In my organization, there is a simmering debate that Interaction
Design is not a subset of User Experience, where as people think that
it's just the other way around. This has me a bit in a fix because I
have been trying to tell some of our management that IxD is a subset
of UX.
The two images in
I really did not need those apps as much as i needed my social media
and common chat tools.
The ones i use are Seesmic (for twitter and facebook - you can set up
multiple accounts in this and post on multiple account simultaneously)
and Adium (supports MSN, Yahoo, GTalk, AIM, to name a few).
For m
Sketches - yes, the beginning of your product development process. I
use paper and pencil to sketch and work out the flow and design of
the product. This helps me and my development team immensely to
achieve what is expected from them and what the final product is to
be like. After sketches, I do u
And one of the most important reason why iPad and Apple in general
will disappoint - http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad
A step backward is disappointing for a brand like Apple.
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maybe 'iTap' would work? or 'iTouch' or 'iSense' or 'iTablet'
whatever the name, it really could not change what the product was.
'iPad' is just as ignorant as iTap for men would be. ;-)
No vice meant.
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With so much going on here for the iPad we must look at the aspect of
what went into deciding making a product like this? What I meant was
that, did we address in our discussions the goals this product was
supposed to have met? Of course, we will not know what goals Steve
had in his mind when he de
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Thank you.
Sachin Ghodke
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@Jennifer- Agree with you but what are we doing to make web personal?
As does Alina says "I Want It" is making user action poersonal and
that is a nice touch. Pardon the phrases I used earlier, they were
just to put my point across. Of course, we must find smaller words
for user action. Why engage
Approach #1 might not work for me because I am looking at a mobile
solution.
#2 Yes LCD yes, but then CSS will also drive the best available
effects and navigational functionality that I wish to incorporate.
#3 Agree - for me its the high end devices that I am targeting.
#4 The industry is Promot
What is the appropriate button to use on the product detail page when
the website navigation asks the user to either Shop or Buy?
Of course, can we get a little more interesting and personal? For
example: instead of Shop or Buy can we use buttons that say - 'Go
and Pamper' (for a gifts e-commerce
What is the appropriate button to use on the product detail page when
the website navigation asks the user to either Shop or Buy?
Of course, can we get a little more interesting and personal? For
example: instead of Shop or Buy can we use buttons that say - 'Go
and Pamper' (for a gifts e-commerce
Etienne, Good site, but i think there are a few rigid factors that I
immediately identified. First the site is not catered to all phones.
Of course you cannot do that in today's scenario. I opened the
website on a 240x320px screen on a windows mobile phone v6.1 with
internet explorer as my browser
@ Thomas: I was looking at most of the phones. But to me they are
defined by the screen size more than the brand they portray. Today
most of the common phones are iPhone (480 x 320px) and Blackberry. I
have often seen that these are the ones companies usually design
their software or applications f
What rules should one follow while designing e-commerce websites for
the mobile? I understand that usability on mobile is extremely
primitive and very difficult. In such a case what are the usability
rules and GUI guidelines one needs to adhere to?
As far as I know that using assisted technologie
What rules should one follow while designing e-commerce websites for
the mobile? I understand that usability on mobile is extremely
primitive and very difficult. In such a case what are the usability
rules and GUI guidelines one needs to adhere to?
As far as I know that using assisted technologie
Can you visit this link (http://www.cwsdemo.com/modernsportswear/UI/)
and let me know what your thoughts are on this customizer?
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
Sachin
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Yes I stand correct - Usability is the right word in this context,
sorry.
I was making an attempt to provide 'fun' (example: nikeid) as part
of a product customizer or you can check www.zazzle.com which does
not provide the 'fun' i was talking about. It does not 'wow' me
and comes across to me as
My experience tells me the quicker the user grasps information the
better it becomes for the to relate or interact with your website or
web application.
Icons used without text consume time and effort. The facade of
"pretty" icons would eventually wear off if the navigation is poor.
Icons usually
I have been working on product customizers and these online tools
require immense user interaction. Developing and designing these have
always posed a challenge and now I am at a crossroad to choose whether
I should compromise on user experience or fun?
Please help!
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Angel, it was seriously uncalled for. it does not augur well for IxDA
community, D - U - D - E. Did that DUDE make a point?
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I am currently researching on a website with immense data and this
company being a corporate needs some good user interface that will
showcase this data, get more hits, have interactive elements, etc.
This software company has a 18 year history.
Can the IxDA community help me with a few things on
Without knowing the extent of the website and what it involves it
really could be the case that this $705 K minimum bid is real. But
then again, I wonder if the amount of complexity involved would make
this website any expensive as this one.
I can understand that the complexity will be a hard thi
Just took the survey. Its good and has come at a time when IxDA needs
a website change. All the current stuff on this site is important but
other stuff that might add value is too.
Good survey. well thought out.
I think we members should take this survey. Its important. Less than
10mins btw.
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If the accordion is part of being different and fancy in navigation
and user interface then are we stating that one should not get fancy
when we complain about the negative impact of accordions? Where does
that leave the user interface or navigation for the same when
technologies are advancing? We
When I viewed what Oleh has done for Microsoft, it gave me the
impression that I was looking at a table of contents / index of a
book (no offense meant). A not so comfortable feeling when I was
viewing it on the screen. This is my perception of the detailed
(quite detailed) site map. But to be hone
What I now feel, I should stick to after reading all this, I would now
use "SiteMap" only while discussing internally the
structure/skeleton of the website. This will provide my peers and
bosses the overview of the website and what shape its taking. And
also publish it to client for making them und
Jared,
Most of your inputs on Site map and SEO are well taken. I must say a
good insight and a perspective to what i thought was always right. It
is customary to put in "Site Map" as a link where I work but I feel
its only essential if ever required.
And as you have said, "If users are going to y
Looking at the current conversation here i am lead to believe that for
a site which is not so heavily laden with links its appropriate to
have it at the bottom and below the fold. But then does it really
matter to have a site map for small sites with few links? However,
big sites, which have immens
A simple solution: don't want the user to loose relevant data? and
yet want to auto play then put something creatively insignificant at
the beginning of the video. And if the video is the only content on
the website then the usage of creativity to include something not so
important at the beginning
Hey Mansoor,
What i am doing in the child window is to configure a product,
generate price as i configure and then "add to wish list" or
"print" or "save" or "email" or "compare list" or "add to
cart". All of these choices are present in the child window.
Depending on the user's selection the cont
Keyur
Maybe this could help?
http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/competitions.html#competitions
This link will take you to a number of design competitions links and
further.
Hope this helps or has helped!
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Shrikant,
I am using the search to display products (a listing of products).
These are displayed as thumbnails and text underneath them.
Also the user has other options too to reach to where the site
intends him to. This "search" is one of the feature to allow the
user to reach. The users who fr
Andreas,
Here I thought that I would use "search" as a guide and "find" as
direction. Does this mean that data is redundant and I should use only
one of the words "search" or "find"?
Also if you can look at IxDA search box it does not have a button to
click too.
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Hi Hari,
What i was aiming to do was to find an equal importance space besides
the other important navigational elements that i have clubbed
"search" with. I have a heading that says "search" then a text
box below it and then another text which could either be "go" or
"magnifying glass" or "arrow"
More clarification is this - the structure of the search functionality
is -
Search
[text box]
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I can agree to certain extent that browser window sizes are issues
when right menus are concerned. But looking at the trend a lot of
companies are opting to look different and it is this vision that
prompts them to change in the way we perceive or interpret user
experience.
Most of the browsers a
i was introduced to this website (dontclick.it) a couple of years ago.
It felt uncomfortable because it was not the norm to navigate the way
this website was constructed. It was innovative at the time it was
launched. A solution to probably where touch screens were not as
famous as they are today.
James, You are right, I am still trying to find any more new
responses. It really would help people like me who are trying so
desperately wanting to take these certificate course. I wish you
could help me with it James. The one i have currently come up with is
Academy of Art, San Francisco. It does
Hello Angel,
I think the link here is another mashup which i though was slightly
cumbersome but yet a different experience for the user -
http://www.taggalaxy.de/
This uses Papervision 3D to display images that are sourced from
Flickr.
Initially I thought i just need to provide a planet search.
I have been trying hard to find online certificate courses for me
educate myself with and have come up with nothing so far that match
my criterion.
Also there are not many or practially not any to the level here in
India that one would want to educate one with IxD credentials.
Can you let me know
Hello Ben,
As i would look at this is open the PDF in a separate window. This
allows the user to go on with his work. Opening the PDF in the same
browser window is frustrating as PDF is not meant for web.
I think Adobe should work on their Acrobat solution and also provide
a far more advanced opt
And then i was thinking about the #2 option i have mentioned above.
Thought why not keep only one field. Encrypt the password in the one
single password field. But... Display a talk balloon simultaneously
as the user types the password in for a brief moment so that he/she
will know if the password
There are two ways to look at this and before that i would like to say
that the confirm password is essential at the current stage that it
is. By this i mean it is important to verify user key strokes even if
means that most of the users do pay attention or are concentrating the
most while typing t
Hello Elizabeth,
I probably may not be a complete expert on things but this is how i
would approach your problem. I would map every minute detail of the
process involved. Once having done that, i would then want to
understand the internal social fabric that would affect daily work
and find places
Hello Amy,
I think you are right that they have started to appear on practically
every site these days. But does it make sense? I think what is
important here is to map or put the relevant icons on the types of
sites that are existing. By this I mean, for example: on networking
sites only networki
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