Another option, if you are able to deploy content on a site that attracts these
kind of folks, is to use Ethnio. They let you deploy a screener on your site
to recruit for research in real time.
www.ethnio.com
Welcome to the Inte
Some good points have been made, and they compeeled me to do some retrospective
analysis of my own design career to gain clarity on the issue. I can't pretend
that I've ever consciously done ACD; like a recent commenter said, to me this
is little more than basic SDLC design driven by functional
< Ptthh. (Is there a better online way to represent a raspberry?)
"Pfffttt"
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Melissa,
> Very interested in cool formats for presenting
> distilled design innovation concepts to key stakeholders.
Victor Lombardi's Concept Design Tools article
(http://www.digital-web.com/articles/concept_design_tools/) may be of use to
you.
Peter
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On Nov 13, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Peter Merholz wrote:
Regardless, I think my main and more important point is that activity
centered design feels soul-less to me. It's motivation as I've
heard people
describe it here and other places is discount UCD (getting to the
point
quickly).
I would a
Ciao guys,
I think that the hover state should ne tested every time you can.
It's such a complex interaction and, even though it seems ho ne
mode standard recently, the context IW always extremely influent ok
it.
Do you have any info about your users?
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Regardless, I think my main and more important point is that activity
centered design feels soul-less to me. It's motivation as I've heard
people
describe it here and other places is discount UCD (getting to the
point
quickly).
I would argue that UCD, as typically practiced, is soulless, t
Yes, you are right demographics by themselves is not important, but rather
the generalizations which are real around those demographics that we use.
BUT the demographics are necessary for gaining insights (and often even
creating) those generalizations.
I'm not saying that you are saying this Jare
If you know of LinkedIn groups that these users might have joined
posting your invitation there can get you some response.
And if you have identified target companies faxing screener info to
the company fax number works when recruiting some user types.
Success with faxes usually depends on compen
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Danny,
Visit http://www.netflix.com/
You may actually need to be logged in with a user account to see the
flyouts to which Jackson refers.
However, at that point, you should receive a number of suggested
offerings (for instance). These are thumbnails of the movie box/CD
cover, etc...commonly ass
http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Danny Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/11/13 Jackson Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > …Netflix's
> > movie info boxes.
>
> Can you give me a URL please?
>
> --
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> Danny Hope
> http://linkedin.com/in/dannyhope
> 07
Flash ads using the hover event to expand the ad are making hovering a
declaration as well. I find myself mousing around ads to avoid expanding
the ad and thus "obscuring content I want to see" as Danny put it.
Example: hover over the Nature Valley banner at the top of this page:
http://skiing.abo
Hi Jacqueline,
Did you mean something like this page:
http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/popups/demo.html
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Question for you. Historically, I've had other folks on my team in
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users, to which I was often disappointed with the results. I'm now in
a position where I need to get access to users to be able to do some
contextual res
The current project I am working on, i did the visual design and then
volunteered to be a part of the QA team, I realized that there were so many
things which the QA guys were giving a miss and doing a QA from a designer's
perspective has really been beneficial for the project. Also I am not leadi
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Guys,
I created this simple diagram to illustrate my understanding of the
differences between ACD vs UCD.
http://flickr.com/photos/neuno/3027380216/sizes/o/
Please feel free to take it apart.
Regards
ShahW
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On 13 Nov 2008, at 09:09, Jackson Fox wrote:
[snip]
I think there are some cases where we *can* treat hovering as a
declaration. In particular, I'm thinking of uses such as Netflix's
movie info boxes. When a user places a mouse over an active object,
and then pauses without a click, I think it's
This discussion on UCD/ACD has been both frustrating and enlightening.
The single biggest thing it demonstrates to me is just how thin our
understanding of theory is, and the impact that theory has on how we
work.
What do I mean by theory? Theory is a robust conceptual framework that
unde
On Nov 13, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Danny Hope wrote:
I suppose tool tips are an example, can you reference other examples
please?
I can't spout off URLs and I don't have the time to look any up, but
I've seen sites that provide a preview of the page that an external
link goes to in a roll-ove
Looking for some discovery/imagine phase template
samples for use in supplementing some SME authored MRD/PRDs coming my way.
Very interested in cool formats for presenting
distilled design innovation concepts to key stakeholders.
Thanks guys!
Melissa
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I suspect that ACD could be considered a modular component of UCD, a
component that could be exercised on its own, but which really should be
incorporated into a larger UCD process.
ACD should be a part of the design process, closely related to
functional design, one that -might- be sufficient on
2008/11/13 Jackson Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> …Netflix's
> movie info boxes.
Can you give me a URL please?
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07595 226 792
Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
James,
This thread has brought me close to the conclusion that Activity
Theory (AT) and Activity Centered Design (ACD) have nothing to do
with each other except for a vocabulary overlap.
AT is user-centered in that activities cannot be understood outside
of the social context in which they occur.
Danny,
> Clicking is a declaration, hovering is not.
I think there are some cases where we *can* treat hovering as a
declaration. In particular, I'm thinking of uses such as Netflix's
movie info boxes. When a user places a mouse over an active object,
and then pauses without a click, I think it'
On Nov 13, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Jack Moffett wrote:
You could certainly point out situations where it is inappropriate,
but I don't see how you can argue that best practice is to not use
this technique.
Exactly. We use the hover technique to reveal additional options like
Edit and Delete in
We do a very similar thing, except instead of hiding the buttons
completely we dim them. We also use hover to show contextual content
for an item in a popup box, and it works very well.
You can see these techniques in action at
http://opl.bibliocommons.com/collection/show/4922901_emenel/library
Hey Jack,
2008/11/13 Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Danny Hope wrote:
>> Arguably, best practice says: don't initiate layers on rollover, but
>> rather to require a click.
>
> Danny, I can't agree with you here. Displaying new information on rollover
> has been a
On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Danny Hope wrote:
Arguably, best practice says: don't initiate layers on rollover, but
rather to require a click.
Danny, I can't agree with you here. Displaying new information on
rollover has been a widely used and accepted practice for over 16
years. You co
Hi Hacqueline,
2008/11/12 Jacqueline Stetson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> …your thoughts on:
>
> 1. Are there any best practices around where the layer should open and how
> it is tied to the object? (Like should the header of the layer be beneath or
> to the right of the link? Should the stem be in the
Thanks for the few direct and the many consultant/zen-like responses
(don't use a clock, etc). Yes we are providing the option to turn
off the clock display and it will also become dimmer after a period
of inactivity.
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On Nov 12, 2008, at 5:56 PM, David Malouf wrote:
If I were designing it from a UCD perspective, I do care, or that the
person is elderly and needs large print, or any other demographic type
information.
Just for the record, properly done UCD wouldn't care about
demographics. It would care a
On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:49 AM, James Page wrote:
The point I am trying to make is that Activity Theory output is the
activity
and actions of individuals.
The Persona acts as a stereotype between real users and the designer.
There may be a problem with Activity Theory been dry. One can see fro
Jarod,
> Persona just reflects human ( human with motivation and goals in specific
> context), and activities reflects what/how they do, isnt it?
The point I am trying to make is that Activity Theory output is the activity
and actions of individuals.
The Persona acts as a stereotype between re
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