Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs

2009-01-11 Thread Yohan Creemers
For me prototyping and design documentation are two very different things. I use the first for testing ideas, the second for communicating design decisions / considerations / motivation. The possibilities of AJAX are great for the web, but nothing new for desktop software. For specification of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs

2009-01-11 Thread Adrian Howard
On 11 Jan 2009, at 01:54, Jared Spool wrote: On Jan 10, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Milan Guenther wrote: - using a paper prototype, and the computer (a human) simulates all rich interactions, so you have a lot more flexibility to get all the interface states you want. you may document that in a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How do you present designs to remote stakeholders?

2009-01-11 Thread Adrian Howard
On 7 Jan 2009, at 00:05, Anna Kalata wrote: [snip] Building a barebones system or customizing an open-source framework might become the preferred option. So, I guess I should revise my question not to focus on tools, but effectiveness of methods when communicating or presenting

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Thinking about an abuser and not only a user

2009-01-11 Thread Adrian Howard
On 8 Jan 2009, at 15:11, a...@amroha.dk wrote: [snip] Dr. Thompson talks about an airline incident where he was able to hack into a system due to boredom. He believes that the developers forgot to see the abuser point of view. Interestingly I often see the opposite problem. Folk take the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs

2009-01-11 Thread Jared Spool
On Jan 9, 2009, at 4:54 PM, Isaac Weinhausen wrote: As we continue to adopt asynchronous models of interaction (AJAX, Flex/AIR, etc), documenting these has become much more complex and dynamic. Would anyone mind sharing ideas or links? I've recorded a podcast with James Box and Richard

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs

2009-01-11 Thread chadvavra
I too use Axure to prototype, but not as much for its interaction but rather for the ability to easily create functional specs. To that point, I find it very powerful for our development teams understanding of my thoughts, but not as important for discussions with the client. Like William, I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Thinking about an abuser and not only a user

2009-01-11 Thread William Brall
Yes. Security is great, but good interaction is better. And there is such a thing as self-defeating security, also. Take AKO's (Army Knowledge Online) password requirements: 2 or more lowercase letters 2 or more uppercase letters 2 or more numbers 2 or more symbols (*^...@!,.; so on) And at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of accordions

2009-01-11 Thread William Brall
I propose a new law. In IxD discussions if people bring up Yahoo it should be as Godwin's Law. Yahoo, while slightly better now then in the past, is still one of the worst offenders when it comes to poor usability. A close second is almost every Newspaper site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of accordions

2009-01-11 Thread Angel Marquez
yaWho? On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:53 PM, William Brall dam...@earthlink.net wrote: I propose a new law. In IxD discussions if people bring up Yahoo it should be as Godwin's Law. Yahoo, while slightly better now then in the past, is still one of the worst offenders when it comes to poor

Re: [IxDA Discuss] 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design

2009-01-11 Thread Jeff Seager
Hooray, Whitney! Amen to the kudos about how terse and informative this is, and I also want to say how well the piece was written. Sprinkled with good quotes to make it both lively and credible ... beautifully done! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Microsoft Surface and Windows 7

2009-01-11 Thread SteveJB
While more than 2 finger gesture support isn't practical due to hardware limits for desktop gesture capturing, dual finger gesture support is built into Vista too: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc872774.aspx Whats notable for me are the 8 'flicks' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design

2009-01-11 Thread Angel Marquez
Next time use an accordion! : ) Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines

[IxDA Discuss] Interesting article, Design Anthropology: Response to Yoko Akama

2009-01-11 Thread Jarod Tang
http://dori3.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/09/design-anthropology-response-to-yoko-akama.html As we know, guys in the list hold different opinions on user research. As one of the potential user research enhancement, Design Anthropology, there's a debate between Dori and Yoko Akama, which stimulate

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Methods for Documenting RIAs

2009-01-11 Thread Dan Saffer
Over three years ago, Ryan Freitas put together this presentation on Beyond Wireframes: http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/ap_beyond_wireframes.pdf Enjoy. Dan Welcome to the Interaction Design