Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any good book on interaction Design/UX

2009-09-04 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Hi Sunil This topic has been covered a lot - try a search for 'Design books' or similar Here are two great threads: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=35729 http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=33808 :-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is using JavaScript to submit a form WCAG 2.0 compliant?

2009-02-11 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Hi Marcus I did some training a few years ago with the RNIB. One of the ladies there (she was a screen reader user) said that most screen reader users turn off Javascript for browsing because there is so much bad stuff out there they frequently end up in an unpleasant and unescapable loop. If

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms and Conditions with a twist

2008-10-27 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Slightly away from the original topic, Chauncey I think you raise a great point... I wonder if the lawyers who insist TCs are prominent and must be fully 'eye-balled' to be accepted would be willing to take it a step further and look at the usability of their document? Maybe creating an index of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terms and Conditions with a twist

2008-10-27 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Can't we make that the lawyers problem? ;-) Seriously, I wasn't thinking of re-writing the doc, more like a layman's reference... take for example Chauncey's case above about limited use of the clip art graphic. That's really important information that most people will miss. So the reference

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Identifying PDF/Word links

2008-09-30 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Is the file type and size going to be a decision factor as to which file they download, or is it just informative? What about hiding them until mouseover? I just did a quick CSS experiment using a span inside the to make the file type and size and same as the bg colour, and therefore invisible,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why are password fields asterisked on join-up forms?

2008-09-09 Thread Carolynn Stanford
Jake, I'm not understanding your comment... *You should never EVER input your password into a field that isn't asterisked. This goes way beyond someone peering over your shoulder.* I've been experimenting with this on a new site and from what my developer colleagues have told me, using

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Confirm password field - Superfluous?

2008-07-11 Thread Carolynn
Hey Steven I personally hate the hint question and answer and can never imagine a useful scenario for it. I've put in a user name, thought of a password, now I need to think of a hint question and answer as well??! That alone would stall me significantly!! Retyping a password? Easy! Obviously I'm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should external links really open in the same window?

2008-07-10 Thread Carolynn
Personally, I'm a big fan of opening links in a new window or tab BUT the important usability issue here is that I am not a good representative of the end user of the sites I build and I would imagine the majority of people on this list, as well as most of their colleagues, aren't either.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Form Validation

2008-01-06 Thread Carolynn
wish the user test group was big enough to try two columns and see if there was a change in completion times! If anyone has test results on this I would love to hear about it :-) Carolynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Form Validation

2008-01-04 Thread Carolynn
I'm with Caroline - Mint is disturbing! I was experimenting with error fields and after some debate decided to do it this way (granted this form is simple, sorry about the non-Englishness!): https://www.net-apotek.no/site/shop/register.html ... click on the 'register' button and all field labels