 5/19/08, Alinta Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone point me to shape libraries for Axure? The drawing tools are so limited. What shapes are you looking for? While there are no libraries out there that I know of, Axure does allow you to make custom widgets. What you do is create

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Omnigraffle IA stencils

2008-05-20 Thread Vishal Iyer
I just upgraded to v5. Did they just take off the GUI stencils from the default list? Why?? -- -Vishal http://www.vishaliyer.com On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Itamar Medeiros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd Zazelenchuk (Intuit) and Elizabeth Boling (Indiana University) created Omnigraffle

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Omnigraffle IA stencils

2008-05-20 Thread Tim Ostler
The stencils have all been reorganised but they are all still there. You can now also set Favorites. If there are any stencils you added to the old version you can easily re-import them. On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Vishal Iyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded to v5. Did they just

Re: [IxDA Discuss] getting into a master's program when you havepoorundergraduate grades?

2008-05-20 Thread Barford, Patricia
Hi again Michael, Mike Z makes some great points in his post and reminded me that in fact I was accepted on a conditional basis. Mike also makes suggests getting in touch with people in the department. Great idea. Get someone on your side. They may not be able to get you in, but it always

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Asking questions to participants in a positive or negative way ?

2008-05-20 Thread Christine Neidley
Just a quick note: Your hypothesis sounds great. With Likert scales (even if they're using words instead of numbers to rate the participants response) try to use an even number of options. Four is nice. With four options, your participant must to decide between the two poles, but still has room to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Asking questions to participants in a positive or negative way ?

2008-05-20 Thread mark schraad
What you are prosing is called semantic differential. Think very carefully about the terms you use... it it not as simple as you might think. getting those terms right is the single hardest part of this technique and has the potential to radically skew your results. There is quite a bit of

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Director of User Experience at NavigationArts in Washington D.C. Metro

2008-05-20 Thread Natalie Buda
NavigationArts, a fast growing Washington D.C. metro Internet services company, is seeking qualified candidates for the full-time position as the Director of User Experience. NavigationArts provides professional services to help clients solve complex business problems with Web technologies

Re: [IxDA Discuss] getting into a master's program when youhavepoorundergraduate grades?

2008-05-20 Thread Caroline Jarrett
Hi all Don't know if this would fly in the US, but here's a suggestion: try the Open University. This is the UK's distance learning university. It consistently gets the highest ratings for student satisfaction of all UK universities, and it also has a high reputation academically. The point

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for upcoming UX conferences in North America and Europe

2008-05-20 Thread Jorge Arango
Hi Shahriar, On May 19, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Shahriar Widjaja wrote: I'm looking to go a UX-theme conferences, something similar to IA summit 2008 and Future of Web App 2008. The IDEA Conference October 7-8, Chicago IL http://ideaconference.org/ Cheers, ~ Jorge

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Resources for new usability managers

2008-05-20 Thread Chauncey Wilson
Hello Elise, Around 2001, Jon Innes and I had a session at UPA on Managing a Usability Team. We brainstormed a list of problems faced by managers and then used the fishbone diagram method to elaborate on the causes of those problems which included things like being too successful without enough

[IxDA Discuss] Usage Of Print Friendly Functionality

2008-05-20 Thread Bob Sampson
Does anyone have a link to any good RD on the usage of a Print Friendly link on a website. If it's used at all, if 1% of people click on it, etc. There's a discussion on the guidelines of it's usage... http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=28529 ...but no discussion on IF it's actually used.

[IxDA Discuss] iXda badge

2008-05-20 Thread Jeff Gimzek
didnt someone make some iXda badges to put up on one's site to link to iXda.org ? If not, I am going to do some, so speak up if you can save me 20 minutes ! jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iXda badge

2008-05-20 Thread Luke Wroblewski
http://www.lukew.com/ff/img/member_ixda.gif On May 20, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Jeff Gimzek wrote: didnt someone make some iXda badges to put up on one's site to link to iXda.org ? If not, I am going to do some, so speak up if you can save me 20 minutes ! jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek |

Re: [IxDA Discuss] iXda badge

2008-05-20 Thread Jeff Gimzek
thanks man ! can we post this on the iXda site someplace for other peeps to snag ? jd On May 20, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Luke Wroblewski wrote: http://www.lukew.com/ff/img/member_ixda.gif On May 20, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Jeff Gimzek wrote: didnt someone make some iXda badges to put up on one's

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usage Of Print Friendly Functionality

2008-05-20 Thread Christine Boese
I use it on every single site that gives me information of value that I wish to save, or read on the subway, or in the bathtub. I do a lot of research online, so that means I use it a lot. I hate killing the trees, but I am ALWAYS printing. And it makes me absolutely SCREAM when I encounter pages

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Resources for new usability managers

2008-05-20 Thread Margaret Hanley
Hi Elise, I am the list moderator of the UX Management list, hosted by the IA Institute. The list is free to join and our recent conversations have focused on questions to ask in an interview, salary surveys and how to structure your team.

[IxDA Discuss] Content inventory link ID numbering conventions

2008-05-20 Thread Elizabeth Parham
Hello! Not a very exciting query I'm afraid, but I'm hoping you can all help me clear up a little debate we've been having all day. * When doing a content inventory, is there a correct (standard) way to number the sections starting from the home page?* According to most sources [1] it appears to