Discussion Archive: August 2010

Terminology - See vs. View, Find vs. Search

Does anybody have research showing which terms are better for call to action on a website that we can use consistently across tasks? I'm talking about action within the site, so the link would say either "Search for a gold parachute" or "Find a gold parachute."

Terms we're interested in:

• FInd vs. Search
• See vs. View

Thanks!

What questions to ask for a persona interview?

Hi,

I am pre paring to conduct an interview to create personas for a medical web application doctors and patients. This app is not built yet, and the feature set will be drawn from the personas -- which is why it's giving me a pause. I am used to writing interviews about usability, and always used to work with existing websites. I never created personas before, though I used them before, and I'm having difficulty coming up with questions to ask the interview candidates.

Re: [IxDA] Font sizers

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Dimiter Simov wrote:

> As for the larger/smaller font size icons, and I am quoting from memory, in > our usability tests, I have observed people using websites where such > controls were available, and I do not remember anyone ever using the tool to > change the font size. Note, however, that observing the behavior of changing > font size has not been a goal of our tests.

Exactly, you have to set out to test a feature like this.

Re: [IxDA] iMockups for iPad?

> I was wondering if anyone had tried the iMockup for the iPad (wireframe > tool). > Is it worth it, or just another thingy? Is the iPad a worth while tool for > running "any" productive apps, or for more /convenient/ surfing?

There's a small discussion I kicked off a while ago about wireframing on the iPad[1] that may be of interest.

I now have a copy of iMockups that I've been dipping into here and there. For fast stuff it's pretty good, but I haven't built anything complex with it yet.