Re: [IxDA Discuss] When Input is Output is Input

Hi Phillip - have you considered Request/Response ? Input/Ouput can easily be mistaken for one another depending on the context in which they are used. For instance, is this response my output or am I offering my input? Were you requesting our input or looking for our output? . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] When Input is Output is Input

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[IxDA Discuss] When Input is Output is Input

This is somewhat of a nit of a question, but a fellow designer and I tossed it around and we decided we needed a little outside advice. We are designing a revision of an internal development tool that constructs applications that of course interact with people. The question we have is about the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

I just recently switched back to Mac after a 6-year hiatus and I've gone back to creating everything in Photoshop just like the old days. I work off a template that includes a branding and project name header (which only changes per product), a text field for my annotations on the left, and space

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Professor of Service Design--Savannah, GA--SCAD--Full Time Permanent

[All applicants for the position below must follow the directions enclosed within this announcement. Please do not send applications to the submitter of this post.] Professor of Service Design The Savannah College of Art and Design seeks candidates for a full-time faculty position for an innovati

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

Just checking. On Feb 20, 2009, at 5:55 PM, mark schraad wrote: Ooops... thinking raster... hands typed vector... clearly a mind body conflict... Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. -- Cont

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

Ooops... thinking raster... hands typed vector... clearly a mind body conflict... On Feb 20, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: Um, Illustrator is vector. On Feb 20, 2009, at 11:38 AM, mark schraad wrote: I like Indesign as well... it handle vectors much better than illustrator..

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Open source user experience

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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Managing test script branching

20 participants in 4 groups. My problem is that, by and large, the tasks for each group are the same, but their order varies by group. For example, group 1 does task 1, task 2a, task 3, task 4; group 2 does task 2b, task 3, task 4, task 1; etc. There's no variation amongst participants within the g

[IxDA Discuss] Starting from Zero: Winning Strategies for No Search Results Pages

I am kicking off my new Search Matters column by starting from zero: with the article about no search results pages: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/02/starting-from-zero-winning-strategies-for-no-search-results-pages.php and I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Thanks!

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

Illustrator is my vector machine of choice. In fact, I do almost all of my thinking and working in [Freemind and] Illustrator. Mike Caskey [in Colorado] Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: Um, Illustrator is vector. On Feb 20, 2009, at 11:38 AM, mark schraad wrote: I like Indesign as well... it han

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Doctoral study in design.

Why the exclamation mark behind engineering? I find some of the things in "What Does the Field Think about Research?" rather scary. I don't live in the US so maybe it is better elsewhere. Anyway it has to change, or the discipline won't survive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

Um, Illustrator is vector. On Feb 20, 2009, at 11:38 AM, mark schraad wrote: I like Indesign as well... it handle vectors much better than illustrator... Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. ---

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

Also, with InDesign you can create clickable PDF prototypes, which is handy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39000 Welcome to the In

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should IxDA support a US National Design Policy?

Josh, To respond to your more specific question, I am willing to be part of a mixed or all IxDA group working on a specific issue and am most interested in items 5, 8, and 10 in the current top priorities list. Phillip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

I agree with Adrian as well. I prefer storyboards and sketchboards more for exploring ideas and not getting into the details so early. Then as I get to the end of the design process, where most of the interactions have been discussed and conveyed throughout the group, I proceed to wireframe documen

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Instant Messaging UIs and Annoyances

I agree with both of those and would generalize to say that IM clients need to provide more control over how and when notifications occur. One of the great desktop problems to solve. I also get very frustrated with the connection organization limitations that most clients have. ph . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

I like Indesign as well... it handle vectors much better than illustrator... and handles type ultimately better than photoshop. I am much faster with the same results than in either omni or the other dedicated aps. We do a tone of iterative works so we often need to wireframe a section on top of to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Job: Technical Writer/Product Communication Specialist

Yes, our website is horrible from at least a usability perspective. It was designed by marketing and an external firm with little input from other quarters, and they decided to do it entirely in Flash, even the scrollbars. We have since merged with a larger company, and the site is slat

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Instant Messaging UIs and Annoyances

We have the ability to change the duration/opacity of these popup windows, but they are ALWAYS in the bottom right corner of the screen. This is also where most of my software keeps the tool sets I use most often. Whether it's Adobe Fireworks, Dreamweaver, or even Google Chat, my Twitter feed (twh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Instant Messaging UIs and Annoyances

If I have an IM open in the background and someone sends me a message, I should get a preview of the message. Aidum and Digsby do this by showing you the message in a popup window in a the corner of your screen that disappears after a couple of seconds. Digsby has taken it an extra step by lettin

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

I use InDesign, or a Fireworks/InDesign combination depending on the fidelity of the wireframes. I like InDesign because it's great for vectors, and it's great for 'editorial', since it's a powerful publication design tool. And it does tables just fine, though I just go the annotation route. You

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac

Ain't that the truth. The CS suite is a significant amount of money in whole, but when you look at it per product you receive, it's a great value. Still not cheap, however. But agreed, totally worth it. On Feb 20, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Will Evans wrote: Except for Adobe Cheers! Todd Zaki Wa

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

On Feb 19, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Christian Crumlish wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Peter Merholz wrote: If you're going to include Tim Berners-Lee, I think you need to also include Marc Andreessen, as his innovation of bringing imagery into WWW was fundamental in making it of broad

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac

On Feb 19, 2009, at 2:10 PM, mark schraad wrote: but when a new version comes out, you just buy it again, rather than upgrade. MS Office upgrade was $129. iWork "upgrade" or repurchase for the new model was $79. So, Apple just uses the same price for a new as an upgrade. It's a simpler m

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A business case for switching Mac

On Feb 19, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Amy Silvers wrote: It's just that OmniGraffle does everything more elegantly Like having real pages to navigate between pages rather than tabs? Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. ---

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should IxDA support a US National Design Policy?

How is #2 different than section 508? http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=11 If you skim through, keep in mind that this standard is undergoing a refresh. I don't think there's a huge need to establish new standards for accessibility outside of current efforts. Janna -

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Open source user experience

Gimp may be a case for open design for os project. --jarod On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:51:22, Andy Polaine wrote: > Hi Andrew - not snarky at all. I felt sure something was probably > happening somewhere, but I hadn't see it. > > The hardest part, as I see it, is moving from a kind of shared > knowle

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

Just to supplement Adrian and Danny's comments. I use this approach in my own projects. The documentation, in form of electronic files, should be minimum: It takes time to write and is often a bore to read. It is really inefficient to communicate this way. It is an important element in Agile devel

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxD Greats?

This is a great discussion. Can anybody suggest a way of adding the individuals, teams and concepts discussed here to a list of some sort that can be navigated, edited and visualized? Timo Arnall, Anne Galloway et al have created http://www.nearfield.org/retouch/ for exploring touch-related intera

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

2009/2/20 Adrian Howard : > Paper. Pens. Whiteboards. Sticky notes. Being in the same room as the > developers. Talking. I completely agree with this. Also, if it's an existing app, you might find it useful to start a pattern library wiki. This would house all interface elements that get reused i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

On 19 Feb 2009, at 11:49, Sheri Hyman wrote: What software do you use to do the documentation to support your wireframes? (eg, the tables that list out each interface item, description, system response, error states, etc.) The same software that you use to create the wireframes? (and if so, wha

[IxDA Discuss] Events iCalendar/Goocal?

Can anybody point to a feed of UX events (worldwide) to which one can subscribe using Google Calendar? -- Regards, Danny Hope 07595 226 792 @yandle Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... d

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Using this list: How do I change my subscription email address?

Thanks. I found out it's my company's network security setting made it non-clickable. Same happened with all 37signal websites. Christina 2009/2/19 James Wanless > It's definitely clickable and editable, though not terribly visible. > As long as you're logged in, go to your profile page, click

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Wireframes, supporting documentation, and software choices

Yes, Axure it's a very powerful and fast solution to create wireframes and generate documentation. Ferran Alvarez Information Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39000 __