Thomas,
In my experience, it depends.
Obviously, issues stemming from visual design decisions made after the
wireframe stage will not be caught in wireframe tests.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, misfits between the designed
workflow and the habits/expectations of the target audience
ntitative "what" or the qualitative "why", you will sometimes
benefit from seeking to discover the other.
Larry Tesler
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antial economic loss, require different approaches, including
careful walkthroughs with security experts, large beta trials in which
adverse consequences are artificially limited, and exposure of test
subjects to intentionally risky scenarios within simulated environm
Gavin,
See NASA's "Designing with luminance contrast" at http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/design_lum_0.php
and the last few paragraphs of "Luminance contrast" at http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/luminance_cont.php
. The references are at http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/refs_1.php.
The upshot is t
Kevin,
Your post is both balanced and wise.
I, on the other hand, am having trouble communicating my position on
this issue.
Shades of blue and widths of borders could well be inhibiting the
crossing of a valley if undue time and resources are devoted to such
0.1% improvements to the exc
not
referring specifically to Google, but rather to the practice of web
design wherever it takes place.
Larry Tesler
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Larry Tesler wrote:
Yes, over-reliance on data-driven incremental design (DDID) is ill-
advised.
- Customers who use more than one of a
quals among the various
practitioners.
Larry Tesler
When a company is filled with engineers, it turns to engineering to
solve problems. Reduce each decision to a simple logic problem.
Remove all subjectivity and just look at the data. Data in your
favor? Ok, launch it. Data shows negative e
em might be taken to exclude the rest. For example, an
optical disc might be assumed to mean "Burn".
I think it would take a spectacularly clever icon to displace the
floppy for Save.
Larry Tesler
On Mar 19, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Jake Trimble wrote:
Has anyone seen any attempts to re
Jared,
I was one of the personnel changes. After transitioning my
responsibilities to some great people, I left Yahoo! November 7 and
started at 23andMe four days later.
Larry Tesler
P.S.: 23andMe has openings for designers. Multiple design skills
preferred (visual/interaction
Jared,
This digital download is now the bestseller on Amazon. I suspect that
it became so after your comment yesterday.
Larry
On Dec 27, 2008, at 11:00 AM, Jared Spool wrote:
If you want to understand how consumers view features versus
usability, I'd start with the Harvard Business Review
ft of each row whenever it is in edit
mode.
Larry Tesler
On Dec 1, 2008, at 7:59 PM, Alan Wexelblat wrote:
I have a screen with a slightly unusual UI. There is a table of rows
that can be edited in place, but you can also drag and drop the rows,
somewhat in the style of Excel. You can also
My July 2006 wake up call about this alarming topic was documented at:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/nomodes
Here's the text:
The devolution of a clock
Some time during the 1990's, I purchased a Braun travel alarm
that was a delight to own until it eventually died last year. I
Jared,
If most readers think this has gone on too long, we should wind it down.
On Apr 22, 2008, at 5:59 AM, Jared M. Spool wrote:
>
> On Apr 22, 2008, at 3:08 AM, Larry Tesler wrote:
>
>> The fact that different observers see different things in the same
>> raw eye tracki
notice something subtle, but important,
that other observers have missed.
This is as true in design research as it is in radiology,
geophysicists or espionage.
Larry Tesler
On Apr 19, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Jared M.Spool wrote:
> ... Deducing information
> about a design from eyetrack
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