[IxDA Discuss] Review of ProtoFarm

2009-05-26 Thread Julie Stanford
I just attended Protofarm this evening and had a few comments about the event and how to make future Farm events more effective. Overall, there were a few good presos - I particularly enjoyed Tellme talking about the Mobile Phone Sleeve and bringing their paper prototype to life with a live de

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ganged video playback

2009-05-26 Thread Yohan Creemers
Noldus is one of the companies offering solutions and tools for usability studies: http://www.noldus.com/human-behavior-research - Yohan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42287

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX Generalists & Specialists

2009-05-26 Thread Esteban Barahona
i think the issue has to be thought more on a per project basis. this means that one must go from having a general understanding of the whole project before even attempting to start making any type of meaningful contribution to it. then, one divides the work into every team member%u2019s specialty

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Are you participating in the Mozilla Labs Design Challenge?

2009-05-26 Thread Thomas Davies
Not sure if this is the right place, but I was just wondering if you had any feedback for my entry. http://vimeo.com/4783614 I didn't remove tabs totally because all other ideas increased the interaction between the user and the browser, so therefore I tried to minimise the effects of tabs by dev

[IxDA Discuss] Ganged video playback

2009-05-26 Thread Andy Isaacson
Hello, I am running usability studies where I am videotaping our participants faces and recording the screen output as well. When I go to watch the footage afterward, the two clips are never synchronized, and so I have to play them in two windows and painstakingly synchronize them by quickly doub

Re: [IxDA Discuss] deactivating or remove not available context menu commands

2009-05-26 Thread Chauncey Wilson
There are two different principles at work in context menus: Predictability and efficiency. If your users are novices or casuals users, then it might be better to disable some items and keep them around (assumming that they are used often across contexts). If your users are expert, then you may w

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Workflow UIs?

2009-05-26 Thread Will Gaus
Take a look at the Nintex Workflow add on to SharePoint(http://tinyurl.com/cpw9dw). They have a nice video that might give you some ideas. Kind regards, Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42279

Re: [IxDA Discuss] some queries on designing a touchscreen all in one PC

2009-05-26 Thread Dan Saffer
On May 26, 2009, at 2:33 AM, PREETI SALUJA wrote: 2) Is there any guideline for the font and button size for touchscreen PC application? Based on some research done at MIT, I recommend in general 1cm square/ circle as a good target for finger pads (what is most likely being used to touch

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Workflow UIs?

2009-05-26 Thread Mark Hurd
You may want to look into SharePoint. In my (albeit limited) experience with it, they've really got every base covered. Not saying the UI is all that great, because there's many, many areas for improvement. But when you see all the features and functionality they have packed in, you may be able t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] deactivating or remove not available context menu commands

2009-05-26 Thread Sascha Brossmann | brsma : designificance
Dear anonymous, On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:35, wrote: > My favored behavior is to remove commands which are not available. > (...) > But in some cases i think it would be better to deactivating the > commands which are not available or mixed the both bevaviors. It depends. If the actual context

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Testing for Learnability

2009-05-26 Thread Kevin Silver
Thanks everyone who responded to my questions. It was all very helpful and reaffirmed most of my assumptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42209 _

[IxDA Discuss] Seattle Area Designers?

2009-05-26 Thread Gretchen Anderson
Looking for some product designers in the Seattle Area who want to (and can credibly) pontificate about the future of tech/design/UI for a "documentary". Hit me up privately if you are interested. CREATIVITY THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. Check out our weekly podcast about design: www.icon-o-c

[IxDA Discuss] Workflow UIs?

2009-05-26 Thread Alan Wexelblat
Do people have examples they'd like to share of what is considered a good UI for a workflow application? (Roles, tasks, steps, dependencies, etc) I've seen things like Gantt charts and other diagram-type interfaces versus more grid/spreadsheet-type design patterns. Are there any data on which pa

[IxDA Discuss] IxDA Atlanta Meetup: Wednesday, 5/27, 7pm

2009-05-26 Thread Maria Cordell
IxDA Atlanta is finally getting off the ground, and we're launching with an informal social event at Cafe Intermezzo in Buckhead. Join us! What: A happy hour gathering to launch IxDA Atlanta, meet other members, talk about stuff, and discuss activities and topics for future IxDA Atlanta meetings.

[IxDA Discuss] Are you participating in the Mozilla Labs Design Challenge?

2009-05-26 Thread Janna Hicks DeVylder
Don't forget, IxDA and Johnny Holland have partnered with Mozilla Labs to support the Mozilla Labs Design Challenge. We would love to see our community participate! This summer's topic: > *"Reinventing Tabs in the Browser - How can we create, navigate and manage > multiple web sites within the s

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG]A new UX blog...just what the world needs!

2009-05-26 Thread Andrew Schechterman
Ditto, Dante! There's always (always) room for another voice . . . Andrew Andrew Schechterman LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewschechterman E-mail: aschechter...@gmail.com Phone: 1-303-886-2440 : On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Whitney Hess wrote: > Congrats, Dant

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG]A new UX blog...just what the world needs!

2009-05-26 Thread Whitney Hess
Congrats, Dante! Thrilled that I gave you the nudge you've been needing. Hope we get a chance to talk next time :-\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42168 __

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] UX Book Club Sydney - 6pm June 2nd

2009-05-26 Thread Steve Baty
The next meeting of UX Book Club Sydney will take place on Tuesday June 2nd at 6pm. Where: News Digital Media, Level 23, 175 Liverpool Street, Sydney When: 6pm for 6:30pm start. Tuesday June 2nd Book: Subject to Change by Adaptive Path I look forward to seeing you there. -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Pr

Re: [IxDA Discuss] some queries on designing a touchscreen all in one PC

2009-05-26 Thread Joanie McCollom
Regarding zoom, I think it's always nice to give orientation, some kind of thumbnail showing where you are and depending upon the fidelity, where other objects are off-screen. I would also add that touch (and definitely multi touch) on a larger device is different than touch on a smaller one (e.g

Re: [IxDA Discuss] some queries on designing a touchscreen all in one PC

2009-05-26 Thread Angel
In that cooper book 'about face' their is a section that recommends something along the lines of printing the UI out dipping your fingers in ink and touching the interactive elements to see if the button size accomodates finger tips.. I just installed windows7... Sent from my iPhone On Ma

Re: [IxDA Discuss] UX Generalists & Specialists

2009-05-26 Thread AJKock
My 2 cents: Generally speaking, aren't managers generalists and staff specialists? Managers & generalists needs the broader picture, while staff needs to focus on the task at hand. So depending on your role in the company, it will probably determine what you need to be. Some companies expect gene

[IxDA Discuss] some queries on designing a touchscreen all in one PC

2009-05-26 Thread PREETI SALUJA
Hi! I have been working on a "All in one touchscreen PC" , something similar to HP Touch smart PC on windows 7 platform and it supports multitouch. I have some queries and would like to get your suggestions for the same. 1) How was your experience with HP Touch smart PC? Any specific pain point

[IxDA Discuss] deactivating or remove not available context menu commands

2009-05-26 Thread mail
hello, i have a question about the behavior of context menu commands in tables which are not available. The tables could be contain different "objects" with different options (commands) and supporting multiple selections.  My favored behavior is to remove commands which are not available. But whe