Re: [IxDA Discuss] MadLib form increases conversion

2010-02-25 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Conversation vs. barking orders. Two thumbs up. -- Oleh Kovalchuke (816) 808-6177 Skype: tangospring On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Brandon E.B. Ward brandonebw...@gmail.com wrote: I thought this was an interesting (i.e. more fun) take on the traditional web form. I also find

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for feedback on a functional banner that is always there and pinned to bottom of the browser - not context driven.

2010-02-23 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
on customer input. I wonder how does it test with the real people going about their busy-buying business. -- Oleh Kovalchuke (816) 808-6177 Skype: tangospring On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:25 AM, gail swanson gail_swan...@sbcglobal.netwrote: I'm seeing these with increasing frequency in the footers

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Using ellipsis in menu, context menus or buttons

2010-02-16 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
decided to get rid of ellipsis in action labels entirely. We still use them when text is cut off due to width constraints (for example datagrid column labels). Thanks, Oleh Kovalchuke (816) 808-6177 On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:28 PM, sysscore m...@sysscore.com wrote: i have a question about when i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Save vs Save and Exit

2010-01-14 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
button. Look at autosave in Google spreadsheet for example. -- Oleh Kovalchuke (816) 808-6177 Skype: tangospring On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Chris Braunsdorf ch...@braunsdorf.comwrote: Thanks for the input. I'm leaning in the direction of what you're suggesting, Dimiter. Have an Exit control

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Web: Modals on a form

2010-01-12 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Inline, in dynamic expandable panel. Modal for legal, license etc. agreements. Oleh Kovalchuke On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Michael Caskey li...@casadev.com wrote: What are your thoughts on employing modals on a form. In addition, should modals be used for inputs that are required

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The semantics of checkboxes and null values

2010-01-11 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Search For: o radiobutton R1-type Records [ ] checkbox Yes value [ ] checkbox No value o radiobutton R2-type Records You might consider adding R2D2-type of the records to mix it up a bit. Oleh Kovalchuke On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Alan Wexelblat awexelb...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The semantics of checkboxes and null values

2010-01-11 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Elementary, Watson. For other types -- extrapolate. Oleh Kovalchuke On Jan 11, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Alan Wexelblat awexelb...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Oleh Kovalchuke tangospr...@gmail.com wrote: Search For: o radiobutton R1-type Records [ ] checkbox Yes

Re: [IxDA Discuss] To spec or not to spec?

2009-10-16 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Sure. This is from very recent experience: necessity of spec revisions prevents innovation. People invest too much time, effort and more importantly get attached to ideas in the specs. Oleh Kovalchuke On Oct 16, 2009, at 1:42 PM, siegy adler si...@scadler.com wrote: I’m an advocate

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Mega Drop-Down Navigation menus

2009-10-15 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Hmm, the greater than sign has been lost in the web ether, I guess. It is the former: Home Sports: Windsurfing Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Charles Boyung charles.boy

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Mega Drop-Down Navigation menus

2009-10-14 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
-- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:34 PM, nik nik.laz...@realadventure.co.ukwrote: Hi all, I’m putting together some recommendations for using mega drop-down navigation. http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A vision for the 10-finger desktop

2009-10-14 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
sides of the window -- the affordances are more obvious. - Sleep and shutdown buttons are precariously close to search input. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A vision for the 10-finger desktop

2009-10-14 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
panel are precariously close to search input. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Critique: Ranker.com

2009-10-13 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
this issue in one of my projects. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tab order - how to escape from a grid that uses tabs

2009-10-01 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
When to create the new row. This behavior, suggested by Chris Rider, handles expectations better, I think: create the empty row - when the user enters data in the first empty cell. Or tabs out of the any formerly empty cell in the formerly empty row, I might add. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tab order - how to escape from a grid that uses tabs

2009-09-30 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Limit new row creation to one empty row. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Chris Collingridge ccollingri...@googlemail.com wrote: An interesting question has come up on one

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Input needed for courses in Design for Security

2009-09-28 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
The Broken Window theory was analyzed and disproved in another (and better) popular science book -- Freakonomics. Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:29 AM, jodah jensen jodah.jen

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Subject: What are your principles for making digital products/services

2009-09-21 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
. Here is description of well-known wire-monkey experiment by Harlow, which illustrates that usability (of surrogate mother) extends beyond (her feeding) utility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harlow . -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Indicators for cells with multiple values in a datagrid

2009-08-31 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
have done a quick usability test with this and three variations. Tested variations were: Multiple... Consectetur (5) Consectetur (+5) Consectetur (5 v) All of them were formatted the same way. Consectetur (5 v) was clear winner. Thanks, everyone, Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Global navigation: persistent or not across all pages?

2009-08-28 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
You are right: profit interests tend to destroy communal spirit -- a lesson demonstrated time and again in Project Runway and other reality shows, as well as by behavioral economists (read 'Predictably Irrational' by Dan Ariely or see author's talk at TED). -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design

[IxDA Discuss] Indicators for cells with multiple values in a datagrid

2009-08-28 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
ways to indicate that the cell has multiple values in it and to view the values? This is for frequently used application, not a website. Thanks, Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Indicators for cells with multiple values in a datagrid

2009-08-28 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Hm, Gmail uses something like that in the Inbox view, however the indicator does not open a dropdown, it opens a message instead: Oleh, Jennifer (5)[IxDA Discuss] Indicators for cells with multiple values in a datagrid -- Oleh On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke tangospr

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Indicators for cells with multiple values in a datagrid

2009-08-28 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
/collapsing all values within all cells might be a valid option for this grid. As well as displaying a tiny arrow next to the number. Thanks! Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Yahoo and the browser back button...

2009-08-19 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
emails in hotmail. I use inbox link to refresh the list of emails in both, when needed. Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Looking for a row-entry design pattern

2009-08-18 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
as many rows as needed to accomodate pasted data. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Alan Wexelblat awexelb...@gmail.comwrote: There's a pattern that I've seen a couple places - MS

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

2009-08-06 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
. - see above). Is it possible to avoid influencing? Not unless you relocate into a black hole -- that would make for a very lonely, if brief, life though. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm * More information

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where is the Sign In on Amazon.com?

2009-06-30 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
It's Your Account link. The landing page shows all possible options upfront (including Sign In box). I think its clever, never had problems with that. Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:38

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Where is the Sign In on Amazon.com?

2009-06-30 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
=pd_irl_gw_r?ie=UTF8path=%2Fgp%2FyourstoresignIn=1useRedirectOnSuccess=1action=sign-out . This could have been grouped with My Account link. Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Russell

[IxDA Discuss] Command line vs. menu driven interface

2009-03-23 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
if extended to even more realistic tasks can be valuable ... when ... making as little mistakes as possible or speed are important. Thanks, Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM

Re: [IxDA Discuss] all small or add caps?

2009-02-09 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
. Play with the type face for couple hours, sleep on it, and the solution will present itself. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Ferran Alvarez zumaq...@zumaques.comwrote: I agree

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Drawbacks of using Flex for data processing application?

2009-01-26 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
, Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Alan Wexelblat awexelb...@gmail.comwrote: Oleh I'm involved as the interaction designer on a Flex-based financial trading application

[IxDA Discuss] Drawbacks of using Flex for data processing application?

2009-01-23 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
of data in a data grid. - Licensing issues? There was a brief discussion of Flash two years ago: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21887http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=21887search=flash+awesome Any updates? Thanks, Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Drawbacks of using Flex for data processing application?

2009-01-23 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
, so if you haven't checked that out, you should. On Jan 23, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Oleh Kovalchuke wrote: We are thinking about building data processing application entirely in Flex. The benefits: there are component libraries ( http://examples.adobe.com/flex3/consulting/styleexplorer

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing for keyboard-oriented users

2009-01-22 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Consider using CLI with predictive typing and suggestions for complex workflows (hotkeys are quicker for simple, repetitive navigation of course). -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:41

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Likert scale survey designs

2008-11-28 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
would simply flatten the selected button). Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Robert Hoekman Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's what I designed http://rhjr.net/tests/LikertScale.gif

Re: [IxDA Discuss] New Gmail themes

2008-11-21 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Gmail is a utility with good enough visual design. I do not feel the urge for self-expression here. Other people might feel otherwise about utilities in general and gmail in particular. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Clock Burn-In

2008-11-10 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Good comments about not using the clock at all. If you must, you can try a combination of analog and digital clock, where large digits move in a narrow circle over the 12 hour period. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Error messages for edit-in-place forms

2008-11-07 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
There is the first time for everything: no one has called me Olga before. Yes, by inline I meant validation on field blur. The Required! message can be delivered in many ways. I think Gregory's idea of placing suggestion inside the field itself is worth testing. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is simplicity the answer? I am with John Maeda on this one.

2008-10-31 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Two memes relevant to this discussion: 1. Clarity is better than brevity by Jef Raskin [or simplicity - OK] 2. Tesler's law of Conservation of Complexity: One cannot reduce the complexity of a task. One can only shift the burden. ( http://www.asktog.com/columns/011complexity.html) -- Oleh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fwd: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

2008-10-22 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Don't 1. 'Paradox of choice' and 6. 'Multiple wayfinding systems' contradict each other? -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Dan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Originally

Re: [IxDA Discuss] ISO: Films about interaction design

2008-10-22 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I would add 'Play Time' by Tati: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062136/ - fascinating illustration of perils of modern designed life-enhancing gadgets. It's like Norman's door handle blown into full feature movie. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Future Interaction: The application of IxD to science fiction.

2008-10-20 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Andy Polaine wrote: Thinking of interface design as a conversation is crucial, I feel. Yep, so does this guy: Paul Heckel 'The Elements of Friendly Software Design' (1982) Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing Search forms - Search button placement

2008-10-16 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Also how do you place the one, two or three fields and what are the space constraints? -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Will Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you define

Re: [IxDA Discuss] displaying large amounts of data in the Financial sector

2008-10-15 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
If by collapsing you mean displaying stacking multiple rows under the same column heading, I think this is a good idea, which prevents horizontal scrolling of the grid. Off the top of my head, Kayak presents search results this way. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] consistency or usability

2008-10-15 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Alexander (1979) It is more polite than the self-evident and true Emerson's quote. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Emerson wrote that a foolish

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Finally! My Prayers Will Be Answered. In 3 years.

2008-10-10 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Jonathan Abbett wrote: The major draw of Facebook is ubquity -- everyone you know from high school, college, maybe even the office has a profile. Charging for Facebook would drive away large swaths of users... Hmmm... Napster. -- [iTunes+iPod] + bittorrent + [Napster+fee] -- Oleh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Two column form layout

2008-10-08 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I should clarify that the recommendation, I wrote, was for data processing application, where pretty much the same forms are used all day long, not for casual web registration forms. Ah, context... Still interested in usability results. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site Map - How important is it as a link?

2008-10-07 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
for Microsoft. I have only commented on it. My corrected message is below. Thanks and appologies, Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm /* * begin corrected message

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Site Map - How important is it as a link?

2008-10-06 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
), where I can refine the results to my liking. And this is how we, folks, behave.* -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm *According to Morville. Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] why the hate-on User-centered Design? (was practice vs. discipline roles vs. people

2008-10-06 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Yep, the selection of activities to be supported by design is defined by the person's goals. Persona definition is the process of choosing the activities most pertinent to the goals from the pool of possible activities. This was the take home message from recent Cooper practicum for me. -- Oleh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Q: Information overload: how do you keep track?

2008-09-29 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
abilities in conjunction with gmail search within IxD list tag (this particular tag is applied automatically to all mail from the list). -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] right hand vertical menus

2008-09-29 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
and such), which require frequent scrolling. Frequently and frequent, because right side is not where we normally look frequently. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] browser text zoom inconsistency

2008-09-28 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
inputs, as well as white space in ems. I use % to setup the width of containers for flexible width layouts. This approach seems to work so far in both IE and FF. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] cascading / trail navigation

2008-09-21 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Milan Guenther has asked: Do you know sites using this kind of menu design? MSDN website: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338218.aspx -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The New Facebook Redesign: The Beginning of The End?

2008-09-19 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Will Evans wrote: What are the top three user goals when they go onto facebook? 1. Gossip 2

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Next previous button order

2008-09-18 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
of the screen (aligned with the left edge of the fields per Luke's recommendation). This is optimal solution, IMO. For small screens (iPhone), putting Back button at the top of the screen and Next at the bottom should do the trick. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The New Facebook Redesign: The Beginning of The End?

2008-09-17 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Will Evans wrote: What are the top three user goals when they go onto facebook? 1. Gossip 2. Boasting 3. Kvetching 4. (bonus) Stalking And just like gossip, the Facebook is not going away any time soon. Will, think about personas, not about yourself. Cheers, Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A New Browser: Google Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
pauric wrote: this is 2008 folks... http://www.pageflip.hu/ dont tell me you're planning on the future of browsing with 90's story navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Except the cool kids have iPhones in 2008. The entire Flash navigation at that site is rendered as a tiny

[IxDA Discuss] Legal advice on use of free web based tools?

2008-08-21 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
, Firefox? Can I link to Wikipedia or IxDA list archives from the company wiki? Thanks, Oleh Kovalchuke PS Am I going legally mad? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Success and Failure Symbolic Representations Patterns for Details

2008-08-10 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
, you expect to see details behind that link. The same is true for tabs and other navigation widgets. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Evan K. Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Single Search Field v.s. Modal Searchbox? Research?

2008-08-04 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
to desired set. In your message you conflate this search approach with additional problem -- clear indication of modes. The best use of modes, of course, is not to use them at all. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Web interactions and the old brain

2008-08-04 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Attention capture by sudden change in contrast and sudden movement is described in 'Mind Hacks' by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb -- good book. It is attributed to Superior colliculus (part of the old brain, as opposed to the new brain, also known as neocortex). -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design of forms on web vs paper

2008-07-27 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
is weird but I am in this situation. The book does answer this question (if not explicitly the way Praveen phrased it): group related fields horizontally to utilize the space effectively. For instance: [Prefix] [First Name] [MI] [Last Name] [Suffix]. See Figure 4.3 on page 58. -- Oleh Kovalchuke

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design of forms on web vs paper

2008-07-27 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Incidentally horizontal grouping of related fields should further reduce scanning time of input fields with top aligned labels (compare to left or right aligned labels). Oleh On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: To answer the original question: if the web

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration

2008-07-27 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Matthew Smith wrote: Can you point me to Jared's template? A quick googling produced a few results without a template (that I could see) http://www.uie.com/articles/elements_of_a_design_pattern/ -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration

2008-07-25 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, we simply use the one he has compiled. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome to the Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com

2008-07-16 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
, don't you?), therefore it is most probably false. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Article: Is Google Making Us Stoopid? from The Atlantic.com

2008-07-15 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
for the ideas it described, but emotionally satisfying (just like I found 'War and Peace' too wordy, when I have read it long time ago). -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Shaun Bergmann

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should persuasion be left to marketers?

2008-07-10 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
team that are separate from each other, how much should the UX team be involved in the design of persuasive elements? Enough to understand business (marketing) goals to address them in design. If you wish to define those goals, you should add another title to your job description. -- Oleh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pie Menu Spotted on the Web

2008-06-25 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
- Jeff Raskin -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Terminology issues

2008-05-14 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I assume that any given person will use only one pair of languages -- French and Mandarin for example. The languages could be set in preferences/during installation or in Drop down lists on top of the columns (the choice depends). The labels then will be French and Mandarin. -- Oleh Kovalchuke

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Visual indication of a partially selected group

2008-05-13 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I have seen it done with check box, which is selected with grayed check mark (the checkbox itself wasn't gray). That made me think, but not for too long. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, May 13, 2008

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What Colors do Designers like on a Website's Home Page?

2008-05-13 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I feel turquoise this morning. -o. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are a design and usability staffing company redesigning our website. While we have come closer to the layout for our website's home page we are having a debate on the colors

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA Colorado – May 14, 2008 – How Interaction Design Fits into Web Business RD

2008-05-12 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
://ixdacolorado.collectivex.com -- Looking forward to seeing you, Oleh Kovalchuke and Laurie Lamar, IxDA Colorado Co-Chairs Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Website Critique

2008-05-12 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
.) and/or by commas (1m01,2R12,3s05,etc.). There is no need to frighten your customers. Simply do the described processing in background (including conversion of O to 0, where needed). This section of the page (Search by product number) should be handled as a part of Search widget. -- Oleh

[IxDA Discuss] Ubiquitous computing -- Pulse livescribe smart pen

2008-05-12 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
for prototyping and recording rationale during brainstorming/sketching -- for collaborative brainstorming it would need direct real-time output to tablet/laptop/projector. 3. $150. Another demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz00Wg9Z-AM -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Eye Tracking too expensive or complicated?

2008-04-25 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
the images seen with unprecedented accuracy. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/03/mri_vision I assume the image of shopping cart would elicit different pattern from the image of login field or the ad banner, since they have different meaning to the website visitor. -- Oleh

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Eye Tracking too expensive or complicated?

2008-04-25 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
And here is one company, which can do the mind reading for you (as a side project they can find out what your test subjects think about Saddam, W. Bush, their reaction to pain etc.): http://ahe6.tripod.com/cognitive.eng/id45.html On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [IxDA Discuss] how to position a new beta feature -- examples?

2008-04-25 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
YouTube login used to be a link to login page. Now it is either drop-down widget (from the same link), and/or a separate page. I think, they might be doing A/B testing. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Fri

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Thinking

2008-04-25 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Bush. Designers have not invented that little golden consumption arrow in the clip. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Design Thinking

2008-04-25 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Of course designers can be directed to produce sustainable solutions. Here are a few highly effective examples from The Onion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvz_xzaMvCQ On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Christopher

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Digest Translation

2008-04-22 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Spanish is quite good (to my knowledge), or, at the very least, intelligible. Is there Russian? Oleh On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Based on Alexander's comment in the Interaction Design in Europe thread last week, I decided to try feeding a few IxDA

[IxDA Discuss] For those, who are interested in interaction design schools in Europe.

2008-04-21 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Programme UdK Berlin Digitale Klasse HGK Zürich Interaction Design Programme FH Potsdam Interface Design Programme -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Language metaphor for UE disciplines

2008-04-15 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
, rather well: Content Strategists are nouns, IAs is the grammar, IxD is the verbs, Visual is the adjectives, Experience Architects are the poets Thanks, Will, for expanding the schema. Disclaimer: as with any classification, the boundaries are fuzzy. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design

[IxDA Discuss] A tool to convert a table into XML file?

2008-04-15 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I needed to convert a fairly large Excel table into XML file to build a sortable Spry table in Dreaweaver, and I thought there could be a converter of sorts in either of the programs. No such luck. After poking around and doing the usual Google research I couldn't find any free tools, so I have

[IxDA Discuss] Language metaphor for UE disciplines

2008-04-14 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
This metaphor came up at our last IxDA Colorado meetup (which was quite lively, by the way). IA deals with nouns, IxD -- verbs, Visual Design -- adjectives. This is rough division, of course. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Language metaphor for UE disciplines

2008-04-14 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
a Producer Does by Buck Houghton. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Language metaphor for UE disciplines

2008-04-14 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
is relevant to user experience design, is Jon Boorstin's The Hollywood Eye. What makes movies work. Do come to our next meetup on May 14th :) -- it will be as exciting. Simon Hill of SpireMedia will cover user experience research and how it translates into online experience. -- Oleh Kovalchuke

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The American People / Politicians = The Users / Developers (?)

2008-04-12 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
There is a wealth of literature on Orwellian newspeak. For well-reasoned opinion look up books by Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. Here, for example, Chomsky discusses two ideas of democracy (similar to the notion of American people): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doDKkiQejC0. Twain's, Orwell's

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The American People / Politicians = The Users / Developers (?)

2008-04-12 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
Drucker is right, he describes the way the economy works in a desire-fuelled corporate society (the US, especially post WWII). - Why developers are like politicians, when they refer to generic user: They use the term (those, who do) out of 1) arrogance 2) insecurity 3) for control --

[IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA Colorado - April 10, 2008 - When Interaction Design Leads the Way

2008-03-31 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
and meeting announcements, please join IxDA Colorado now: http://ixdacolorado.collectivex.com Looking forward to meeting you, Oleh Kovalchuke and Laurie Lamar, IxDA Colorado Co-Chairs Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Threaded Emails Displays

2008-03-20 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
consequences. Gmail does several other navigational things right, but that's another root topic. -- Oleh Kovalchuke IxDA Colorado (co-organizer) http://ixdacolorado.collectivex.com On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:18:49, Jesse Zbikowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an excellent program called trn

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Organizing files and folders

2008-03-19 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
on top with the same basic structure within the folder through the years regardless of my computer upgrades; whenever I need to backup/restore, I simply drag the entire thing. Oleh -- Oleh Kovalchuke IxDA Colorado (co-organizer) http://ixdacolorado.collectivex.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] virtual vs. physical social behavior

2008-03-18 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
sensitive to context, demand active involvement. So most people, I guess, choose the middle option and simply put their phones in silent mode. Oleh -- Oleh Kovalchuke IxDA Colorado (co-organizer) http://ixdacolorado.collectivex.com

[IxDA Discuss] IxDA Colorado -- new local chapter of IxDA

2008-03-17 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
, make your own profile if you like, post jobs in Colorado, share experiences about the Interaction Design scene in Colorado, suggest speakers for our meetups, make fun of the organizers' photos! See you there, Oleh Kovalchuke and Laurie Lamar IxDA Colorado http://ixdacolorado.collectivex.com

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Progress and Delay Indication for Varying Performance

2008-03-11 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is the Design of Time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Progress and Delay Indication for Varying Performance

2008-03-11 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
somewhere from a few seconds to a few minutes (or whatever) to complete, and it's random how long? -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is the Design of Time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Offtopic: What music do you listen to while you design

2008-02-26 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
somafm.com that's been able to keep me working into the wee hours even as I'm approaching 40 (yuck). -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is the Design of Time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Video studies

2008-02-26 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Reductionism

2008-02-21 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is the Design of Time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm Welcome

Re: [IxDA Discuss] First Set of Interaction08 Videos

2008-02-15 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is the Design of Time http://www.tangospring.com

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