Re: [IxDA Discuss] Personas: how many is too many?

2010-02-17 Thread Ari Tenhunen
Absolutely too many personas or user groups. It makes management more complicated in many ways. I would hav max 5. You need of course some basic major user roles (Administrator, Breeder (service provider), Owner (Service buyer), Vet (Expert, service provider) etc.. Each group has their own access

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Displaying multiple filters on a page

2010-02-12 Thread Ari Tenhunen
primarily an aesthetic issue, it%u2019s a usability issue. Ari Tenhunen www.nemeo.fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49338 Welcome to the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What is a subset of the other?

2010-02-08 Thread Ari Tenhunen
This is interesting topic. And the point of view adopted by your organization as a preferred one seems to define the shape of the organization. So this is not just an academic question to you. UX is a wider concept and involves things like content, aesthetics and such in addition to usability. I t

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Editing of profile details

2010-01-27 Thread Ari Tenhunen
Good question Maybe there is not one and only correct answer to this question. I think the main thing is maintaining the consistency of the methods. Similar operations should always look and feel the same to the user so that he can utilize his prior experience and knowledge. You can introduce ne