Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu

2009-06-24 Thread Bryan Minihan
Katie said: You really don't want to group them by service within a single drop down. That always causes issues of supremacy to surface. Good point =]. I have family from all five branches (army, myself), all of whom might leave the site entirely if they perceived it as biased...I can hear my

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] Ambidextrous Magazine Launch Party, Thu 6pm Palo Alto

2009-06-24 Thread Bjoern Hartmann
Please join us to celebrate the newest issue of AMBIDEXTROUS Journal of Design - Space. There will be tasty treats to snack on, food for thought to munch on, and the best company the Bay Area's design community has to offer. Launch Party Thursday, June 25, from 6 - 9 pm Hosted by Nokia Research

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any latest Radio Button interactions with accordion combined??

2009-06-24 Thread Calum Benson
Since this appears to be a wizard, perhaps split into (potentially) two steps, with just the two radio buttons shown on the first step, and the table shown on the following page if the second radio button was selected? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted

[IxDA Discuss] Job opening / Senior User Experience Designer / Plantronics Inc. Santa Cruz CA

2009-06-24 Thread Koch, Christophe
Hello IXDA community! I just signed in this morning to let everybody knows that headset leader Plantronics is looking for a talented senior User Experience (UX) Designer. Here is the brief Position Summary: The Senior UX Designer will report to the VP of Corporate Design and work directly

Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu

2009-06-24 Thread cvestal
I served in the military... Go by this order to narrow selection: 1) Military (Army, Navy, Air Force, etc...) 2) Service Branch 3) Commissioned or Enlisted (Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, Enlisted) 4) Rank (Sgt, Airman, Master Chief, etc...) There is also pay grade that is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is it okay to compromise User Experience over Fun?

2009-06-24 Thread Dave Edelhart
Seems to me you are underestimating how much fun some people find getting their work done well. I would love to see your two use cases articulated -- the fun design against the usable one. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Senior Art Director, UX Strategy at Worktank, Seattle, WA

2009-06-24 Thread David Sherwin
Worktank is a dynamic, award-winning agency specializing in design and advertising for the high tech, telecom, and consumer technology industry sectors. Since 2001, Worktank has been a haven for those looking to do the best work of their lives. We currently have an opening for a UX/IA lead to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interactive Excel prototyping

2009-06-24 Thread Tomas Kafka
I have good experience with prototyping using HTML and jQuery, it allows quite advanced interaction, and with jQuery, it is the fastest tool I have come upon so far... but I am a developer as well, so your mileage may vary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Local in Rome

2009-06-24 Thread antuneleta
:) Well! Here I'm! I'm from Sardinia! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43052 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!

[IxDA Discuss] Bentley Program

2009-06-24 Thread Catherine Murphy
Hi all -- Has anyone taken any of the UX classes at Bentley? Any feedback is appreciated. thank you! Catherine Murphy Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org

[IxDA Discuss] Give a Little Back, Day 2

2009-06-24 Thread Nasir Barday
(via Janna DeVylder): We are fast approaching the end of Day 2 of the IxDA Give a Little Back support drive. Thank you to the 405 people who have shown such great support, raising almost $8,000 for this important initiative. We have reached 25% of our goal, so we still need your help. Please

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interfaces for Getting Attention of Infants

2009-06-24 Thread said
Look this website interface for young children: http://www.papilloo.com.br . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from ixda.org (via iPhone) http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43119 Welcome to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back

2009-06-24 Thread Gilberto Medrano
Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for all the context and I apologize for spinning the wheels with my suggestions (I definitely missed the messages 6 months ago). I am delighted to be aware of the process that the Board has been following so far and completely understand and agree with the plan to capitalize

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a Little Back, Day 2

2009-06-24 Thread Nasir Barday
Looks like this post took its time to make its way through the intertubes. Go Day 3! - Nasir On Jun 23, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Nasir Barday nasir.bar...@ixda.org wrote: (via Janna DeVylder): We are fast approaching the end of Day 2 of the IxDA Give a Little Back support drive. Thank you

Re: [IxDA Discuss] HELP NEEDED: Need to find a list of military ranks for a drop down menu

2009-06-24 Thread Ron George
The key is why are they sorting? If you mean the family members who are entering the soldiers names, why would they need to sort? If so, what fields? to what end? If you mean people trying to find a listing on your site, rank could be an optional field but it should not be required. Ranks change

[IxDA Discuss] [Plug]: Early-bird pricing for UX Australia ends 30 June.

2009-06-24 Thread Steve Baty - UX Australia
There's only one week to go until early-bird pricing ends (midnight AEST, 30 June) for UX Australia http://uxaustralia.com.au/, which runs from 26-28 August, in Australia's capitol Canberra. Here are five great reasons why you should register nowhttp://uxaustralia.com.au/register : 1. You'll*

[IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] UX Week 2009; Early Pricing Ends July 1

2009-06-24 Thread Peter Merholz
Register before July 1st to get early bird pricing. See the speaker line up below and register here: http://www.uxweek.com/ UX Week 2009 The Palace Hotel San Francisco, CA September 15-18 Early bird until July 1st = $2,195 With your FOPM discount = $1,865.75 I've spent a lot of time pulling

[IxDA Discuss] Goodbye Day 3, Hello to Day 4!

2009-06-24 Thread Janna Hicks DeVylder
This is it, folks. It's the last official day of the IxDA Give a Little Back support drive! Right now we are at $9,600 and 478 contributors. We need a BIG push from everyone today. Please contribute! http://bit.ly/17AJoE I encourage you to put challenges out there... create a matching

[IxDA Discuss] Advice needed: creating a new UI standard

2009-06-24 Thread Brian Mila
I've been tasked with creating a new UI standard for my company. I thought it would be a great project for me, one that would allow me to exercise my usability skills and give me the means to convince people about the virtues of user-centered design (something lacking here). But, nine months

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice needed: creating a new UI standard

2009-06-24 Thread live
Pick the big five. The big five factors that standardized will help the company the most AND showcase how good design helps. You can't solve the worlds (or your companies) problems all in one day (or project.) Iterations, my friend, iterations. Also - document. Afterwards, document how things

[IxDA Discuss] ANN: Design for Care (UX + healthcare) book underway

2009-06-24 Thread Louis Rosenfeld
(apologies for duplicate postings) Hi all; I'm very excited to announce that Rosenfeld Media is developing a new title, *Designing for Carehttp://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/health-care/: The design disciplines as critical healthcare professions.* Informatics designer *Peter Jones

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice needed: creating a new UI standard

2009-06-24 Thread Sarah Kampman
OK, first: deep breath. You sound thoughtful and competent, and I'm sure the standard is coming along well. You mention that the project goes live in a few months, and that you wonder whether it will help other groups. To me, the sensible route would be to pause what you're doing and ask your

[IxDA Discuss] Color/contrast differentiation

2009-06-24 Thread Sarah Kampman
Is there a standard or recommendation for minimum color contrast in a software UI? I will be using a white background for editable data and a light gray background for read-only data. The text in both cases is black and is quite readable. What I am unsure of is how light I can make the read-only

[IxDA Discuss] Interaction Designer needed for Flip Video group - this position will open in the near future - contact Brent at brero...@cisco.com if interested

2009-06-24 Thread Brent Rogers
Interaction Designer Location San Francisco, CA Job Description This position is in Cisco’s Consumer Business Group (CBG), formerly known as Linksys. It's an exciting time to work at Cisco. Every day we connect people to the network and make it come to life. The Cisco Consumer Business Group

[IxDA Discuss] Each one...REACH one?

2009-06-24 Thread Janna Hicks DeVylder
We're in the final stretch for the Give a Little Back support drive. We're now at $11,052 from 542 contributors. To all of the contributors, I challenge you: Can you each encourage at least ONE person who hasn't contributed to contribute? If we could each get one person to contribute, we could

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Plug]: Early-bird pricing for UX Australia ends 30 June.

2009-06-24 Thread Steve Baty - UX Australia
Complete link failure :( Registrations can be made at: http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/conference-2009/registration Steve 2009/6/24 Steve Baty - UX Australia st...@uxaustralia.com.au There's only one week to go until early-bird pricing ends (midnight AEST, 30 June) for UX Australia

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Color/contrast differentiation

2009-06-24 Thread Rob Epstein
Sarah, Look at http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/index.php Use the color tool to experiment with different text and background colors, hues, etc. Hope this helps. Rob Epstein On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Sarah Kampman skamp...@planview.comwrote: Is there a standard or recommendation for

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice needed: creating a new UI standard

2009-06-24 Thread William Brall
The good news is: Even a terrible design standard will likely be better than 6 completely different designs which all get some things right and everything else wrong. The core of your job does itself by being a job. So don't worry too much. Provided you aren't a moron and you know -something-

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interfaces for Getting Attention of Infants

2009-06-24 Thread Carl Ververs
See this article from the Dec 2008 issue of The Economist: http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12847128 Infants have a penchant for paying attention to changing numbers, it seems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice needed: creating a new UI standard

2009-06-24 Thread Dorelle Rabinowitz
I'm curious how you developed the standards to begin with. Often, its very helpful, as you create and evolve a design system, to test out your various solutions in the real-world context. Some things that have helped my team are: 1. Have a regular meeting (and perhaps a committee of

[IxDA Discuss] Password Masking research

2009-06-24 Thread ELISABETH HUBERT
Hi all, In light of Nielsen's new article seen here: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/passwords.html along with other user frustration feedback, my team and I started looking at other solutions to masking passwords on creation. Although I know the simplest and best answer is probably not to mask the

[IxDA Discuss] UML and Developers

2009-06-24 Thread Hope Cornett
*Note - I am new to this forum. If you feel this topic is not appropriate to post, just let me know. * We have been tasked with documenting the requirements for our current legacy software system, in sufficient detail that a vendor (preferably several vendors) will be able to give reasonably

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Advice needed: creating a new UI standard

2009-06-24 Thread Theresa Neil
One of the things I have done for many of our clients with large enterprise applications is identify the key screen patterns- or key workflow patterns- for their suite. Like master detail (screen pattern) or data entry levels deep (workflow pattern). Then we take a couple of the real screens

[IxDA Discuss] sustaining IxDA

2009-06-24 Thread Jeremy Yuille
hi all,I wanted to post here about why I'm giving to this fundraiser, and why I think it'll help our organization in the medium and long term. For many reasons, IxDA membership growth has gone ballistic over the last couple of years! Our numbers are steadily growing, and our visions of what these

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Color/contrast differentiation

2009-06-24 Thread Lincoln Mongillo
Sarah, The WCAG 2.0 spec offers up assistance regarding color contrast. http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ and there are several tools out there that will provide the ratio evaluation: http://juicystudio.com/services/aertcolourcontrast.php#specify 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum): The visual presentation

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Password Masking research

2009-06-24 Thread Jeff Howard
Hi Elisabeth, I haven't seen this done in a non-mobile web browser natively, but it's possible to reproduce with Javascript (or in Flash with Actionscript) with a bit of effort. Juggling the user input to progressively mask the text seems unwieldy at first glance but it's entirely possible.