I perceive that the 'strategy' for killing the iPhone is to imitate it
in almost ever conceivable way, but (theoretically) to improve it in
some remarkable way.
I am an IT guy, so I think that the iPhone's killer app is, well...the
apps. I just don't see how the iPhone killers are going to mat
What we need is a button that shocks the user if they press the button
more than necessary. ;-) The type of person that typically acts as
though they can speed up the elevator with multiple button presses
deserves it.
Adrian Howard wrote:
On 28 Sep 2009, at 06:34, gMulder wrote:
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In
Young children are accustomed to experimenting with their world via
touch (and putting things in their mouth of course) so the iPhone fits
into their normal mode of discovery. Adults by contrast have learned
other means of discovery that might fail them when they have only a
single button and a
"What sites like FB do really well, though, is encourage the small
congratulations/condolences that would otherwise get left behind."
This sounds like more bad news for greeting card companies.
Welcome to the Interaction Design As
Large companies pay a lot of lip service to promoting entrepreneurial spirit
among their employees. It's nice to see that it can happen in the real
world.
> Then a Southwest employee, Alex Heinold, came up with a breakthrough
> on his home computer, devising a formula to match the airline's uni
I am on a few other lists and they apparently have a filtering mechanism to
prevent out-of-office replies from going to the list. I'm sure that the
technology is mature enough now that this is a function of the list
management software.
That said, it's just an extra mental step; a minor inconveni
The first time I replied to a post on this list, the message never appeared
on the list because my reply went to the sender of the original message and
not to the list. I have to manually change the 'To' field in my email to
send a reply to the list.
How ironic that an email list for usability spe
The first time I replied to a post on this list, the message never appeared
on the list because my reply went to the sender of the original message and
not to the list. I have to manually change the 'To' field in my email to
send a reply to the list.
How ironic that an email list for usability spe
I peruse the Kurzweil (musical instrument) forums every now and then. They
have some read-only forums consisting of answers to commonly asked
questions. (Now if I would just read them, I could get more out of my
Kurzweil instrument.)
I suspect that such threads/forums can provide the information t
That's it... You're in timeout. :)
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Yes, my apologies for the US-centric topic. I suppose that the more
inclusive question would be to identify cities that are not A-list, but
which have a viable usability community.
Anyone in Mainz Germany? I'm going there in July. :)
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I have to confess that my resume is that of a software engineer, but I am
the IT department in my current assignment, so I have to be conversant with
more fields than the average code monkey at a large company. I also find
IxDA (or whatever the proper term is) interesting since it's more closely
r
I'm curious as to whether people doing interaction design live in places
other than Chicago or the coasts? Is this profession like music or theatre,
in which living in flyover territory is a career-limiting factor.
Billy Cox
Old World Spices
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In the case of the sloped floor around the baggage carousel, does slanty
design really help users to avoid a non-goal, or is it just a utilitarian
measure to make sure that some users' goal seeking does not unnecessarily
impede the goal seeking of other users?
I used gmail early on and having dele
I lean toward the Ariel font, especially for end users who would relate well
to an overly ambitious mermaid.
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I am a frequent user of discussion forums. The forum that I use most often
allows users to customize their view between single thread and tree...which
disrupts conversational flow at times.
I believe there is still a killer app waiting to be developed, or maybe the
social networking model is that
Point taken...
However, I have a feeling that the distinction between interaction design
and usability would be lost on an audience of project managers and techies.
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Now, I don't want to go off on a rant here, but this is the second
time in a very short thread that th
If it were me, I would use a simulation exercise to illustrate the value of
usability...nothing too involved, but 15-20 minutes to grab their attention
and create interest in the topic.
I am reminded of a scene from 'Men in Black' in which Will Smith's character
and some military types are require
I cannot understand why a state dropdown would display state abbreviations
versus the actual name of the state. One would assume that the average user
knows the abbreviation of their own state, but I used to assume that
everyone knew that they could TAB through a form.
As for the maximum number of
, with remainder of list
alphabetical.
Which one would you use and what would influence your decision?
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Old World Spices
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Thanks a lot for the link. I am weaning myself from table-based layout to
css-based layout, and anything that can make it easier is great.
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The Blueprint project page: http://code.google.com/p/blueprintcss/
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This was my thought as well. I am old enough to have heard many sermons
about the 'me generation' when the target was baby boomers. The millennials
piece could very well have been lifted directly out of one of those 'How to
Manage Gen X' books; changing the Gen X terminology to 'millennial'.
A com
How about a working definition of 'prototype'?
Prototype -- 'A visual approximation of the form and/or function of an
intended finished product with a level of fidelity appropriate to the
project lifecycle and intended audience.'
Such a definition acknowledges that there is no single method of pr
touchscreen arrives today...fun fun. :)
Btw, I'm new to the list - looks like a really good community.
Billy Cox
Old World Spices
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