Hi Doug You might want to consider creating a browse able library of UI components. For instance you might have a standard for signing up for a service, but...
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jo packer
ju_and_pol
Oct 1, 2009 4:58 pm
Hi Doug In addition to what I said earlier on creating UI library, I can't stress enough that there is no substitute for putting your applications in-front of ...
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ju_and_pol
Oct 1, 2009 4:58 pm
In addition to what I said earlier on creating a UI library, I can't stress enough that there is no substitute for putting your applications in-front of target...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
Oct 1, 2009 5:40 pm
Hi, Doug. Since you asked here, I'm presuming this question has some Agile angle. The broadness of your question brings me back to the Agile manifesto, and in...
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Michael Coombs
mikeykechari
Oct 1, 2009 6:20 pm
Hi Doug, I¹ve never responded to post to this group before. Great book to pick up some best practice standards for ³icons² or not, ³text links² or not,...
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jonathan berger
jonathanpberger
Oct 1, 2009 6:24 pm
... I think that's a pretty poor rule of thumb. Icons have their place, particularly in text-heavy environments where a little bit of color and shape can help...
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sigbackup
sigfrid_sw_e...
Oct 2, 2009 12:04 pm
I totally agree with Jonathan. In a text-heavy application icons are not a option, they are a must. Sigfrid Dusci Software Element...
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Gilgongo
gilgongo2002
Oct 2, 2009 12:04 pm
... The moral to almost every story in interaction design is: "it depends."...
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sigbackup
sigfrid_sw_e...
Oct 2, 2009 12:06 pm
Hi Jo, I'm about to create such a library for my company and I'm evaluating different options for the actual implementation. What do you suggest? A wiki? What...
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Anders Ramsay
andersramsay
Oct 2, 2009 5:52 pm
Hi Everyone, We've got a great event lined up for our next Agile Experience Design Meetup on Wed. Oct. 14. Ed Sussman, CEO of Buzzr, and Karen McGrane, ...
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davidanthonyfreedman
davidanthony...
Oct 2, 2009 9:22 pm
Hi William, I work here at CAA with Doug and run our Development group. Just a little more context. We are an agile shop through and through. Our...
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Mike Hill
mike_hill_sf
Oct 4, 2009 5:23 pm
Hi all, We're currently seeking sessions for the 2010 BCS SPA conference, to be held in London next May (http://www.spaconference.org). I hope you might...
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doug.gorman@...
doug.gorman...
Oct 5, 2009 4:42 pm
I'm curious about the book. What were some of the strong takeaways from it that you use consistently?...
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doug.gorman@...
doug.gorman...
Oct 5, 2009 4:59 pm
I absolutely agree that end user feedback is almost always a better driver than our own internal opinions. I'm curious about your thoughts on when and how to...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
Oct 5, 2009 11:21 pm
Thanks for the details, David! Doug's comment made me wonder something in specific, so let me ask about that directly. If your developers are asking QA for...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Oct 6, 2009 1:53 pm
... [snip] I'd second Michael's recommendation of Luke's book. A useful read - especially if you've not got a usability/UX background. It's tricky one to sum...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Oct 6, 2009 3:15 pm
Hi Doug, ... You have to be slightly careful here that this doesn't become an excuse for not making informed decisions about the products user experience in...
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alochka
Oct 8, 2009 7:18 pm
Interested in Agile? Want to hear Martin Fowler speak? Join me at the end of October for Agile East, being held in Philadelphia and New York. There is a great...
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alochka
Oct 8, 2009 7:18 pm
The answer is always "it depends" (on business goals, users, constraints), it kind of sounds to me like you are looking for a pattern library? I would...
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Jared Spool
jmspool
Oct 9, 2009 5:37 pm
[Apologies if you get multiple copies.] I'm very excited about the User Interface 14 Conference that's coming up, November 1-3 here in Boston, MA. We have...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Oct 12, 2009 1:18 pm
Thought folk here might be interested in this. ... [snip] ... [snip] Cheers, Adrian -- http://quietstars.com - twitter.com/adrianh - delicious.com/adrianh...
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Zahid Hussain
zahidrashidabro
Oct 12, 2009 1:38 pm
Dear Adrian! I was going to post the Agile Usability/UCD survey results to this group by today evening but you already posted it. Thank you very much! I...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
Oct 14, 2009 12:58 am
Yesterday I met a HCI prof at Stanford, Scott Klemmer <http://hci.stanford.edu/%7Esrk>, who has done some neat research: ...
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Adrian Howard
ajh65537
Oct 14, 2009 12:30 pm
... [snip] Interesting - and matches my experiences. I think many design folk have already latched on to the fact that parallelism works. For example you have...
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amber_derosa@...
jasarask8
Oct 14, 2009 2:54 pm
William, I agree testing multiple designs is a great way to iterate on an idea. You may be interested in an upcoming prototyping book by Todd Zaki Warfel ...
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vasonson
Oct 16, 2009 8:04 am
Hi all - I'm new to agile development and I was wondering if anyone has a good boilerplate template they could share that identifies and defines the roles on...
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William Pietri
william_pietri
Oct 16, 2009 12:46 pm
... There is no generic "agile" process. So actual roles depend on which agile process you're using. One complicating factor is that the Agile Manifesto...
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Anders Ramsay
andersramsay
Oct 16, 2009 1:06 pm
As boilerplates go, one can certainly think of Scrum as a boilerplate planning framework for an Agile team. You could certainly go out and buy a book on Scrum...
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vasonson
Oct 18, 2009 6:40 pm
Thanks William. I knew my question was very general in nature but I needed a place to start. Since this is an agile-usability forum, I am most interested in...
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Rudiger
rudiger_wolf
Oct 18, 2009 6:40 pm
... Some people in the agile world think there is no place for roles and others think there should be. Here are links to two agile flavours that do have role...
