Re: [IxDA Discuss] on-line sticky notes

WebNotes works well. It also provides a sidebar organizer (in FireFox, anyway) that is useful for seeing all your notes at a glance. http://www.webnotes.net/ It's free, but there's a pro version you can buy that apparently extends the notes to online PDFs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Nice Research on Persona Effectiveness

Frank, Good job on trying to empirically investigate this issue -- it's a thorny one. That said, though, I do have a concern about your methods. Am I correct in thinking that you were the sole evaluator of the final products of the three groups, at least in terms of the heuristic analysis? And

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Password Strength Requirements

I thoroughly dislike the ever-more bizarre combinations of alphanumerics that are being required for passwords, even for sites as simple as a forum. I found the article below after getting in a heated discussion about the matter with the IT department of a particular site. (It was the first hit on

Re: [IxDA Discuss] determining reasons for user dropout

Thanks, Diana, and I agree with what you say. I'm more curious, though, about how to determine the reasons why people drop out, other than via surveys/emails. I'm not working for a place where this is an issue, really, it was more just a research interest on my part -- how to get information from

[IxDA Discuss] determining reasons for user dropout

to the users. Thanks for any thoughts on the matter. Mike Michael Stiso HCI Research Scientist SINTEF ICT Oslo, Norway http://mikestiso.com/ Want to help with a survey on design patterns? Please? Check out this link, if you can spare 5-10 minutes. Thanks! http

[IxDA Discuss] perceived problems with personas

tool may be an interesting investigation. Thanks for your time if you've read all of this. I'm hoping it will generate a good discussion on the topic and give me some insight into the issue. Mike --- Michael Stiso, Ph.D. HCI Researcher SINTEF ICT Oslo, Norway

Re: [IxDA Discuss] survey on design pattern usage

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped out with this survey. I'll leave it up for another week or so for anyone else who'd like to participate, but I won't clog the forum with any more posts about it. Thanks much, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] survey on design pattern usage

to forward this to others you know who are working in the field. Thanks! Mike Michael Stiso, Ph.D. HCI Researcher SINTEF ICT Oslo, Norway Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL