... Ron wrote: An answer is: yes. I've seen it done, quite frequently. Contrary to pessimistic notions one might hold about "mere users", they're quite capable...
... Well, here's an example about why it's important to consider the navigation framework early: I'm currently working on a large supply chain management...
... Well, here's an example about why it's important to consider the navigation framework early: I'm currently working on a large supply chain management...
... I didn't say or suggest that we should withhold information. I'm in favor of sharing all the information we have and I'm suggesting that real users will...
I didn't say or suggest that we should withhold information. I'm in favor of sharing all the information we have and I'm suggesting that real users will not be...
... At any given moment in a project, you know less than you will at any future moment (*). So, on average, the later you can make a decision, the better it...
... The first two sentences in the last paragraph strike me as contradictory. To explain: There's an interesting book by Peter Galison, _Image and Logic_,...
... See, that's the issue. I recently had a client who was converting an old, old system from one type of database to another. It was hell. But it would wrong...
Slightly off-topic but relevant to this list I'm sure. Alain Désilets, MASc Agent de recherches/Research Officer Institut de technologie de l'information du...
That is hilarious, if not a bit of the "shaggy dog" story type... Two relevant rants of mine can be found here on my blog: - Fools and Tools - DSLs reusable...
Hi folks. I'm just wondering if there is any empirical or analyst data on the adoption and effectiveness of Agile methodologies in various types of ...
It's been quiet for a couple days, so I thought I'd relate an experience I had a couple of weeks ago and get feedback from you all... I've been pulled in to...
Rob, This is a great example of a developer intimidating the customer. Without knowing more about the dynamics, I would venture to state that it is really up...
Rob, We have a vertical market application that we have branded entirely different than any OS scheme. We don't use any "System" defined colors anywhere. In...
There are several problems with using application-defined colours (rather than system-defined colours). The first is consistancy (and this was alluded to in...
Isn't the customer always right? I think the developer may have had a point, back in the Windows 3.1 days. But more and more desktop applications are branded,...
PayPal is actively hiring for various User Experience positions at our San Jose, CA office. You can find the job descriptions attached below. If you are...
Some of the developers arguments went along the lines of Tim's post earlier regarding color blindness, screen size, etc. However, by introducing icons,...
... What's you're talking about is what Cooper and Reimann call "posture" in their book, About Face 2.0. I did a quick Google search, and here's a 1-page ...
This is a good article. To put it in to the terms of the article, our application falls into the "sovereign" category. My post compared "sovereign" and...
Is usability agile? If so (and I hope so!) then at the risk of sounding nerdy, the Cooper and Reimann book, About Face 2.0, is a pleasure to read when you're...
I haven't read "About" Face, but I have read "The Inmates are Running the Asylum" and I can say that what that book proposes is as far from agile as can...
Hmm. In the book "Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Managers", authors Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck list and ...
Depends on what they mean by "integrity". When I refer to integrity as being essential to usability, I usually mean it as a sense of cohesiveness the user...
Jeff, Do you have a short description of the UCD method you teach in your workshops? I need to do a short agile UCD exercise and I seem to have misplaced the...
I saw an interesting presentation by Khaled El-Emam about this, and he has kindly agreed to publish his slides: http://www.osqa.org/documents/elemam3.pdf The...
Announcing the Interaction Design Association For Immediate Release CONTACTS: IxDA Public Relations: info@... October 16, 2005 ::: The Interaction Design...
http://www.stickyminds.com/BetterSoftware/magazine.asp?fn=cifea When our company acquired a competitor's company, we were given less than a week to decide what...
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