Re: [IxDA Discuss] How to Get People to Answer Honestly

2010-02-26 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Sorting buttons... left-to-right, top-to-bottom

2010-02-01 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] REQ: Suggestions for best-practices or research on single-field address forms

2009-12-22 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
ate fields. There have been several discussions here and elsewhere about the standardisation of postal addresses, which are much more uniform in the US than in many other countries. Whitney -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Storytelling for User Experience Design www.rosenfeldmedia

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Testing for Learnability

2009-05-22 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] Living the Job >> Enterprise UX Research by Doing (vs. Observation)

2009-01-24 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
m. Perhaps the question we ought to be asking in each situation is exactly what we need to know, and decide on the most efficient way to learn it. -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Storytelling for User Experience Design www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling __

Re: [IxDA Discuss] "stop trying"

2008-12-03 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
r people with disabilities, but now counted on by everyone: curb cuts (those little ramps from the sidewalk to the street), elevator arrival bells, wide enough doors, etc. The ability, for example, to customize contrast or font size can be just a personalization feature for some, but a matter

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability lab...

2008-08-30 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
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[IxDA Discuss] Big/Little

2008-07-28 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
Does anyone know who first used "Big/little" (eg BIG IA vs little ia) in the UX context? -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Storytelling for User Experience Design www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling Welc

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should external links really open in the samewindow?

2008-07-10 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
ferent world. I watched while one user opened no less than 12 windows while trying to complete a single, relatively straight-forward task, but one which meant he needed to gather information from several sources. This is not to say that there is never a reason to open a new window, but not for simply l

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-02 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
Have you looked MIT's Open Courseware or OpenLearn in the UK? -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Storytelling for User Experience Design www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling Welcome to the Interaction Design Associ

[IxDA Discuss] Announcement: Storytelling for User Experience Design

2008-03-26 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
ttp://feeds.rosenfeldmedia.com/storytellingbook -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Storytelling for User Experience Design www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design and Theatre

2008-03-09 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
f the mundane. Randy Pausch posited a similar relationship between Design/Engineering and Art/Science. A quote from British playwright Alan Ayckbourn goes something like this: "When I give a bloke a tea tray to carry across the stage, I try to giv

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability is more than...

2008-03-07 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
y. It seems obvious, but good work in the early stages (and more skill by all contributors) can reduce the number of iterations needed. -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction Design and Theatre

2008-03-03 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
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Re: [IxDA Discuss] How to transition from technical writer tointeraction designer?

2008-02-12 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01M873 I think you'll find your technical communication skill very valuable in interaction design. -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Associa

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Target.com Loses Accessibility Law Suit

2007-10-09 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
It turned out that the first problem wasn't even in Second Life itself. It was that the login page was designed inaccessibly. People using a screen reader couldn't even get into the worlds to find out if they could use them or not. Nothing special, new or difficult. Just a login scree

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Target.com Loses Accessibility Law Suit

2007-10-06 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
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