[IxDA Discuss] Being an Interaction Designer in the iPhone applications world

2009-11-18 Thread Pietro Desiato
Hi all, I'd like to know if any of you have some experience with iPhone interaction design. To me, it looks like iPhone applications are sometimes dominated by devs that are able to create their apps without any help. Obviously, I am referring to what it looks like an early stage of the iPhone

[IxDA Discuss] Product ratings

2009-10-04 Thread Pietro Desiato
Hi all, I am looking for good examples of product user's rating systems in terms of visual representation. Do you have any suggestions or reference I could have a look at? thanks Welcome to the Interaction Design Association

[IxDA Discuss] Examples of inline validation

2009-09-18 Thread Pietro Desiato
Hi all, I was wondering if you have food example of forms with both inline and onSubmit validation i.e. a form that validates the fields onBlur and gives you a feedback when you click continue... Thanks! Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How do you make sure your design gets implemented right?

2009-08-27 Thread pietro . desiato
As most of you pointed out, working closely with developers is probably the best way to ensure your design is well understood and implemented. But it is also a good way to understand what wthe technical problems are and it's perfect to solve them faster, without meetings or email ( I am referring

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability of Buttons versus Links for Navigation

2009-07-30 Thread Pietro Desiato
I think that a good starting point should be the difference between primaryu and secondary actions (when talking about forms). In telling so, I refer to the work done by Luke Wroblewski on form design. In some cases, having a link is a good way to visually differentiate the secondary action from

Re: [IxDA Discuss] date pickers starting on Sunday

2009-07-25 Thread pietro . desiato
It could also be related to Catholicism: God created the Heavens and the Earth and on the seventh day he rested. Which means that his week started on Monday :-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from ixda.org (via iPhone)

Re: [IxDA Discuss] City experience

2009-07-22 Thread Pietro Desiato
I know this is more an emotional design example but I think it is a good example: Transmission, by George Walker, is a proposal to insert a transmitter into the road at the site of each non-motorist (pedestrians or cyclists) fatality, communicating the name of the person killed and the number of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] CONAN Design Review

2009-07-08 Thread Pietro Desiato
I'm in! pietro.desiato [at] gmail [dot] com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43460 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association

[IxDA Discuss] Bike-sharing design

2009-07-07 Thread Pietro Desiato
I have been trying bike-sharing service in Rome and I think it is quite a good idea. There are some weak points in the process though and I'd like to ask if you guys know how other contexts solved them. Some details about the service in Rome (www.roma-n-bike.com): 1. You get a refillable card

Re: [IxDA Discuss] IxDA Local in Rome

2009-07-06 Thread Pietro Desiato
Hi all, it's good to hear from you! At this point, I think that it could be a good idea to have an Italian IxDA group. I have received also some emails about the group and I invite the ones who may be interested in participating at this discussion :) thanks! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[IxDA Discuss] IxDA Local in Rome

2009-06-21 Thread Pietro Desiato
Hi, I am trying to organise a local group of IxDA here in Rome. But I'd like to know if any of you would found it interesting :) (also looking for help, ofc!) Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Arrival time in a form

2009-06-07 Thread Pietro Desiato
mmm I wonder how much screen space would be needed for your design...probably too much for a task that is not the main...but i like the idea of connecting icons with time ;) scrollable dropdown lists? I usually tend to avoid double scrollbars, especially if you have to scroll the page first. It

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Arrival time in a form

2009-06-06 Thread Pietro Desiato
I think the idea of having more conversational labels is useful when it does not make things even more complex. In this case, user kind of knows at what time she will arrive or wants to communicate a defined value at least (since the field is not mandatory). And, as Josh points out, it could take

[IxDA Discuss] Mobile (iPhone) Statistics

2009-04-06 Thread Pietro Desiato
I am looking for some data about mobile users (especially iPhone users), in order to have an idea on for future designs. Do you have any useful resources? thanks! Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] What music for interaction designers

2009-03-03 Thread Pietro Desiato
the topic is hot :) what I listen to while in creative mind movements:Ludovico Einaudi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAI2doCUbNc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39321

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A list of mobile situations

2009-02-28 Thread Pietro Desiato
Once I had an interesting discussion with a friend. We had just red Tackara's book and we were discussing about the role that 'waiting' has in our society. It seems to us that waiting is a loss of time, a waste. Do you know that in Israel they teach time? Students learn how to manage time and

[IxDA Discuss] What music for interaction designers

2009-02-28 Thread Pietro Desiato
What kind of music do you listen (when you can) while brainstorming, analysing, designing interactions? Are there any songs that would make our design flow better? Let's make a playlist :) Welcome to the Interaction Design

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A list of mobile situations

2009-02-28 Thread Pietro Desiato
I really enjoyed your video: very good job. There are also some interesting points about contexts: the book by Barbara is definitely worth reading. Mobile design is so young that references are never enough. About the doc: I had the same feeling and I moved some of the bottom rows on top, just to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A list of mobile situations

2009-02-27 Thread Pietro Desiato
@Barbara: I think it's a good idea and I'd like to share the results with you and put them in the wiki @Jarod, Chauncey, Angel: I am going to update the doc with your suggestions but if you have more, please write them there ;) @James: this is really interesting. Do you think that the perception

[IxDA Discuss] A list of mobile situations

2009-02-25 Thread Pietro Desiato
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[IxDA Discuss] [IxDA Digest] iPhone Custom Application Standards andemulators for testing - reference

2009-02-06 Thread Pietro Desiato
what kind of iPhone development are you looking for? I suggest you to clear your ideas on that. You can develop an iPhone app in two different ways\style: web development and native app. Both have pros and cons. Which one you should go for depends on what your app(s) are going to be like. Native

[IxDA Discuss] IxD Conference Overview

2009-01-10 Thread Pietro Desiato
hi all, new year has started and I'd like to have an overview on the must-be conferences so that I can plan my partecipations a little bit. And since this is the best place to ask...well, i'm asking :D what are in your opinion the conferences we should not miss and why? thanks all, Pietro

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [BOOK] How do you design? available online

2008-12-05 Thread Pietro Desiato
thanks! I love this kind of reading that embrace design in its different manifestations :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36225

Re: [IxDA Discuss] \stop trying\

2008-12-04 Thread pietro . desiato
Universal design is always misunderstood probably because of the name. Can a design be universal and what does it mean? Usually, universal means less customized: something that should work for everybody won't give us the best UX. But this is obviously important in specific contexts and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is Auto-Scrolling Good?

2008-12-03 Thread Pietro Desiato
uhm...what about a scrolling feature that,if the user accelerates, gradually zoomes out? in this way, you would scroll but at the same time you'll need to scroll less, since the more you do that the more the pages is visible in its entire height-width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Visual Design Candidates

2008-12-03 Thread Pietro Desiato
Experience is teaching me that visaul designers who have dev capabilities integrate more easier in teams since they can relate to designers and to developers as well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] RapidRabb.it Prototype Creator launched today

2008-12-02 Thread Pietro Desiato
I have tried the Rabb.it for a little bit. It's always a great thing when the tools grows in number. Anyhow, I think that you can work more on the interface that in some points (e.g. page linking) is not very user-friendly. The fact that it's a browser-based tool could be a plus IF interactions

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Type or select?

2008-12-01 Thread Pietro Desiato
hi all, I think that the date format could be an issue. I'd rather prefer a text field for day and year and a dropdown for month (it's also easier to select the month instead of either writing it or understand which format has been used). If you feel that the conversational paradigm is the way to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Google SearchWiki

2008-11-24 Thread Pietro Desiato
A first step towards something interesting. I don't think it's so useful now since my contributions won't influence others' searches. It seems that every service is expanding itself in so many ways that they will look very similar in the end. Is it what the users want? I am sure that all this

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Best Practices for Mouseover Layers

2008-11-13 Thread pietro . desiato
Ciao guys, I think that the hover state should ne tested every time you can. It's such a complex interaction and, even though it seems ho ne mode standard recently, the context IW always extremely influent ok it. Do you have any info about your users? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] PC Suites and mobile handsets

2008-11-11 Thread Pietro Desiato
Hi Tiago, I am using Nokia PC Suite as a tool to keep my phone sync'ed. I use it with iPhoto band iTunes. I recently bought an iPhone and it seems that my pc-suite is now by mac itself :) I think that a PC Suite should be the less invasive as possible. I'd love to simply connect my phone and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Good examples of Help Tooltips

2008-11-08 Thread Pietro Desiato
What about some info about the control(s) you want to give help for? Is it a helptip system or a help guide you want to provide? In the first case, I won't think of too much content: it is not the right context for a multi-line tip. I like the idea of a more link but I'd think of a different

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Multi-select on the web

2008-11-08 Thread Pietro Desiato
Avoid non-standard interactions. Ctrl click is a very advanced non-standard one and is mainly based OS interfaces (and even there, it's not a standard!). These interactions don't work on the web. I liked the analysis of Smugmug Dan did and I totally agree with him. I would also consider with

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interesting drag interface

2008-11-08 Thread Pietro Desiato
I loved it. thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35369 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list