Re: [IxDA Discuss] E-Commerce Terminology Survey (Correction)

2009-11-09 Thread Paul Bryan
I don't think e-commerce sites should avoid words that IxDA members don't understand, as long as those words are not required to find and evaluate the product. They add precision for the people who do understand them. I agree with Jared visual cues are more relevant than product names and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] E-Commerce Terminology Survey (Correction)

2009-11-09 Thread PhillipW
Were all the respondents American ? (given that its an Amercan site). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47247 Welcome to the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] E-Commerce Terminology Survey (Correction)

2009-11-09 Thread William Hudson
...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] E-Commerce Terminology Survey (Correction) Were all the respondents American ? (given that its an Amercan site). Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc

Re: [IxDA Discuss] E-Commerce Terminology Survey (Correction)

2009-11-09 Thread PhillipW
I guess it also depends on the amount of 'clothing expertise' / willingness to spend money in the target group of shoppers. I think my own personal clothing vocabulary gives out after about 12 words. So there's no way I'll be buying clothes online in the first place. Goodness knows what this

Re: [IxDA Discuss] E-Commerce Terminology Survey (Correction)

2009-11-09 Thread William Hudson
...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss- boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of PhillipW Sent: 09 November 2009 8:15 AM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] E-Commerce Terminology Survey (Correction) I guess it also depends on the amount of 'clothing expertise