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and Canada. We pride ourselves with having the best and the brightest talent to
ensure that our solutions are designed, tested and built with the h
This is Broken shut down a few years ago, but it is a great repository of
exactly what you are looking for:
http://www.goodexperience.com/tib/
On Feb 9, 2010, at 11:52 PM, Arthur Fink wrote:
> For a talk I'm giving, I'm seeking pictures of:
>
> * Confusing or misleading signs
>
> * Hard to use
Actually, I vote that we use a picture of Jared's head as a sarcasm mark. ;^)
Jack
On Feb 3, 2010, at 10:01 AM, William Hudson wrote:
> It looks like Jared needs one of them thar new-fangled sarcasm marks.
> See
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6995354/Sarcasm-punctuation-m
> ark-aim
Gayatri,
I suggest that you provide the user with the list of items that will be
deleted, perhaps in a confirmation dialog, before the action is carried out.
While this requires an extra step, it ensures that the user doesn't
accidentally and unknowingly lose data while still allowing the user
Oh, and I may as well plug myself. I have a series of posts on DesignAday
called "Designer's Toolbelt". You can find them here:
http://designaday.tumblr.com/tagged/Designer%27s_Toolbelt
Best,
Jack
On Jan 29, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Grady Kelly wrote:
> I am sure that there is a lot of great software
Grady,
You'll find a lot of great suggestions in these posts:
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=27257#27257
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=17752
Best,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
Some men see things as they are
On Jan 28, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Sean Gerety wrote:
> And kudos to Jonathan Ive. He's the best thing that ever happened to Apple.
Um, aside from that guy, uh, what's his name... oh, Steve!
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
Design is
On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:15 AM, Will Evans wrote:
> How often have you dropped your iPhone? I personally haven't, but have many
> friends that have gone through 2, 3, even 4 - a drop from 4' is deadly.
Enough that I stopped counting. I've dropped it face down on a concrete floor a
couple times
On Jan 27, 2010, at 7:08 PM, graham.s...@gmail.com wrote:
> I assume the durability of it will be better tha the iPhone screen
> especially as, like other laptops/netbooks it doesn't have a fold
> down screen to protect it.
Graham,
I don't understand. The durability of the iPhone screen is supe
On Jan 19, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Hugh Griffith wrote:
> All that knowledge does me no good when
> I'm stuck in a job I don't like because I have to pay off debt.
Hugh,
Part of the reason for getting the degree is to get a job that you DO like. I
got one that I absolutely love, and I have my Mast
Hi Russel,
I created guidelines in the form of a simple checklist that the developers in
my company can follow. The intent was to empower the developers to catch and
correct the most obvious and prevalent issues that I repeatedly encounter. I'm
afraid I don't have any data on its effectiveness,
On Dec 13, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Adam Greenfield wrote:
> So where do we stand? I said some not-particularly-diplomatic stuff
> in a not-particularly-constructive way, possibly because I don't
> particularly believe that the burden is on me as a blogger to be
> either diplomatic or constructive.
Her
Alan,
This was brought to the attention of the list once before, but didn't get a lot
of discussion. I recorded my own thoughts about it on my blog:
http://designaday.tumblr.com/post/235729815/incompetence
In summary, I made three observations, each directed at one of the parties
involved in t
On Nov 2, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Gretchen Anderson wrote:
Worth pointing out @peterme's latest tweet:
"I'm always disappointed 2 get a resume from designers who went from
undergrad straight 2 grad skool. The real world, ppl! Live it!"
I kind of agree. You can't get design judgement experience in s
On Nov 2, 2009, at 1:14 PM, David Farkas wrote:
Where will this trend of 'breeding
designers since youth' take the field as opposed to our educators
who found
design after years of practicing in other disciplines?
I too come to Interaction Design from a straight, educational path.
Howev
The Pittsburgh chapter of the IxDA gathered last Wednesday in the
historic Terminal Buildings, home of Gist Design. Gist led us through
an exercise in which we role-played through a usability research
scenario. The attendees were assigned to either the client, the
research team, or the pool
On Oct 22, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Rob Tannen wrote:
What sites would you say are the most like Core77 in terms of
independent coverage of the interaction design industry?
Johnny Holland is the first one that comes to mind: http://johnnyholland.org/
Design Observer covers all kinds of design: http
This is the final reminder for tomorrow's event at Gist Design. Learn
by doing while having fun and networking with other designers in the
Pittsburgh area. I'll see you there!
Real-World Research
Designers know the benefits that design research provides in shaping
good user experiences f
This is a reminder that our next event is only one week away. Join us
next Wednesday for an interesting and educational activity lead by
Gist Design. We'll be heading somewhere (TBD) for refreshments and
discussion afterward. Please email jmoff...@inmedius.com to RSVP, or
visit our Facebook
This month, Gist Design will be hosting IxDA Pittsburgh and leading us
in a unique, fun, and educational event. This is one you don't want to
miss, so get it in your calendar now.
Real-World Research
Designers know the benefits that design research provides in shaping
good user experiences
On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Bryan Minihan wrote:
6. Lawn Mower height controls: Maybe it's just mine, but to change
the
height of my lawn mower, I have to shift some impossibly gunked up
slider on
all four wheels to the exact same position. How about putting some
numbers
on those dials
Dang! I was going to slam you down with a reference to the Panasonic
Toughbook. ;-)
Best,
Jack
On Sep 23, 2009, at 6:13 AM, pauric wrote:
Nevermind, found this in the comments at gizmodo "Capacitive
multitouch layer ABOVE the screen, Wacom Active Digitizer BELOW the
screen."
Jack L. Mo
On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:11 AM, pauric wrote:
Even with that said, this Genius
Design approach can fall flat on its face: Apple TV.
Pauric,
I realize this is just an example and not the point of this thread,
but I'm curious as to why you think Apple TV has fallen flat on its
face. I would b
On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:10 PM, mark schraad wrote:
It is also one a principal renders personae of little use to some of
us. When you have 30 million uniques a day... its a little hard to
capture useful specificity. What am I going to do with 50 personas?
And five won't work either.
Absolu
On Sep 22, 2009, at 12:03 PM, J. Ambrose Little wrote:
Often we are tasked with designing for problem
spaces that are new to us and/or just new in general. In these cases,
sitting as a team in a conf room and imagining and speculating only
goes so
far.
Exactly! I've spent my entire caree
On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Kim Bieler wrote:
Why should I have to remember whether a file is in Google docs, or
saved in Delicious, or nested somewhere on my hard drive?
Well, for a rather simplistic and somewhat smug answer (my apologies),
you'll be quite disappointed to find out that t
On Aug 21, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:
Which had an extensive demo video to show you the full product
before you bought it.
Ah, right. Good point.
Still, I couldn't resist poking fun. ;-)
Best,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
h
On Aug 21, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:
I too bailed on the form. Because I think the point was that the
*required* information was too much to ask for when one has no idea
if the Dev kit is actually worth it since it's sight unseen. I'd
actually like to check it out, but I
Hi Navid,
I designed and gave just such a presentation recently to one of our
customers. I can't share the deck, as it is full of examples of
customer work, but I could probably share the outline that includes
all of my talking points if you would find that useful.
Best,
Jack
On Aug 19,
It sounds like you are describing IBM's Metapad:
http://www-03.ibm.com/technology/designconsulting/port_metapad.html
Best,
Jack
On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Shivan Kannan wrote:
Seeing it from another angle, rather making it a removable part from
a net-book, how if it were a pluggable to a net
On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:46 AM, Dave Malouf wrote:
Take a razor sized
iPhone that can slip into a "netbook" sized form-factor keyboard &
screen ( ports, mic & camera) and damn! you've got quite the
machine.
This is actually what I've imagined the rumored Apple iTablet thingy
to be. I probably
On Aug 11, 2009, at 3:20 PM, Marc Rettig wrote:
You didn't say who your students are, or what the course goals might
be.
Allow me to correct that.
These are masters students (and likely a couple of advanced seniors)
in a relatively traditional Graphic Design program. In the past, they
h
On Aug 11, 2009, at 7:56 AM, David Malouf wrote:
Jack, the item listing is all I can go on.
It is listed as, "Formal Education vs. Self-taught "
versus in my book is usually set up as a dichotomy.
Ah, I see. I didn't realize you were referring to this specific item
in my list. Yes, I agree
On Aug 11, 2009, at 5:01 AM, David Malouf wrote:
Please for the love of g-d lose the "certification" bit. Where is
this relevant in design today?
Yep, that's one that I wasn't planning on using. Four years ago, it
was a hot topic.
I also think that issues in design education are far dee
I'm preparing my design seminar for the Fall semester, which is a
masters-level course. The last time I taught this specific course was
2005. I assigned readings on the following subjects:
Design Certification
Offshore Outsourcing
Design & Business
Formal Education vs. Self-taught
Design Ethi
David,
I have lightened the background, rather than darkened it, which is
closer to what you are suggesting. I prefer this to darkening the
background because it is a subtler change (if the app has a white
background), while still getting the "disabled" point across.
Best,
Jack
On Aug 10
Hey, count me in! I'll donate some time to help review the UI that we
will all be using for the foreseeable future to interact with this
amazing community. That's important.
jmoff...@inmedius.com
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
Dave,
I didn't spend a lot of time reading about it, but looking over the
curriculum, I have to wonder: Is it attempting too much? I can imagine
finishing the program with some skill in every area, but not a lot of
depth. When I finished my masters in Interaction Design, I was more
than j
On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Josh Coe wrote:
I would not put the Save and Cancel buttons on opposite sides from
each other (via Fitts' Law). Keep the buttons near each other so the
user takes less time to move from one to the other.
On Jun 4, 2009, at 5:55 AM, Sudhindra V. wrote:
Hi Michae
This topic comes up often. Check out the following threads:
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=25587
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=15561
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=16084
Best,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
On May 22, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Jared Spool wrote:
Don't mind Robert. He just loves to crush the soul of people who are
likely to be more talented than him. :)
(Luv U Robert! You know that, right?)
Sound's like Joshua's question could be the topic of your next
podcast. Hmmm?
Best,
Jack
1)
Would you pay a fee to post a job at IxDA.org using Coroflot’s
service,
knowing that half of the fee you’ll be paying would go to fund IxDA
activities?
While I have no problem funding IxDA—I've donated before—no, I
probably would not. I just posted a job description to list for t
: August 14
Please send a resume and a URL to your on-line portfolio to Jack
Moffett, Senior Interaction Designer, jmoff...@inmedius.com
About Inmedius
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with offices in Canada, the United
Kingdom, Germany, Australia and India, Inmedius is a global leader in
A good discussion of this occurred back in 2005:
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=5055
Best,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
I am in search of the
simple elegant seductive
maybe even obvious IDEA.
With this in my pocket
Two that immediately came to mind for me are:
At the Heart of Interaction Design by Lauralee Alben
http://www.albenfaris.com/publications/pub_heart.shtml
Interaction Design History in a Teeny Little Nutshell by Marc Rettig
http://www.slideshare.net/mrettig/interaction-design-history
I wish Marc
On May 6, 2009, at 12:09 PM, live wrote:
The kiosk doesnt know where I am? It makes me choose a starting point?
It's fairly obvious that was just a setting for the prototype, as it
darkens the entire mockup, including the physical buttons, and would
require a touchscreen.
Best,
Jack
J
Certainly, a touchscreen would make things easier, but they were
obviously designing within the constraints of the existing hardware.
Given that, I think they've done a fine job.
Best,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
The
Yes, thanks Ambrose. I was keeping that message to reply to later when
I had time. You've saved me the effort. :)
Best,
Jack
On Apr 24, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Jared Spool wrote:
Ambrose,
Right on the mark.
The "us" vs. "them" attitude never works. We're all in this together.
Jared
Jack L
Personally, I consider this to be a poor approach, as it will tend to
limit your thinking about a solution to what you know is
implementable. I prefer to keep implementation in the back of my mind
while designing the solution. I will quite often have to make some
compromises when I get to i
It varies somewhat, but I typically implement the HTML and CSS, while
the developers do the JavaScript. I know HTML and CSS better than the
developers do, and I don't know JS. There are times that I'm too busy
to deliver HTML and CSS (I'm shared across many projects), so there
are times th
Aditya,
This issue was discussed previously here: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=33611
in great detail. The thread may have some answers for you.
Best,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
First, recognize that the ‘rig
On Apr 15, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Daniel wrote:
Has anyone here seen a label that provides the users some sort of
clue as to which action will take place?
I have distinguished between these two patterns before by making the
"immediate deletion" buttons red, while leaving the "mediated
deletion
On Apr 9, 2009, at 4:02 AM, R. Groot wrote:
in your company, which role gathers the requirements from the client?
I work on a wide range of projects, from my company's own products to
military contracts. Requirement gathering varies from project to
project.
a) project manager makes inv
On Apr 8, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Angel Marquez wrote:
I'll just label my statements as art and leave it open to
interpretation and
the intent to the user.
Just as long as you don't start saying "Moo" repeatedly.
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Senior Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
htt
On Wednesday, April 1st, IxDA Pittsburgh was hosted by CMU's
Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). Betsy McIver, a second year
masters student, met us in the lobby and introduced us to Quasi, a
conversational robot who tried to convince us that he was a little
boy. Quasi was the result of
Nasir accidentally forgot to reply to the list. I've got your back. ;)
I've already overblown my personal quota for IxDA list time, and I
still have things to get out the door for today, but quickly:
Todd, thanks for taking that on. We do agree on most things, and
whatever's left to disagre
On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Nasir Barday wrote:
Apple is secretive about their process and allows the general public
to believe that their success hinges on "looking sleek and cool,"
having a brand built solely around being hip, and being great
marketers. While WE recognize that design fu
On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Nasir Barday wrote:
I LOVED the fact that he said that our practices will make the next
leap
when a someone creates a truly design-led company that "makes
stuff," that
kicks everyone's asses and leaves them playing catch up.
And I suppose there is some reason
James,
From the examples that have been given, I would say that the set of
controls is typically very low complexity. The other trend is that
this pattern is used when the content takes up all of the available
screen space: video, slides, photos, etc.
Best,
Jack
On Mar 19, 2009, at 5:44
Apple's MobileMe photo gallery slideshows have controls that fade in
and out.
There was a version of Powerpoint that had a button that would fade in
during a slide show, providing access to options.
The iPod controls on the iPhone and iPod Touch are displayed over the
album art and hidden
Mattias,
I'm all for breaking conventions to introduce better solutions. I
don't believe, however, that contextual menus are always the best
answer. Given all of your suggestions, you are going to end up with
one overloaded menu. It would become difficult to find the particular
tool/optio
On Mar 5, 2009, at 6:45 AM, Mattias Konradsson wrote:
Toolbars: Why clutter the screen with features might or might not
be useful
for you, if the options are context-based they are better accessed
through a
context-menu of the entity in question
I can't say I agree with this one. Toolbars
IxDA Pittsburgh at the Entertainment Technology Center
Wednesday April 1, 2009 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Entertainment Technology Center
700 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Entertainment, and computer gaming in particular, has become a hot
topic recently as a source of inspiration fo
Of course, if it's controlled through a web cam, I imagine there is a
higher percentage of Mac user's with cameras due to the fact that they
are built into every iMac, Mac Book, and even the new displays.
On Feb 24, 2009, at 2:14 AM, Adam Lerner wrote:
Sadly (for me, I guess) the site won't
On Feb 18, 2009, at 4:37 PM, Caroline Jarrett wrote:
Jack, could you give me some references to this work? Due to my
fascination
with forms in general and tax forms in particular, I'd love to find
out more
about this claim, which I'd not heard about previously despite a few
contacts here an
Certainly, it isn't perfect. However, I view it as a foot in the door.
This is the only venture in this direction I know of that seems to
have legs. I think it is worth getting behind, even if we don't agree
with everything on it.
Furthermore, let's pretend that it does have legs and actual
The work we do has a very short lifespan. What could be the IxD
equivalent of falling water? It is a historic landmark—a monument to
be preserved for the ages. Our work gets replaced on a regular cycle.
It isn't treasured (yet) as an important part of our society's
history. Part of that has
On Jan 31, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Jim Leftwich wrote:
This was, as we see now, a fundamentally different departure point
than the assumptions and approach taken by the HCI community.
And thus this is why we see such a large rift in practice, framing,
communication, and understanding.
And I thin
On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote:
Ok, so by 'deliverable' you mean anything that can be shown to the
client,
at any point.
Not just the client. It could be something that is only shown to the
developers, like a detailed specification of layout, type, color,
etc., or a ske
I just wanted to second what Michael said (especially his first
suggestion about spec writing), and add a couple things. I too have
made a career as the designer among engineers.
Developers tend to not like having to work out the details of a UI
layout. If it is a web app, provide them with
The evening of Thursday, January 22nd found the Pittsburgh local group
participating in "Back of the Envelope: A Sustainable Restaurant
Crawl". The event was organized by the Eco-Design Guild (eDG), an
organization that got its start at an IxDA event last Spring. The
local chapters of AIGA
On Jan 21, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Andy Polaine wrote:
The reality of many programmes is that the student numbers have grown
enormously in relation to staffing levels. That means that a
student's face-to-face contact is often very minimal and, for some,
non-existent.
That's an issue that should be
My aspirations fall into three realms.
1. Professional
Aside from the typical goals of making good stuff, making customers
and users happy, and making my company successful, I aspire to
increasing the recognition of design's value in my clients and my co-
workers. Whereas I am currently the
On Jan 21, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Phil Chung wrote:
Having attended design school, completed a doctorate in HCI, taught
graduate students in design, and being currently in a part-time MBA
program, I believe there are few technical skills that you can't
learn from books or online nowadays with
Back of the Envelope: Sustainable Restaurant Crawl
When: Thursday January 22, 2009 @ 6:30pm
Where: Crawl begins at Oh Yeah! Ice Cream and Coffee
www.customswirl.com – 232 S. Highland Ave. Pgh
How: RSVP to ju...@bright-innovation.com by January 15th and you'll
pay the $12 per person discounted
For me, this brings to mind a question I was asked once in an
interview. 'Have you ever recommended a non-software/computer solution
to a customer's problem?' This was asked with the knowledge that I
worked for a software development firm. Typically, by the time I am
involved in a project,
On Dec 30, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Allison Walker wrote:
Yes, tiny countries would be difficult. I think you'd need a pretty
big map, unless you can do some type of fish-eye selection like the
Dock on the Mac.
Which is why they typically only use maps for the initial selection of
a continent
Many support sites begin with a map, having the user select the
continent or region first, and then presenting a list of countries. If
a graphical map isn't feasible, you could use two menus: one for
continent/region that then populates the second with a filtered list
of countries.
Best,
On Dec 22, 2008, at 10:43 PM, David Malouf wrote:
*So I ask again, what was YOUR memory of Ix08 | Savannah?*
That's a hard one, Dave—to pick just one, I mean. Similar to your
experience, I remember sitting in one of the rooms between sessions
and chatting with Alan Cooper, who was sitti
I'm in agreement with Will, here. The sparklines on this site don't
provide enough context to be of any use. They raise a lot of questions!
1. What is the time-span we are looking at?
2. As Will pointed out, they haven't broken out losses, injuries, and
deaths, which are very different thing
at this type of state
should be a hard thing for support people to understand. After all,
the functionality doesn't vanish for the user. But, that's easy for me
to say. We have to make compromises.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I
On Dec 6, 2008, at 10:40 AM, William Brall wrote:
There is drag and drop in basecamp? I use it every day, where is it?
:(
In the To-Do lists. When you hover over an item, controls are
displayed for deleting, editing, dragging, and commenting. Cursoring
over the drag icon changes the curso
Bart,
Your instincts are correct. Here's a post I made on my blog awhile back:
Developers often ask me whether a function should be hidden when not
available, or merely disabled. I gave them the following two rules
in my UI Design First Aid lecture.
When a function is unavailable due to cu
Alan,
You are probably aware, but I think 37 Signals' applications (e.g.
Basecamp) handle this extremely well. It's probably the best
implementation I've seen on the web.
Jack
On Dec 5, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Alan Wexelblat wrote:
Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond to my requ
On Dec 2, 2008, at 10:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So have any of you tried these cards? What do you guys think?
I came across the cards while reading an article Would you guys
invest
in them?
I purchased them specifically for use in a class I was teaching. They
served well for my
Congrats, but more importantly, thanks for volunteering! It's great
to see this organization not just functioning, but flourishing. I'm
quite excited about where this ship is heading.
Best,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
Some
Jarod,
For me, it was a completely natural extension of the search activity.
As soon as I saw the new buttons, I began removing the results that
didn't apply and were muddying up my list and promoting the ones that
I knew were valid results. I only wish it then filled in results from
the
Have you played with Google's new SearchWiki features?
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/searchwiki-make-search-your-own.html
I think Google has done some really nice interaction design on these
new features. They've added some very useful functionality that will
fundamentally change th
On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:20 PM, Caroline Jarrett wrote:
Eh? I don't get it. Are you saying that you wouldn't allow users to
judge
for themselves whether they consider something to be set up to be
comfortable or not?
No, I was simply pointing out that task time might increase because
the user
On Nov 20, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Caroline Jarrett wrote:
Just thinking it through: if you allow users to include an extra step
("Adjust text so that it is comfortable") then I'd definitely expect
task
time to increase just because of the extra step. But I'd also expect
users
to prefer the comf
On Nov 18, 2008, at 6:19 AM, Pauric wrote:
There was no viable alternative to
Windows for the past decade but now that we have choice, we are
seeing people exercise their right to move.
That's funny. I know a lot of people who were happily not using
Windows for the past decade.
Best,
Jack
Here's the link to the Thermo demo I referred to.
http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/december2007/video/?trackingid=BOYND
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posted from the new ixda.org
http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35670
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On Nov 17, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote:
the demo on the labs site looks interesting.. but i wonder how
valuable it will be as a pure prototyping tool if the rest of the work
flow isn't flash/flex... if you want to prototype a native mac or
windows app, or a web app that's not f
Is this the official name for Thermo, or is this a different product
in the same vein? It looks very similar to the Thermo demo.
On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:37 AM, David Malouf wrote:
No offense to our fine Fireworks/Adobe reps on this list, but What
were you thinking. Every Mac out there (in the
On Nov 13, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Danny Hope wrote:
I suppose tool tips are an example, can you reference other examples
please?
I can't spout off URLs and I don't have the time to look any up, but
I've seen sites that provide a preview of the page that an external
link goes to in a roll-ove
On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Danny Hope wrote:
Arguably, best practice says: don't initiate layers on rollover, but
rather to require a click.
Danny, I can't agree with you here. Displaying new information on
rollover has been a widely used and accepted practice for over 16
years. You co
On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Jacqueline Stetson wrote:
1. Are there any best practices around where the layer should open
and how
it is tied to the object? (Like should the header of the layer be
beneath or
to the right of the link? Should the stem be in the side middle? top
left?
...)
Rob,
Pardon me for not addressing your question, but having just posted to
my blog about clocks on appliances (http://designaday.tumblr.com/post/58432215/overclocked
), I have to ask. Is it really beneficial for this particular
appliance to have a clock, and is its use optional?
Best,
Jack
On Nov 7, 2008, at 12:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When was the last time you were inspired to do something different
at work because of a *poster* ? Probably never.
On the other hand, a well designed poster targeted at the correct
audience can be a powerful means by which to communicat
What Dave is getting at here is that design isn't so much about
simplicity as it is about clarity.
Simplicity is a lack of complexity. It is easy to make the simple
clear. It is difficult to bring clarity to the complex. Design isn’t
about making the complex simple—it is making the complex
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