Re: [IxDA Discuss] Radio buttons - null option

Why does it have to be a radio button? Seems like you're describing a dropdown menu with no selection to start. This is a very common state on forms for optional elements. As a voice against pre-selection, I recently had a problem making a donation to a UN Foundation site. I clicked through from a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Radio buttons - null option

Personal crusade of mine, actually. You didn't explicitly say you're working on a web application, but assuming you are, the W3C provides these instructions... http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#radio Radio buttons are like checkboxes except that when several share the same control

[IxDA Discuss] Why people are giving a little back to IxDA

We're about ten hours into our 96-hour support drive. We've raised $2839.00 and had 150 people contribute so far -- Thank you! We're close to 10% of our goal. Contribute! http://bit.ly/17AJoE I'd like to share with you what some people are saying when they contribute, as these sentiments should

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back

On 21 Jun 2009, at 18:08, IxDA Board of Directors wrote: For the price of a cup of coffee you can help IxDA deliver our next-generation platform to serve the needs of the interaction design community. We can't do it without your help. Have $30. You're worth it. (but - please god - if you do

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Training

I recommend you speak with Elizabeth Pastor at Humantific. They offer a number of great workshops -- publicly as well as within organizations -- around design process. I know some people can be a bit put off by their branded nomenclature however (IMHO) their facilitation, content, and the outcome f

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back

Hi folks, Thanks, Gilberto, for thinking about our best interests. Let me give the group some more background. This project, code-named IxDA Conan, was launched over six months ago with a call for volunteer contributions. We also put out a call for support in the groups.drupal.org communi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back

While I am willing to contribute without hesitation, I would like to offer some thoughts: I am an interaction designer for desktop/web applications, but I have created Drupal sites in versions 5 and 6 (custom themes, CCK, overriding nodes, Views 2, configuration, etc). I am wondering if there are

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Shaun Inman's Fever

> > Ok Andrei, I bought in. > So I'm reviewing it here: > 1) I am not a Mint user (I'm not the CFO in my house, so it never > made sense for me), but I've heard amazing things about it. > > If the Mint out of box, purchasing, installing, etc. experience is > anything like what I went through with F

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Education for a team of none

As a follow up to this post: http://jasonrobb.com/2009/06/21/ux-examples-for-start-ups/ I've decided I'm going to write about how I approach UX problems at my start-up company. Stay tuned! Jason R. -- Jason Robb http://jasonrobb.com http://uxboston.com http://uiscraps.tumblr.com . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Education for a team of none

Jared: You are correct in asserting that I%u2019m not working alone. My reason for using the title of %u201Ca team of none%u201D was purely for contrast. I was merely jesting at the fact that I%u2019m a solo UX designer working with engineers and stakeholders, not a UX designer working with other U

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction flow as subterfuge.

And for good reason, both on the Best Sentence front and, IMHO, the paradigm discussion front. marianne mswe...@speakeasy.net -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Jared Spool Sent: S

[IxDA Discuss] Give a little back

For the price of a cup of coffee you can help IxDA deliver our next-generation platform to serve the needs of the interaction design community. We can't do it without your help. http://bit.ly/17AJoE Since its inception as a mailing list in 2003, IxDA now supports over 10,000 discussion list

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction flow as subterfuge.

On Jun 21, 2009, at 8:30 AM, j...@smorgasbord-design.co.uk wrote: Likewise, some of the libertarian paternalism discussed by behavioral economists could be considered unethical but these very real architectural paeadigms have had scant discussion on these forums. I wish the IxDA site had a pl

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction flow as subterfuge.

It seems like what was a discussion about choice architecture that reduced the liklihood of getting a discount in an online store rapidly degenerated into an ethical soapbox (however worthy) about gays in the military. I'm not sure we can extrapolate that far on this list. That aside, is - for exa

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Education for a team of none

On Jun 18, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Jason Robb wrote: "Can robust personas be built by a single designer, with limited time and resources?" I know this isn't limited to personas, but here's what I wrote on your blog: Hi Jason, You ask some excellent questions here. I do think it’s possible for

[IxDA Discuss] IxDA Local in Rome

Hi, I am trying to organise a local group of IxDA here in Rome. But I'd like to know if any of you would found it interesting :) (also looking for help, ofc!) Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this lis

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Seeking examples of creative video scenarios/user research/prototypes

Here's an old one but an absolute goodie- Sun Microsystem's/ Bruce Tognazzini's "StarFire: A Vision of Future Computing", made in 1992 and described a day in the life of a knowledge worker in the (then near) future year 2004. You can download the movie as well as details on how it was made at: ht