Discussion Archive: May 2008

27 May 2008 - 8:32am
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4 years ago
10 replies
Terms:
tdellaringa
2006

Which comes first: Task Flows or Wires?

Hello everyone,

I'm just starting a brand new project, something of a larger scale.

26 May 2008 - 7:10pm
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Itamar Medeiros
2006

Worth Reading: "The Product Ecology: Understanding Social Product Use and Supporting Design Culture"

The field of interaction design has broadened its focus from issues
surrounding one person interacting with one system to how systems are
socially and culturally situated among groups of people. To understand
the situations surrounding product use interaction design researchers
have turned to qualitative, ethnographic research methods.

26 May 2008 - 1:54pm
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2 years ago
2 replies
Javier Cabrera
2006

Basecamp alternative UI and 37Signals

Hello good fellows!

Currently, I'm in the process of building with my small studio a Basecamp
alternative. I think most of you know 37signals Basecamp and their user
interface. For those who have seen the application grow up, you will notice
now it's cluttered in features and before, was much more simple to get
around it; although, it's still one of the best out there.

Now comes the question.

- What are the weak points you see on the user interface of Basecamp?

That's all.

26 May 2008 - 10:05am
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Terms:
SemanticWill
2007

Sites That Rock -- WAS: Sites with good examples of bad UIs?

Chauncey,

Perhaps this is where we should start a thread on web sites that rock.
Define "rock"? Sites that a reasonable UX person armed with a reasonable set
of heuristics might consider great design...

Not just an opinion, though - apply some rules to your decision, a good
starting point is J. Nielson's list. He did not just pull the list out of
his nether regions, however (ewww!). They come from analyzing more than 200
usability problems and statistically reducing the set to the 10 most
important rules:

1. Visibility of system status (what's going on!)
2.

26 May 2008 - 8:26am
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4 years ago
4 replies
Terms:
Al Selvin
2006

Sites with good examples of bad UIs?

I hesitate to ask this, because I have lost hours wandering around in such
sites, but anyway:
I'd appreciate recommendations for sites that analyze/discuss/make fun of
bad UI designs. Examples are www.buigallery.com*, http://www.baddesigns.com,
etc. I know I have seen others but I'm not remembering/finding them at the
moment.

Thanks,

Al

* I love the "snarky comments" on this site. Spent way too long clicking and
laughing yesterday.

26 May 2008 - 7:51am
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4 years ago
1 reply
Terms:
SemanticWill
2007

[EVENT] IxDA D.C. F2F @ UPA '08 BALTIMORE.

Preliminary Announcement - Save the date!

*** IxDA D.C. Face-2-Face Social: Wednesday, June 18, Kosmo's Lounge,
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. ***

IxDA D.C. is throwing a Face-2-Face Social so we can meet in person for
drinks, socializing, and cross-fertilization of ideas at the UPA Internation
Conference in Baltimore.

25 May 2008 - 7:26pm
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Nancy Falkenburg
2004

job:: group manager, user experience design/mountain view, california(Intuit) / FTE

contact: nancy_falkenburg at intuit.com
JOB LOCATION: Mountain View, CA
JOB TITLE: Group Manager, User Experience Design
JOB DURATION: FTE
JOB DESCRIPTION:

You will:
* Lead a team of Experience Design managers, designers, and researchers to define Shop, Buy and Use experiences that delight our customers
* Work with the team and key stakeholders to understand and promulgate a strong vision for user experience
* Collaborate across functional areas and segments to plan innovative changes t

25 May 2008 - 7:24pm
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Nancy Falkenburg
2004

job:: sr. ui prototyper/mountain view, california(Intuit) / FTE

Contact: nancy_falkenburg at intuit.com
COMPANY NAME:  Intuit
JOB LOCATION: Mountain View, CA
JOB TITLE: Senior UI Prototyper
JOB DURATION: FTE

JOB DESCRIPTION:
We have an exceptional opportunity for a designer/prototyper to work with
a team developing next generation products within the Small Business Division at Intuit.

We are looking for someone who is collaborative and who can not only think in innovative ways about the changing nature of starting and running small
businesse

24 May 2008 - 7:54pm
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4 years ago
61 replies
Terms:
Robert Hoekman, Jr.
2005

Usability = Predictability

"Usability equals predictability."

As in, if you can accurately predict what's going to happen next in an
interaction, it's because the action you're taking is understandable, clear,
logical, makes you feel confident, etc. If you can accurately predict what's
next, the interaction has high usability. If you can't accurately predict
what's next, the interaction has low usability.

Shoot holes in that statement.
-r-

24 May 2008 - 12:14pm
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Terms:
Atul N Joshi
2007

Last Date Reminder- Weekend Workshops on UCD in Mumbai

Apologies for cross-posting.

I wish to remind you of the forthcoming last dates for the following Weekend
Workshops on User Centered Design by Design Incubator in Mumbai.
I have marked the dates within the next 2 weeks *in bold* in my mail below.

URL: http://www.designincubator.com/training_current.htm )
Mail: training[at]designincubator[dot]com
Tel: +91 (0) 22 6552 9069 (Mon to Fri)

*Module UCD 02 - User Requirements Engineering and User Interface
Architecture*
› Workshop dates are 31st May '08 (Sat), 1st June '08 (Sun