Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search Results Pagination (top & bottom?)

2009-12-31 Thread Paul Sherman
Off the cuff I can think of a couple ways to operationalize a quick test. But honestly, I probably wouldn't test it. There are plenty of good pagination design patterns in the wild that wouldn't add any significant clutter. -Paul - - - - - - - Paul Sherman, Principal, ShermanUX User Experie

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [anthrodesign] Norman replies to Nussbaum

2009-12-31 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
On Dec 31, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Dan Saffer wrote: > But more often in practice, existing technologies are applied to new problems > (which may spring from human needs), or new technologies are applied to > existing problems (which may spring from human needs). Even if that means bending existing

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Senior UI Developer, San Francisco, MTV Networks

2009-12-31 Thread Hyke, Lea
Senior UI Developer - AddictingGames.com division of MTV Networks Are you a dynamic, creative, User Interface Developer? Can you client side technologies and user facing portions of our AddictingGames and many other sites? Can you be mindful of building widgets and functionality that can

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [anthrodesign] Norman replies to Nussbaum

2009-12-31 Thread Jared Spool
On Dec 31, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Dan Saffer wrote: I've seldom seen designers or researchers then propose a new technology that would then do what is necessary. At many companies, this would be laughed at. I assume this would be possible in some large companies, academia or research labs. (In

[IxDA Discuss] Good news for Visio users

2009-12-31 Thread Jonathan Abbett
It's nice to see some formal recognition of our community by the Microsoft Visio Team. http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2009/12/22/wireframe-shapes-in-visio-2010.aspx Wireframe Shapes in Visio 2010 Visio has long been regarded by interaction designers and information architects as an essent

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [anthrodesign] Norman replies to Nussbaum

2009-12-31 Thread Dan Saffer
On Dec 31, 2009, at 10:38 AM, marc resnick wrote: > A really good ethnographer can > anticipate (through ethnographic study) the value of a technology > that does not yet exist to satisfy a user need. I've mostly seen this scenario during research --> product: "Assume there was a magic button

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search Results Pagination (top & bottom?)

2009-12-31 Thread Michael Caskey
I see. So the user who scrolls down, and then scrolls back up, would not have to scroll back down again if he decided to see the next page of results, provided the pagination were duplicated at the top. I think in order to make this design decision I would need to measure the clutter/scroll tr

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search Results Pagination (top & bottom?)

2009-12-31 Thread Paul Sherman
Don't forget about the case in which people are scanning a list or grid, but after scanning down to the bottom, they decide to go back and review items higher up in the list. In this case - which I have seen play out many times in utesting of web-based apps - doubling up the pagination and sor

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Conferences for UX of Medical Devices and EMR

2009-12-31 Thread marc resnick
If you are interested in presenting some work, we are putting together a session on this very topic for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society conference next September in San Francisco. I am the program chair for the Internet group and we would be co-sponsoring the session with the health care

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [anthrodesign] Norman replies to Nussbaum

2009-12-31 Thread marc resnick
I think it's a false argument. A really good ethnographer can anticipate (through ethnographic study) the value of a technology that does not yet exist to satisfy a user need. But there are few "really good" ethnographers. Until the user knows the functionality is possible, they are not going

[IxDA Discuss] Search Results Pagination (top & bottom?)

2009-12-31 Thread Michael Caskey
Can I get some thoughts on pagination at the top of search results? I haven't done any research around it, but my opinion this morning is that pagination should only be at the bottom of the results set, especially when the results set is taller than the viewport. The context of pagination, in

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PINs for passwords

2009-12-31 Thread Phil Chung
PINs are sometimes used on the web (I've seen this in IVRs too) in combination with another piece(s) of personal information. See Delta.com for an example. Out of curiousity, does any know why we aren't using PIN numbers as internet passwords? A huge percentage of people already have a banking PI

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PINs for passwords

2009-12-31 Thread Dan Saffer
On Dec 31, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Jared Spool wrote: > My math says you only get 10,000 combinations from a 4 digit PIN, which I > would imagine is even less secure. Math was never my strong suit. Stupid zeros! Welcome to the Interac

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PINs for passwords

2009-12-31 Thread Jared Spool
On Dec 31, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Dan Saffer wrote: I imagine it's basic encryption math. Your average 4 digit pin has only 4,000,000,000 possible combinations, which isn't particularly secure. My math says you only get 10,000 combinations from a 4 digit PIN, which I would imagine is even le

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PINs for passwords

2009-12-31 Thread Dan Saffer
I imagine it's basic encryption math. For instance, a ten digit numeric password only has 10 to the 10th power (10,000,000,000) possible combinations. A ten digit numeric and letter password, in contrast, has 10 to the 36th power or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PINs for passwords

2009-12-31 Thread Gilles Demarty
Hugh, On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Hugh Griffith wrote: > Out of curiousity, does any know why we aren't using PIN numbers as > internet > passwords? (rereading your post, i'm not sure if you're talking about PIN in context of paiement card or to log in to the bank website, excuse me in a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PINs for passwords

2009-12-31 Thread charles . boyung
They are only secure enough because you can't easily write a program to automatically run through them in the physical world like you can on a computer. If you created a website that uses 4 to 6 digit numbers as passwords, I could get into the site in a matter of hours. A good hacker could probably

[IxDA Discuss] PINs for passwords

2009-12-31 Thread Hugh Griffith
Out of curiousity, does any know why we aren't using PIN numbers as internet passwords? A huge percentage of people already have a banking PIN, and they're much easier to remember. If they're secure enough to protect our bank accounts, why aren't they good enough for the web? I'm sure there's a re

[IxDA Discuss] immersive application guidelines

2009-12-31 Thread Himanshu Agrawal
Hello All, Wishing u all a very happy new year !! Kindly suggest me some relevant links or matter to understand the guidelines need to be followed while designing immersive applications for touch screen devices like iPhones. Thank You ! -- Himanshu ___

[IxDA Discuss] UX Companies in Singapore

2009-12-31 Thread Himanshu Agrawal
Hello All, Can some one tell me good IA, UX companies in Singapore. regards, Himanshu Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.or