When I am talking about designers I am those who do the pixel work to.
Are you saying that most people doing UCD are both visual designers
and Interaction Designers?
That is not my experience. I wonder what the statistics would be here
on IxDA
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Uh...those are one and the same. For most people who are fully
experienced.
On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:20 PM, Thomas Petersen wrote:
Furthermore I have observed that those most avid defenders of UCD are
people with an academic background and not a design background
I am not trying to be arrogant if that is how it comes across then I
am sorry.
I am sure most people here could write a whole book (and some
probably have) about why usability testing is good. So why is it so
bad that I can write one about what is bad?
If it works for you then great.
I have don
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Hi! I work in an e-commerce group. My department manager is interested
in building design research into our work processes from scratch. The
function of our department is a hybrid between product manager,
designer, and project manager.
We are looking into issues such as "do we need an official pol
We are seeking a qualified Senior User Interface Designer to join the
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I think where Google excels is in identifying obvious cognitive skills
that might be overlooked by standard web conventions.
For me the immediacy of clicking quickly through articles offers a
comfortable affordance of browsing presentations of images and
typography that convey the character of the
We are seeking a qualified Senior User Interface Designer to join the
CA Wily Engineering team at our office in South San Francisco, CA.
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CBC (CBC.ca), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, is Canada's
National Public Broadcaster. We are looking for an Information
Architect to join our User Experience Design Team in the Digital
Programming department.
As the Information Architect you will be part of a team responsible
for guiding t
Ahh for the love of Pete - my HTML tag examples got eaten, hence the
blanks and strange things above. Please see
http://katewalser.com/2009/09/accessibility-section-508-reviews/ for
these tips WITH the HTML tags.
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Posted from the
I dont see how moving out from a discussion after stating your opinion helps
anyone.
I reckon, there are better ways to deal with perceived arrogance and ignorance
than sarcasm. I, for one, certainly expect more on the list than one line
retorts. If there was something incorrect about what wa
Illustrator still rules for concepting and sketching. Fireworks for
proper wireframing, making lots of similar screens, and production
graphics.
For those of you about to commit to Fireworks for daily use, I would
recommend downloading the Fireworks Auto-Save thingy here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfu
Hi Jerome,
Validate first, with http://validator.w3.org/ or built-in validators
in Dreamweaver, etc. Assistive technologies can choke on poorly
formed or invalid code.
If the site's more of a content site, check:
- Navigation / links - can you reach all navigation (including nav
bar menus) via th
Gilberto:
I know I should keep my mouth shut here but your comments are not fair and
(at least this late at night) rather infuriating.
If you cannot see the arrogance and ignorance of a comments like
"I could write a whole book about why usability test and focus groups are
bad for you and your
Thomas: I think you are bringing up some interesting points. I don't agree
fully with all of them, but they are thoughtful. Being the design process a
subjective one, I consider Usability Testing a good way to evaluate the
design with people that will be using the product soon. I am pragmatic
a
@Jared: you mentioned "value" and "arrogance", and yet I don't find your
last 2 entries as adding much value or being less arrogant. How much Thomas
charges for his work shouldn't be a criteria to weigh the value of his
ideas, nor is it your business or mine.
What was your contribution in those
On Sep 16, 2009, at 2:08 AM, Thomas Petersen wrote:
And it's my claim that
the reason why UCD have so much weight today is because there are a
lot of academics who don't know how to actually design (i.e. making
a decision) so they need to take it into a process where they use
user input to make
On Sep 14, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Thomas Petersen wrote:
I could write a whole book about why usability test and focus groups
are bad for you and your customers but I wont.
Wow. Someone has been doubling up on their arrogance pills today,
haven't they?
_
I've been using Fireworks since version 2 and certainly it's been an
indispensable tool for creating quick-sketch wireframes that can
easily be evolved into high-fidelity/final design comps. As others
have pointed out, combining shared layers with symbols in CS4 allows
for a great deal of flexibili
You are not alone. Although I may not feel disgusted, its fair to say
I am disappointed lately.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:16 AM, "Dante Murphy"
wrote:
I am growing disgusted with the IxDA list. I wonder if I am the
only one.
Many conversations lately have featured a
I know there's quite a few designers in India on this list. I'd like to
gather some opinions from you on design and interactivity in India.
Please contact me off-list at gretc...@lunar.com.
Welcome to the Interaction Design Associ
http://vimeo.com/6588461
This is a cute little exploration of some ways to interact without
touching. The implementation is a bit Rube Goldberg but may say
something about ambient interfaces in general.
Best regards,
--Alan
Welcome
On Sep 16, 2009, at 6:58 AM, Brian wrote:
why would I use [Fireworks] over using Photoshop or InDesign?
This is how I think about where Fireworks fits relative to other Adobe
apps:
- InDesign is great for creating documents
- Photoshop is great for working with bitmap images
- Illustrator i
Fireworks is nice for wireframes and hi-res mockups. I have
experienced some problems with Fireworks CS4 for example when
exporting to interactive PDF large files would hang. Fireworks also
allows only one master-page to be set; there are many times when
I%u2019m building a hi-res mockup to test
"Fast Flip is a new reading experience that combines the best
elements of print and online articles. Like a print magazine, Fast
Flip lets you browse sequentially through bundles of recent news,
headlines and popular topics, as well as feeds from individual top
publishers."
http://googleblog.blogsp
I think what Dante is alluding to is the fact that some people go too
much into detail in their posting instead of posting something short
and concise.
Perhaps, use the Twitter rule. NOT 140 characters, but limit your
paragraphs. Even Blogs don't get this long.
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For what it's worth new members aren't subscribed to the full e-mail
stream. Only the first post of each thread. And even then only if they
explicitly opt-in for e-mail delivery. The full e-mail subscription is
pretty hard-core.
Also, I wouldn't mind a moratorium on the use of the word "ironic"
in
Try 'save as' and select illustrator- presto, it's vector.
If you were using the export option it would definitely come out low-res, as
Fireworks is designed to be a web graphics tool
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Shelly Cawood wrote:
> currently after having a good at fireworks, my major iss
currently after having a good at fireworks, my major issue is the
quality of what it exports, its quite bad, exporting from omnigraffle
or visio exports a vector file which prints well
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http://www.ixda
Hi all.
I am interested in canvasing opinion and feedback on flyout menus.
Our organisation includes many online newspaper websites which is
the domain I focus on here.
Recently, we conducted a competive gap analysis against benchmark
competitors looking at different areas of user experienc
User Experience group is expanding and looking for an experienced,
innovative Visual UI Designer. We are looking for a
multi-disciplinary team player who can participate in both granular
design work and contribute to the strategic visual design direction
for current and future.
The candidate shoul
Bestica is searching for a proven leader with experience guiding a
team through multiple aspects of the UX process: ethnography,
prototyping, design, and specification. Our client is building PC and
web-based applications for the community of Brew software developers.
The successful candidate will
Jpb Description:
Bestica is looking for an experienced Social Media, Social Networking
Interaction Designer/UI Designer to work on creating web-based
interface solutions for complex financial applications.
The desired candidate will join our Client's Product and Technology
teams to innovate, desig
show details 9:56 AM (43 minutes ago)
Position Overview:
* Create a an IA vision and strategy that results in an outstanding
user experience and is in line with and consistently supports our
brand, marketing, product, and revenue strategies.
* Evaluate the effectiveness of new and exist
*Must have start-up experience.
* Create a an IA vision and strategy that results in an outstanding
user experience and is in line with and consistently supports our
brand, marketing, product, and revenue strategies.
* Evaluate the effectiveness of new and existing IA elements on our
client*s sit
Our client, a leading e-commerce company is looking for a Senior
Information Architect to help create future user experience by
optimizing the site to maximize the web conversions. You will be
responsible for transforming unmet user needs and business
opportunities into successful product launches
You're not alone. Thank-you for calling this attention, and here's
to hoping people take constructive criticism to heart.
Matt Albiniak
Nerdery Interactive Labs - a division of Sierra Bravo.
d. 952-428-7121
c. 612-812-9248
w. http://nerdery.com/people/Ma
t. @malbiniak
. .
Hopefully this isn't too far of a branch in the conversation, but
what have you all found to be successful for distributed storage and
sharing of icon files and other "non-changing" assets between team
members or other parts of the organization?
Do any of the above-listed options offer asset manag
Hi Alexis,
Yes it is. It took me a few minutes to get there as well. This will be
changing for the better when our new online platform (Conan) launches
this winter.
Everyone can track the status of the Conan project by following it on
the IxDA board blog: http://www.ixda.org/blog/tag/cona
My bad...Adam Korman was so kind as to point me to the option for daily
digests. To be fair, it is a bit hard to find though!
Alexis
Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org
I certainly don't feel disgusted with the list, but I have always wondered
why the IxDA list doesn't have a digest version. Every other email list I'm
on has a daily digest option, and it seems like a big oversight, and an
especially ironic one given that this is a list about good interaction
desig
I am growing disgusted with the IxDA list. I wonder if I am the only one.
Many conversations lately have featured a very small number of contributors
very vocally arguing minute details in a long serial of posts. As much as I
have enjoyed the open and inclusive nature of this list, I am now wi
"The process of repetitive testing, whereby the tester is doing the
same tests each day, is in my opinion not that useful. In my
experience this can achieve little to no positive result. What occurs
is the dev team gets unnecessary reports that clog up the development
cycle."
It's not the same tes
Brian
Over Photoshop because it has pages and states, because it\s faster
and is made for interface design and web design. Because you can make
components with it and output them either to flash or html.
Because it's intutive and gives you all those nifty tools you need
that make sense.
Over InD
Well I must say I am now really going to go out and try using
Fireworks with all this support for it for wireframing. Just a quick
question because I really have not used it so this comes out of pure
ignorance and not argumentative, but why would I use it over using
Photoshop or InDesign? I am tryi
Hello -
We are looking for a full-time mid-level London-based IA/IxD to work in our
London office (www.theladders.co.uk).
Please be a thinker, a do'er and have an opinion.
@ me (@jboogie) or email (jgothelf at theladders dot com) if interested.
Thanks!
[Jeff]
===
Jeff Gothelf
Di
Not to be too much of a grammar nerd, but your examples are not
actually run-on sentences--they're just long ones. The examples you
cite (or at least the ones in are well-formed, grammatical sentences.
Run-ons are ungrammatical; they string two or more independent clauses
together without conjuncti
Thomas,
I have to agree with your point #3. It is very useful to continue
testing after the launch of a product. Very often, you can find
problems and or enhancements prior to real world feedback reaching
your desk. I agree with this.
Just to reiterate, I believe early testing is essential on
This sounds like a company that should hire a UX Designer!
Scott
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Santiago Bustelo
wrote:
> On 15/09/2009, at 23:11, Thomas Petersen wrote:
>>
>> Companies like Blitz are not in the SEO game.
>
> The point is not about the company wanting to rank higher on Google,
Interesting discussion. I was just wondering about off-line
"carousels" ways in which we browse through things in a similar
fashion... a photo album, a calendar, a rolodex... how about a row of
movie posters, or a walking in a mall, or a grocery store aisle?
It's actually quite a natural metaphor.
I am not against testing. I am against involving users in the middle
of a design process.
1. The feedback solves problems in the wireframe/prototype face,
it's self referentical there is no real transcendence into the
design of the actual finished product.
2. 99% of what we do is repetition of wh
What do we do?
Sogeo Company creates location-based services that provide people with
personal suggestions about where to go and what to do. Sogeo Company
has developed its first application for the action sports market
called New Breeders, which is also accessible through an iPhone
appl
"I said 'That I know of'. It's true that I'm bit familiar with
Gaia, but I doubt if they are using that. Please list a single CMS
(preferably not hacked) solution for Flash instead of simply saying
'totally wrong'. About the only thing I've seen that comes close
is http://www.flashxmleditor.com/ ,
And take a look at the source...
You are speaking of your own prejudice about flash not about Blitz
actual usage of it.
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Posted from the new ixda.org
http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45653
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"The point is not about the company wanting to rank higher on Google,
nor about the website being "search engine friendly". Is about
supporting users.
Understanding and supporting user goals is what Interaction Design is
about. "
And given that Blitz delivers flash solutions it obviously makes
se
On 15/09/2009, at 23:11, Thomas Petersen wrote:
Companies like Blitz are not in the SEO game.
The point is not about the company wanting to rank higher on Google,
nor about the website being "search engine friendly". Is about
supporting users.
Understanding and supporting user goals is wh
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