[IxDA Discuss] Manager, User Experience - Motorola Enterprise Mobility - Holtsville, NY (Long Island)

2008-09-30 Thread David Malouf
[Candidates who do not apply through the method listed at the bottom of this email will not be considered due to lack of detail orientation.] Job Details Company: Motorola Location: US – Holtsville, New York Job Level: Senior Staff Field: Interaction Design Job Functions: Project Management,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] any websites showing design competition andworkshop?

2008-09-30 Thread Harvinder
Sometime next year we are thinking of hosting the interaction design competition on our website. We do not have any format yet but I will love some ideas about how to approach it, what resources will we need on our website, execution, etc. If you have any ideas and will like to send it my way will

[IxDA Discuss] NYC based indesign training?

2008-09-30 Thread Jennifer Bove
Hi all, I am looking for an expert in Adobe InDesign who can come teach an afternoon workshop for interaction designers on tips and tricks for wireframing. Things like... dynamic headers importing from other programs working with layers working with libraries etc If you know anyone who

[IxDA Discuss] JOB:Senior User Interface and Interaction Designer: San Jose: Jessie Stehle (Recruiter): Full Time

2008-09-30 Thread Shannon Caddigan
*Title: Senior User Interface and Interaction Designer* - *Social Networking* *Location: San Jose, CA* *Compensation: 90 to 100K DOE + stock* A leading social networking site with over 12 million registered users and the highest average visit time among all social media web sites is seeking a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A New Browser: Google Chrome

2008-09-30 Thread jviney
Jim, You're right I probably shouldn't have used the term "killer app", but it does stand to reason that Chrome better present a pretty damn good reason to switch. I would wager that most of the folks on this list use multiple browsers either for testing or just because we're geeks like that. We a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Identifying PDF/Word links

2008-09-30 Thread Kim Bieler
These are good points. I always like to know whether I'm about to download something before it happens, which is why I wanted to distinguish between links that go to another site versus links that have a file behind them. Since I don't know whether users have PDF plug-ins to their browsers,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Identifying PDF/Word links

2008-09-30 Thread mauro pinheiro
Kim, you may consider using a 'mouse over' effect, in such a way that the information about the file type and it's size would appears only when the mouse pointer is over the link. This way you would still have the information, but it wouldn't "clutter" the interface. The 'cons' of this solution is

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA D.C. Presents - InterVu: Todd Zaki Warfel's Research Framework

2008-09-30 Thread Will Evans
IxDA D.C. with Motley Fool is proud to announce a new event on Thursday October 23, 2008. With refreshments and kibitzing starting at 630pm. The discussion begins @ 7pm and there will be a social afterwards with details to be sent along. Thanks to Todd and Fool for making this happen! RSVP: http:/

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Identifying PDF/Word links

2008-09-30 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Is the file type and size going to be a decision factor as to which file they download, or is it just informative? What about hiding them until mouseover? I just did a quick CSS experiment using a span inside the to make the file type and size and same as the bg colour, and therefore invisible, t

[IxDA Discuss] Identifying PDF/Word links

2008-09-30 Thread Kim Bieler
I built a site for a client a while back with a lot of links to PDFs, Word docs, etc. At the time, I understood the best practice was to identify the link type and document size in parens after the link: 2007 Strategic Report [256kb PDF] but I'm starting to feel like this junks up th

Re: [IxDA Discuss] on Critique (was G1 Android - case study in inconsistency)

2008-09-30 Thread Jarod Tang
CNet review on G1, http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-dream-t-mobile/4505-6452_7-33283585.html P.S. I wish i works fine with it's battery. Cheers, -- Jarod On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:34 AM, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the discussion on the G1 has now turned into one of critiq

[IxDA Discuss] Switch design tips

2008-09-30 Thread Ney, Mabel
I am looking for a source for UI design tips/guidelines for Swing (Java). I am looking for graphic design-type guidelines, such as font (no anti-aliasing) and image constraints (no complex blends), rather than the more prolific programming tutorials. Can anyone point me to a book or site?

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT} NYC: Second Annual Interaction Design Studio, Thursday, October 16th

2008-09-30 Thread David Malouf
That would be great Christina! You should shoot Pabini an email with the idea. As another opportunity, Liya & Jeanine will be doing this studio as a pre-conf workshop at the IxDA conference this coming February. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [EVENT} NYC: Second Annual Interaction Design Studio, Thursday, October 16th

2008-09-30 Thread Christina Wodtke
Anyone want to do this in the valley (silicon, baby)? LinkedIn happy to host. On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:28 AM, NYC IxDA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SECOND ANNUAL INTERACTION DESIGN STUDIO > > You are invited to join the New York IxDA community for a hands-on, > interactive design studio evening.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Heuristic Evaluation Criteria for Physical Devices

2008-09-30 Thread Gustavo Gawry
You should take a look at the Ergonomic criteria for human-computer interaction from Bastien and Scapin. http://www.inria.fr/rrrt/rt-0156.html On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:24 AM, David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you all who have replied to my post! I'm going to look over the > stuff

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT} NYC: Second Annual Interaction Design Studio, Thursday, October 16th

2008-09-30 Thread NYC IxDA
SECOND ANNUAL INTERACTION DESIGN STUDIO You are invited to join the New York IxDA community for a hands-on, interactive design studio evening. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RSVP: See special instructions below - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Last fall we launched our very first Studio event, which

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A New Browser: Google Chrome

2008-09-30 Thread Kontra
Do they have to completely dismantle Internet Explorer in order to be > successful..? Absolutely. IE has been a cancerous blot on the web for about half a decade, impeding standardization and innovation in browsers. Once enjoying 95% dominance, it's lost nearly a quarter of its user base (much mo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Q: Information overload: how do you keep track?

2008-09-30 Thread J. Scot Angus
Hey Kim - Sometimes I'll manually recreate stuff (or compile stuff from different sources into one file) -- and in doing so learn more about the material itself. Seems far too time consuming, but I'll only do it -- for example -- when I'm staying late at the office to avoid sitting in tra

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Re : Touchscreen interfaces - hype?

2008-09-30 Thread Kontra
> Gestural interfaces aren't so great for: > - heavy data input > While true for text entry for those accustomed to physical keyboards per se, this may be a tad shortsighted in general. Touchscreens (or any other design component, for that matter) don't live in a vacuum. It's better to refer to t