Discussion Archive: January 2008

The Beautiful and the Useful

On Jan 31, 2008, at 6:32 AM, Pankaj Chawla wrote:

> No I dont agree aesthetics is a fundamental requirement for IxD.

For your consideration, another essay from Paul Rand, from his book
"Thoughts on Design."

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To interpret the modern approach to visual communication as mere
sensationalism is to misunderstand the very spirit of our time.

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Looking for Usability Recruiting Firms in Western Europe

We are working on a project that plans to start testing in Germany,
France, Spain, Austria and Belgium specifically and I was hoping to
get some good recommendations on usability recruiting firms in those
countries. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Lori

Testing for "No Flash" situation

I'm doing some reviews of a site and I need to be able to test what
happens if someone doesn't have Flash Player, has an older version or
has it disabled (for whatever reason). I would love to be able to get
some SnagIt's of the screens I see, but I need to find a reliable way of
simulating the experience, preferably with a Firefox add-on instead of
having to turn to Browsercam or a similar service.

Removing and reinstalling Flash Player isn't an option, and we don't
have any test machines without Flash on them. Anyone know of a plugin
or method I could use?

Marty DeAngelo
Sr.