[IxDA Discuss] Intranets: Portal and Portlets or Dashboards

2009-09-18 Thread jon karpoff
I've been tasked with developing the requirements and UX for an Intranet. The IT folks are talking about a portal model with the multitude of legacy applications fully integrated as portlets. I think that a personalized dashboards with single sign-on and links to apps is OK with info feeds to the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Do grid systems also apply to application interfaces?

2009-07-29 Thread Jon Karpoff
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation

2009-07-29 Thread Jon Karpoff
I'd say use buttons if it something you WANT the User to do vs. links for things Users CAN do. Also there should be primary and secondary level buttons with only one primary button per functional area - the acion you REALLY want the User to chose... The SUBMIT ORDER comes to mind. Jon Karpoff

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Are We The Puppet Masters? The Ethics of IxD.

2009-07-29 Thread Jon Karpoff
One ethical consideration I run into often is a client wanting the marketing email option defaulted to opt-in. Typically these options are buried at the bottom of the page, below the fold and buried in fine print. I always push for either opt-out as the default, or no default value at all. Jon

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Whats in a name, my fellow Usability Experience Specialists?

2009-01-20 Thread jon karpoff
Times are indeed changing, and in many practices the IA is now responsible for much more than taxonomies and functional wireframes. We see more cross discipline design work. There is also a growing trend towards using some form of Agile for development. The IA becomes responsible for