Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

Hello Maxim, The goal is to reduce the file deletion errors, am I right? There are many ways to solve this problem -- showing a dialog is a painful way to handle such situations. If the application you are building or redesigning is for a website then you can do certain things. At first,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

Hi James, > We are told so many times not to use us for our designs, ourselves, or our > mothers as the target for a design. But surely this is better than something > that is purely fictional. Persona is/should be based on user research data underneath (at least for design). This is defined from

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

Hi Maxim, Or not have the dialog, instead offering user's a undo if possible. Regards, Jarod On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Maxim Soloviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone :) > > I'm working on UI for web application and I need to show several > dialogs, one of them is confirmation

[IxDA Discuss] Thesis and Internship

Hi, I am a MSc student in Interaction Design. I will be done with my courses before summer and I am looking for companies where I can work as a paid intern and do my thesis along. Does anybody have an intern position after Summer Next year? I am studying at Chalmers University of Technology,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage

props to this board for being polite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35607 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

And yet, they can't even make a landing page that properly handles even slightly larger fonts. Sheesh. Is basic testing dead? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35610 _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

Maxim, Looks great! Thanks for the "Thanks" :) -Jake On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Maxim Soloviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you all for answers, I'll go with option B. > > Here is how it looks right now, I position it on the left of delete > icon and use overlay to attract user attent

Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

"Probably not as you are communicating something that is fictional, and does not represent anything." There are so many problems with this statement James! Is it your contention that fiction doesn't represent anything? Or that practicing designers are representing NOTHING with their personas? You'

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer

Hm, what am I consuming as a user of a, say, banking service? (assume I only deposit, for the sake of the argument) I, for one, have a big issue with the term 'consumer'. I really hope we get passed it as soon as possible and get back to being humans. Sebi On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Pauric

Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

Michael, 2008/11/17 Michael Stiso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 1) *Frankenstein.* As I understand it, the better persona practitioners > will > base their constructions on real-world data. Essentially, they use various > methods to gather a bunch of data on behaviors, attitudes, and demographics > from

Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

I want to kind of expand on Liz's point a little, and maybe take this in a slightly different direction. Personas are to digital products as a tape measure is to a bookcase. Critics of personas often seem to have an intense focus on validity of the tool, without a lot of discussion about wh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer

On Nov 17, 2008, at 3:22 AM, Pauric wrote: However, to present this list in the context of of the Declaration of Human Rights ignores the fact that most of the 'Articles' are already covered by existing laws, the rest by market forces. The list completely side steps the fact that we're talking

Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage

Hi Ali, Thanks for posting this - by looking at your site I can imagine how others may look at and judge mine. And that's a useful exercise! Maybe it would have been good to ask for feedback after finishing the Projects section - that's usually the most important one. I'd expect something a bit mo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage

Great link, thanks! Sebi On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Jakub Linowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ > :) > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35607 > > > __

Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

Liz finishes this precisely... "And it's essential to remember that no design process stops with personas" And Will's stance in my opinion is spot on in suggesting that personas are essential when you are...sorry for the quote.."going to the mattresses" :) Personas are to me the foundation of a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst

Here's the link to the Thermo demo I referred to. http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/december2007/video/?trackingid=BOYND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35670 _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst

On Nov 17, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote: the demo on the labs site looks interesting.. but i wonder how valuable it will be as a pure prototyping tool if the rest of the work flow isn't flash/flex... if you want to prototype a native mac or windows app, or a web app that's not f

[IxDA Discuss] People think I read everything ...

I barely ever hit the "trends" link in Google reader, but I'm a little bored and clicked it. What did I learn? Well relevant to this community is ... I only read 28% of the average 37+ messages that come in a day. So there! ... ;-) What was further interesting is that blogs w/ less volume don't a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst

the demo on the labs site looks interesting.. but i wonder how valuable it will be as a pure prototyping tool if the rest of the work flow isn't flash/flex... if you want to prototype a native mac or windows app, or a web app that's not flex, will this still be a good tool? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst

it's thermo. I'm guessing that they either did mac intel first to annoy MS (less likely), or because something about the underlying foundation (eclipse) was easier to tweak on os x than it was on windows. you might have MS to blame for undermining Java on their OS... regardless a Windows

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst

Is this the official name for Thermo, or is this a different product in the same vein? It looks very similar to the Thermo demo. On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:37 AM, David Malouf wrote: No offense to our fine Fireworks/Adobe reps on this list, but What were you thinking. Every Mac out there (in the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

Hi Michael, et al, I helped formalize persona creation methods while I was at Cooper, and I recently spoke on the subject of some common persona misconceptions with a current Cooperista, Steve Calde. Please see http://www.devise.com/further_reading and look to the bottom of the page for an embedde

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst

I am on the early preview list, but am Mac-less and thus can't look at it yet. No offense to our fine Fireworks/Adobe reps on this list, but What were you thinking. Every Mac out there (in the last 3 years) is capable of running Windows ... No one on a Windows box can run MacOS. REALLY stupid mov

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer

Articles 2, 3, and 7 are great. There are so many services that are providing users with great functionality while collecting a vast amount of personal information. But how do we try to enforce or embody these laws? How do we prevent Google from knowing pretty much everything about us? A blog po

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer

Loren wrote: "How do we prevent Google from knowing pretty much everything about us? " By reading the EULA when you sign up for their services and clicking 'I do not agree' I do not disagree that data collect and privacy are issues. I do not agree that we need regulation to protect us from ourse

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer

I think its fine to come up with a set of rough guidelines on good practice. However, to present this list in the context of of the Declaration of Human Rights ignores the fact that most of the 'Articles' are already covered by existing laws, the rest by market forces. The list completely side st

Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage

Hi Ali, Some little things: "Literature" is misspelled as "Litterature" in the navigation links. I think there should be a hyphen in "User-Centered Designer". There's no indication in the navigation that you are where you are. For example, when you are on the "About me" page, the link to the "A

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

Thank you all for answers, I'll go with option B. Here is how it looks right now, I position it on the left of delete icon and use overlay to attract user attention. http://i33.tinypic.com/5d7zic.png Thanks again, you guys are awesome :) -- Maxim Soloviev Director of Product Development www.nake

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Remember when we all went ga ga for the interactions in Iron Man and Minority Report? They're heeeerrrree...

BTW, the new James Bond movie also has a nifty little UI interlude on a touchscreen table. I think it might be longer than some of these other sequences people have mentioned. MT On Nov 17, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Angel Anderson wrote: Can we please play with this at Interaction '09 in Vancou

[IxDA Discuss] Remember when we all went ga ga for the interactions in Iron Man and Minority Report? They're heeeerrrree...

Can we please play with this at Interaction '09 in Vancouver?? http://gizmodo.com/5090366/g+speak-minority-report-gesture-ui-actually-made-by-minority-report-designer Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to t

[IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst

Has anyone used this yet? http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/ -- "Art provokes thinking, design solves problems" w: http://www.davidshaw.info Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list

[IxDA Discuss] Declaration of User Rights by Dan Saffer

Dan Saffer (aka @odannyboy) posted this interesting collection of user rights, in the spirit of the Declaration of Human Rights which is coming up on a milestone anniversary. http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2008/11/a-universal-declaration-of-users-rights/ Whatchya'all think? -- dave -- David

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

I agree with Danny (Option B). Facebook is a good example. Also not having a some sort of dialog as Sasha suggests can be confusing for users that are either expecting one or don't notice the change in options. The more important the confirmation of a deletion is the more the confirmation should b

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

Hmmm...so now I can see if my dog is active enough? It's a dog! What a colossal waste of money and your employers time. Not to mention Active RFIDs can interfere with medical equipment such as implantable pacemakers. For far less of an overall cost you can just buy webcams. Unless of course you can

[IxDA Discuss] SnifTag a Practical Application

I have a real world practical application that might make SnifTag useful. One of my beloved English Bulldogs has seizures. She only has the a few times a year, so it's not as bad as it could be. However, the more they have seizures and the longer they last, the more likely they are to becom

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Plug] %u201CWorking through Screens%u201D Illustrated online book available for download

very nice! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35661 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ...

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

Seems similar to Fitbit (although Fitbit isn't available yet) - I wonder why people couldn't wear Sniftag and dogs Fitbit? I guess it's an issue of canine-centered design. http://www.fitbit.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org ht

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Disruptive technology espoused by UX practitioners in these recession times

For a bit more about disruptive technologies, please visit: http://www.w3w3.com/DisruptiveTech.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology Best regards, Paul Turner Interaction Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

[IxDA Discuss] [Plug] “Working through Scr eens” Illustrated online book available for dow nload

[Apologies for cross posting] Are you interested in a collection of ideas that can help your product team sketch meaningful and compelling new concepts for knowledge work tools? I am pleased to announce the inaugural publication in Flashbulb Interaction's Application Concepting Series: *Working

[IxDA Discuss] [Plug] “Working through Scr eens” Illustrated online book available for dow nload

[Apologies for cross posting] Are you interested in a collection of ideas that can help your product team sketch meaningful and compelling new concepts for knowledge work tools? I am pleased to announce the inaugural publication in Flashbulb Interaction's Application Concepting Series: *Working

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

On Nov 17, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Eva Kaniasty wrote: Clearly, you're not a dog owner, Casey. :) I've been watching this company for a while. They just released the snif tag, and chances are pretty good my dog will be getting one for Christmas. It's a pretty innovative use of the technology,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

Clearly, you're not a dog owner, Casey. :) I've been watching this company for a while. They just released the snif tag, and chances are pretty good my dog will be getting one for Christmas. It's a pretty innovative use of the technology, and I can just picture this being used on kids next. :)

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fan box

I agree that the home page is clever, and seems to do a decent job explaining and illustrating what it does (assuming they covered everything). What's missing, I think, isn't the answer to the question "What is it?", but..."Why should I use it?" Why is it a desktop client? Of their five core serv

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

I actually met the guy who started this at Overlap this past year. Pretty amazing and smart guy. Really hope it succeeds. On Nov 14, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Casey Edgeton wrote: I love this - its a bit more than a lot of people would like to spend though. I wonder how big of a user base they have

[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] Wayfinding Designer – Istanbul/TURKEY – Sabiha Gokcen International Ai rport – Contract

Sabiha Gökçen International Airport / Istanbul Wayfinding Design Job Advertisement This job advertisement for design seeks a designer / design company who is capable of designing all wayfinding, and advertising places for all interior and exterior spaces at Sabiha Gökçen International Airpo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

I think B is better and A is a little bit strange for users. -- Best regards, Angela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35637 Welco

Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage

I'm not a fan of white text on black background. It's harder on the eyes. > And your fonts are pretty small to overcome the reading difficulties. -- Regards Terry http://www.linkedin.com/in/terryfitzgerald BLOG: http://hitsandmesses.blogspot.com __

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fan box

Hi Terry, I also agree that the home page is not clear at all, but should you click on "profile" you'd get the idea of what fanbox is: an online desktop with (fairly poor for now) office applications and some "toys"... I suppose the idea of the developers is to catch the online players to begin

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

I love this - its a bit more than a lot of people would like to spend though. I wonder how big of a user base they have. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A pretty amazing piece of interaction design. > > http://www.sniftag.com/ > > -r- > _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fan box

www.fanbox.com If this is the home page - while the design is fairly clean - have no idea what Fanbox is so I think there is some design thinking to do > > > Regards > > Terry > http://www.linkedin.com/in/terryfitzgerald > BLOG: http://hitsandmesses.blogspot.com > _

[IxDA Discuss] Phoenix IxDA Meetups

I just recently relocated to Phoenix and was wondering if there were any established IxDA meetups. If not, is there any interest in one? -- Sent from my mobile device Tonia M. Bartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the Interaction Desi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

Hi, Maxim! But why this deletion confirmation dialog is modal? Can't speak of all dialogs in your application, but this very dialog could be displayed right on the place where the user has clicked: Delete (link) - click! > Are you sure . Yes (link) No (link) I've used this approach in one

[IxDA Discuss] UX Conference 2008 in Amsterdam

Hello, does anybody of you participate in the UX Conference 2008 in Amsterdam? I'm quite new to professional UX, iA & IxD, thus I would appriciate to meet some IxDA-Members there. best, mike Welcome to the Interaction Design As

[IxDA Discuss] Disruptive technology espoused by UX practitioners in these recession times

Are you among the stakeholders who are introducing, via conceptualizing or prototyping, disruptive technologies? These innovators often come from small companies or independent inventors, who take aim at or create a niche or technology that upset the endeavors of major companies. Examples inclu

[IxDA Discuss] Fan box

Hello folks, what do you think about this www.fanbox.com I'm not in the development team, so my interest is not in selling the site. I just think is a good piece of design and would like to know your opinion about it. Maria Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo co

Re: [IxDA Discuss] My new webpage

http://www.ironicsans.com/owmyeyes/ :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35607 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! T

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where that ACD thing fits

I'm not sure I agree with Jared's surgical analogy. A medical or surgical professional will always endeavour to prescribe the most appropriate treatment for any particular condition, and those treatments are (generally) pretty well defined by the larger surgical community. So it's not like the surg

Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

The way I understand it, that is a bad idea because you could end up designing to the (non-representative) quirks of the individual, rather than needs that are shared by many such individuals. Cheers, -- Martin Polley Technical writer, interaction designer +972 52 3864280 Twitter: martinpolley

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

Option B. :-) cheers, Rajesh UX-Zoho On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Danny Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/17 Maxim Soloviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm working on UI for web application and I need to show several > > dialogs, one of them is confirmation of deleting the file. > >

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Dialog Position

2008/11/17 Maxim Soloviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm working on UI for web application and I need to show several > dialogs, one of them is confirmation of deleting the file. > So I'm wondering -- what is the best position for modal dialog: > A. Center of screen > B. Near control that caused dialog

Re: [IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

> > Personas are not meant to represent one person or user. They are meant to > represent classes or segments of users. This is a valid use of them. It is hard for a Peronsa to represent classes or segments of users. Chapman and Milham put it far better than I could. Unfortunately, one cannot us

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best Practices for Mouseover Layers

Just out of curiosity: how can you comply to Section 508 if you information provided with mouse-over functions? Do we draw a line between cosmetic feedback (colour change) or if the information provided is additional or vital? Or is a mouse-over a mouse-over and if used, not compliant to Section 5