Discussion Archive: November 2009

18 Nov 2009 - 10:33am
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Boston IxDA
2008

Event: IxDA Boston December 3rd Social

Hello folks, we hope you're all well and busy. Did you see the announcement
from a local start-up http://www.litl.com/ ? It's a very unique &
interesting design which piqued our curiosity. We've arranged an open demo
and Q&A session with them.

18 Nov 2009 - 8:37am
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3 years ago
8 replies
Nick Sergeant
2009

Functionality appearing below the mythical "fold" - what to do?

Hi all,

I'm working on a filtering system that employs filters on the
left-hand side of the results screen, much like rentals.com and
newegg.com.

Our client is concerned that since the lower filters on the left are
hidden for folks with smaller screens that they won't be found.
Their proposed solution is to collapse the filter options so that
just each individual filter title is shown. I believe that this is
far less usable.

17 Nov 2009 - 8:27pm
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pabini
2004

Update :: Location Change :: Silicon Valley IxDA Event :: Persuasion for Designers :: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Yahoo!

Please join us at our Silicon Valley IxDA event tomorrow! Note the new
location at Yahoo! Kim Goodwin, author of Designing for the Digital
Age, will speak about Persuasion for Designers.

When: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Socializing: 7:00-7:30 pm

Program: 7:30-9:30 pm

Where: Yahoo!
Room: Building C, Classroom 5
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Note—This is actually the room in which we usually hold our events at
Yahoo! It became available unexpectedly.

Persuasion for Designers
Kim Goodwin
There's a myth that great design is self-evident.

17 Nov 2009 - 6:26pm
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Melissa Weatherwax
2009

[JOBS] UE Designer for Hands-On Mobile - San Francisco, CA - Full Time

The Hands-On Mobile Design Group is an interdisciplinary team which is
defining and delivering the future of mobile user experiences. As a
member of the team you will work closely with product management and
product development to create compelling, rich mobile applications for
top tear brands, for distribution across all the major carriers.

Our ideal candidate will have at least 3+ years experience with User
Interface design processes and methodology, and be able to visualize
concepts quickly and clearly. Recent mobile design experience is
essential.

17 Nov 2009 - 5:55pm
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3 years ago
4 replies
Terms:
Daniel Zollman
2009

Active/inactive state of physical buttons

Hi all,

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a precedent for a certain pattern
in a physical interface, such as a control panel or remote control.

The challenge is that a particular control panel design has multiple
states; in a given state, some functions are available while other
functions are unavailable. I'm considering a pattern in which each
button lights up when it's active/available and gets dark when it's
inactive/unavailable.

There are certainly many devices with buttons that light up in order
to reflect the on/off state of a particular feature (e.g.

17 Nov 2009 - 3:49pm
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egwiley
2009

Interaction 10 Area Map on Google Maps

Showing locations of the two hotels offering discounts to Interaction
10 attendees.

Specific locations for the conference events have not yet been
announced, so for now the SCAD main campus location [according to
Google] is marked.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=102232604347248702650.00047893d1b6635f49e5e&ll=32.080029,-81.089144&spn=0.059344,0.056562&z=14

17 Nov 2009 - 3:23pm
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3 years ago
9 replies
Catriona Lohan-...
2007

Survey design

I'm in the process of designing a survey for existing users of
consumer food site but don't have a lot of time to design it. Most
likely I will use survey monkey unless anyone has a better suggestion.

Can anyone point me to best practices for quick online survey design?

Many thanks

Catriona

Sent from my iPhone

17 Nov 2009 - 3:10pm
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3 years ago
12 replies
Paul Eisen
2007

Need for Portal Design Guidelines?

A few days ago I posted a question about existing materials out there on portal design (http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=47358#47358). I'm very surprised that there was no response.

17 Nov 2009 - 1:17pm
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Rochelle Rubin
2008

JOB:-- IAs - Mid level and Senior - Freelance - Onsite in NYC!

My client, a leading interactive design agency with high profile
clients, is looking for Freelance Mid-level and Senior Information
Architects for a long term assignment (possibly leading to a staff
position).

If you are:

- Experienced in developing information architecture for web, products,
mobile and all online interactions.

- Have extensive agency experience working with large and complex client
organizations.

17 Nov 2009 - 11:49am
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3 years ago
1 reply
Louis Rosenfeld
2007

ANN: Warfel's book "Prototyping: A Practitioner's Guide" now available

(apologies for cross posting)

It's a pleasure to announce that Todd Zaki Warfel's book, *Prototyping: A
Practitioner's Guide, *is now available for purchase. In just under 200
pages, Todd provides a hugely practical take on a hugely practical topic,
and shows you how to prototype using approaches both low-tech (e.g., paper)
and high-tech (Axure and Fireworks).