Discussion Archive: June 2004

9 Jun 2004 - 2:53pm
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Hayden Vink
2004

Navigation examples

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if anyone has got any good examples of effective
navigation (hopefully using CSS/standards based design) for websites
that have up to three levels of navigation. The site I'm working on
won't be managed using a full-blown CMS . . we'll most likely use
Dreamweaver templates to build the static pages and Movable Type for
the dynamic parts. The client will have Contribute to edit static pages
and access to Movable Type of course.

8 Jun 2004 - 2:43pm
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Coryndon Luxmoore
2004

Nokia UI the 'standard' for handheld devices?

I have always found it curious as to why Nokia is held up as the leader in UI for the mobile phone market. Having had to help numerous less tech savvy folks with thier basic Nokia phones I have found thier use of a single modal action button, inconsistant back buttons, deep menus, no ability to see the list of options etc. to be less than user friendly. I personally consider Nokia to only be one step better than Motorola in thier interfaces.

Sanyo, Sony and the other consumer electronics companies are way better overall in thier ability to simply enable the user to move through the phone.

8 Jun 2004 - 10:27am
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Svoboda, Eric
2004

Integration between paper and electronic forms

I've been asked to redesign the same form in two different media. A
paper form, will be completed by consumers. A data-entry person will
read the paper form and 'transfer' it's info to a web app form.

Obviously, I want the two forms to be as similar as they can possibly
be. Can anyone give some advice or perhaps point me in the direction of
some good info on this?

7 Jun 2004 - 8:27pm
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David Liu
2004

Nokia UI the "standard" for handheld devices?

Hi all:

I am an interaction designer for mobile phones. I've been asked this
question many times by people outside of our team: "why don't you copy
Nokia?

7 Jun 2004 - 3:07pm
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Carrie Ritch
2003

interface standards

new jakob article on his frustration with remote controls. made me wonder if
we should work together to create consistent interfaces across like
applications? I don't want to say standards, but is there a less rigid way
to help the user while allowing for creativity and innovation?

7 Jun 2004 - 12:59pm
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Jim Hoekema
2004

Humans & Technology Scrutinized (Wash. Post)

There's a nice article in the Washington Post today:

"Human Responses to Technology Scrutinized:
Emotional Interactions Draw Interest of Psychologists and Marketers"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20688-2004Jun6.html

Jim Hoekema
Hoekema Design & Editorial
www.hoekema.com