Re: [IxDA Discuss] How does requiring fields affect completion rates?

2009-04-22 Thread Shimone Samuel
I would suggest requiring the bare-minimum necessary for the user to complete their task: email address. Sales can reply via email: Thank you for contacting us. How can we help you? Any additional information can be gathered after the lead is confirmed. Yes, it makes extra work for sales

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Good strategies for dynamically organizing content from multiple automated feeds

2009-02-12 Thread Shimone Samuel
Have a look at Yahoo Pipes: http://pipes.yahoo.com With Pipes you can take an input (your RSS feed for instance), run a query on it and output the results as a new feed. Provide this custom feed for your users and you have categorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] CSS Wizard tools

2009-02-11 Thread Shimone Samuel
While not strictly a designing tool, the best example I can think of is Wordpress. The redesigned admin interface is delicious. You can choose a theme, customize the CSS, add widgets, and modify basic dynamic elements. More info on the redesign here:

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Right-Click Actions in Web Applications (Enterprise)

2009-02-10 Thread Shimone Samuel
Although less destructive, offering web users right click is like offering them keyboard shortcuts: you're counting on them to interact with your website uncommonly. While you may find a few power users who appreciate the enhancement, far fewer users will notice such a feature in the same way they

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The future of displaying non-system fonts on web

2009-02-09 Thread Shimone Samuel
Hi Martina - I wrote an article on the downsides of using sIFR (even for headlines). Please have a look as its use poses both accessibility and usability challenges. http://www.likewowonline.net/web/ued/sifr-usability-study.html As for future support? At the moment there are two competing