This is a different level of documentation, but I find nowadays, I mostly document my code by: A) Using long and verbous but highly communicative names for...
I find with these two techniques (meaningful names and readable example-like test cases), I can limit my documentation to "code maps", i.e. simplified maps...
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A few months ago I read a posting on this list which expressed something to the effect of (and I paraphrase as I cannot find the reference): good UI design is...
A good quote I once heard was that "The only thing that is intuitive is a mother's nipple, everything else is learned." When someone talks about an intuitive...
... But if you base your designs on this alone, is there not a danger that you may just perpetuating existing second-rate design? Just because we all know...
Comments inline... ... is easily and quickly recognizable... ... that you may just perpetuating existing second-rate design? Just because we all know...
There are a number of issues in deciding how to design a UI. Dave is correct -- sometimes it makes sense to try and stick with current user knowledge/behavior...
... A few months ago I read a posting on this list which expressed something to the effect of (and I paraphrase as I cannot find the reference): good UI ...
Larry Constantine
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... This, I believe, was the rationale for the Dvorak keyboard, which probably means the issues aren't that simple. ... BSc(Math) UNBF'83 Sapere Aude |...
... Several years ago I helped design a computerized version of a nation-wide academic test. We were tasked to deliberately design a UI that was unlike Windows...
Randy wrote: ... may just ... something, ... This, I believe, was the rationale for the Dvorak keyboard, which probably means the issues aren't that simple. ...
Larry Constantine
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Dec 4, 2005 5:36 pm
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... were ... integrated ... complete ... to ... UI. Intriguing technique. It reminds me of an issue in testing novel designs. A team I have been working with...
Larry Constantine
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Dec 4, 2005 5:36 pm
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... Mac UI That's fascinating. What happened with the test? Did you ever get any post-test feedback? ./s...
No, we weren't given any feedback, but the high school students who tried the UI rated it "easy to learn and use". One out of ten participants had some trouble...
Of course, my vote is to find a way to throw out the keyboard altogether (Dvorak, QWERTY, or otherwise) and find a different means of input to a system. We...
... The E in HFE stands for engineering. Engineers solve problems. Engineering about solving problems within the constraints of available technology and ...
Larry Constantine
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As designers and developers, our responsibility is to deliver solutions to customers and users now. Someday, yes, voice input may evolve to where it is both...
Thomas Memmel, HCI Lab University of Konstanz, Germany eMail: memmel@... ______________________________________________________ Recently, I am doing some...
... limited menu? ... to ... Engineering about solving problems within the constraints >of available technology and materials. Creative thinking in design,...
Hi, Thomas. I'm a programmer rather than a UI person, so take this answer for what it's worth. ... Is there a great movement for this? I've have seen tools...
If I could have 1/10 of the money back that I have seen squandered while a development team wrestled their way through the "best wrong answer" because they had...
... Josh replies: Buxton also said (at your last forUSE conference) something like this: as long as we are interacting with the computer using a mouse, we are...
Well, you won't find me trading my mouse for a touch screen and a chop stick any time soon! I agree with Larry, our systems are built within a context, the...
... [snip] ... There are certainly some frustrations associated with the group. One of them is the monthly discussion of the relevance of UX. Another is the...
It would be interesting, Jeff, to take a poll to assess how many folks on this list have actually collaborated on an Agile/UI project. I am an IA/Interaction...
There are certainly some frustrations associated with the group. One of them is the monthly discussion of the relevance of UX. Another is the implication that ...
... We have before, just not recently. You might want to check the archives. ... A number of people are integrating agile and usability successfully. One...
... driving cars) ... Just as an aside: the doctors and psychologists that I know who use speech to text for dictation do so because it's faster for them to ...
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