have any of you guys tested IE8?
I've been playing with it lately among the latest builds of Safari and
Chrome and got to say that I am impressed on how far they have got from
IE7... with that said I've found that there would be some work to be done to
get to into a Standards world, but with all t
> So why the backlash?
Because there's more to design than just the user.
> It feels like a backlash against love songs, sandwiches or democracy.
There are horrible love songs, revolting sandwiches and atrocities committed
in the name of democracy.
--
Kontra
http://counternotions.com
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> But by that logic, even though Firefox and Opera and Safari have obtained
> significant pieces of the market, they are not "successful" either, because
> IE is still around and prominent.
In case it wasn't obvious, the point is to "dismantle Internet Explorer" (as
you put it) not to get rid of
Brett said >> In my personal opinion, I don't see developers having
the savvy interpersonal passion to link hearts with clients to see
their (the client's) vision come to pass.
Where I work the Agile teams are not in practice working with
customers. The prod manager shows a mid-stream version
Will,
A little "collateral damage" during that hunting trip would be beneficial to
everyone using these distortions.
I'd ask that Cheney also take Paulson along on the trip. The propaganda
tactics continued this week with threats of imminent unmitigated financial
ruin and martial law unless $700
They know about Alan Cooper and Inmates. I've given persona training to
prod managers at the company so they believe there is something there. This
tells me that people without sensitivity towards design will doom design.
Alan Cooper's hardline sentiment is right, there is a war in a sense betwee
> Capture & define the user's _workflow_
>
> 'Prove' you're an interaction designer by _understanding your
> audience_ (external and internal). Differentiate yourself from the
> role of developer by advocating 'solutions' over 'features'.
>
Those are caricatures: none of this stuff is beyond the a
congrats david -
a very good friend of mine from graduate school teaches there in the
graphic design program - joseph digioia - also originally from the
NYC area. he loves it!
say hi when you get there and good luck.
erin
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I think the problem is that UCD means whatever people want it to mean.
And that's often, "You're not doing things the way I think they should
be done, so you're not doing UCD."
Personally, my argument is that we've never been able to define it
with any rigor and, therefore, it quickly becom
Lately a lot of senior folks seem to be railing on user-centered design.
Now, I thought UCD was the idea of putting the users in the center of the
design choices. To do that, you can do it with a bunch of methodologies, or
visit the users in their native habitat then keep them in mind later, or
inv
On Sep 30, 2008, at 1:28 AM, Kontra wrote:
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'
Do you want to remain at this company?
Another approach might be to start your own business and ask them to
hire your new company to handle their overall deign strategy. If you
want to start you own business this might help you get started.
Andreas
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Thanks, Andrei, for the wonderful list, and to others for the great
additions: ! Here are a few suggestions; IMHO, an in-depth understanding of
color and typography is critical to information design in any medium:
Joseph Albers: The Interaction Of Color
http://www.amazon.com/Interaction-Color-Expa
Speak to an attorney - employment law varies by state, and a lawyer can give
you the best advice about how to proceed. Keep in mind that quitting vs.
getting laid off because your position is no longer viable can mean the
difference between getting severance, unemployment, maybe paid benefits for
a
Norman: "Advice on how I might "prove" that interaction design and
developer is not the same role if this ever gets to court."
Norman,
whatever the outcome, be prepared for a blessing in disguise.
The first thing that stands out to me in regards to the differences between
an interaction designer a
On Sep 27, 2008, at 4:18 AM, Nick Gassman wrote:
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:32:30 -0400, Jared wrote:
And it's often overlooked by the foundations of the discipline. How
do
you identify the excellent within the field? How do you extract what
makes them excel? How do you teach those elements to
And now for a constructive answer after having gotten my snarky answer out
of my system.
Clearly they are moving in a direction that does not value UCD, and they
think developers can magically gain the skills, methods, and processes
necessary to design good applications without designers - they ar
Today's Sunday New York Times has an article on design and design
thinking. It is accessible at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/business/05unbox.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
(Note, you might have to have a subscription to this read)
A few quotes from the article by Janet Rae-Dupress (Oc
A few books I missed from the list.
Donald A. Norman. "The design of everyday things". It is 20 years
old and still relevant. I re-read it a few months ago, glanced down
at our office phone system and laughed.
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0385267746
And for dis
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:04:11 -0400, Lis wrote:
>What I'm looking to do is put together a list of best practices for
>integrating supporting tools into the content portion of a site. For
>instance let's say I'm trying to plan for college and I go to a college
>planning site (not sure one like this
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