Comments for User Kind Blog http://www.UserKind.com/blog Thoughts and insights on information architecture, website design, human factors, and whatever else. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on How to gather feedback about you or your company by Cory http://www.UserKind.com/blog/how-to-gather-feedback-about-you-or-your-company/#comment-10564 Cory Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:44:22 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/how-to-gather-feedback-about-you-or-your-company/#comment-10564 Cory, thanks for the links! Looks like summize just redirects to search.twitter.com...but it's a great resource that's not linked from the regular twitter site (why? I have no idea). Blog Pulse looks great too. Adding them to the list... Cory, thanks for the links! Looks like summize just redirects to search.twitter.com…but it’s a great resource that’s not linked from the regular twitter site (why? I have no idea). Blog Pulse looks great too. Adding them to the list…

]]> Comment on How to gather feedback about you or your company by Cory http://www.UserKind.com/blog/how-to-gather-feedback-about-you-or-your-company/#comment-10562 Cory Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:07:10 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/how-to-gather-feedback-about-you-or-your-company/#comment-10562 This is a great post Cory. I track the social media "buzz" (I hate that word) around the company I work for, and searching Friendfeed and Twitter is a great idea. Another way to search Twitter is through <a href="http://www.summize.com/" rel="nofollow">Summize</a>. I've also used Nielsen's <a href="http://www.blogpulse.com/" rel="nofollow">Blog Pulse</a> to monitor conversations. This is a great post Cory. I track the social media “buzz” (I hate that word) around the company I work for, and searching Friendfeed and Twitter is a great idea. Another way to search Twitter is through Summize. I’ve also used Nielsen’s Blog Pulse to monitor conversations.

]]> Comment on How to gather feedback about you or your company by Greg http://www.UserKind.com/blog/how-to-gather-feedback-about-you-or-your-company/#comment-10561 Greg Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:58:33 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/how-to-gather-feedback-about-you-or-your-company/#comment-10561 Here I am! Here I am!

]]> Comment on Ditch that pagination! - AJAX “Load More…” = Awesome by AndyEd http://www.UserKind.com/blog/ditch-that-pagination-ajax-load-more-awesome/#comment-9969 AndyEd Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:16:04 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/ditch-that-pagination-ajax-load-more-awesome/#comment-9969 Careful on extending this too far! It does work better for images than raw search results, but the UI was deemed an "anti-pattern" at IASummit this year, http://www.flickr.com/photos/morville/2226929472/in/set-72157603810004136/ Some notable problems: 1) location in results 2) lack of cues for backtracking 3) accessibility Careful on extending this too far! It does work better for images than raw search results, but the UI was deemed an “anti-pattern” at IASummit this year, http://www.flickr.com/photos/morville/2226929472/in/set-72157603810004136/

Some notable problems:
1) location in results
2) lack of cues for backtracking
3) accessibility

]]> Comment on Wireframe Stencils by Lorenz Sell http://www.UserKind.com/blog/wireframe-stencils/#comment-9675 Lorenz Sell Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:12:32 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/wireframe-stencils/#comment-9675 that is really awesome. that is really awesome.

]]> Comment on Recruiting Usability participants using Craigslist and Google Spreadsheets by Cory http://www.UserKind.com/blog/recruiting-usability-participants-using-craigslist-and-google-spreadsheets/#comment-7480 Cory Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:29:19 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/recruiting-usability-participants-using-craigslist-and-google-spreadsheets/#comment-7480 test test

]]> Comment on Usability Testing - Screen Recorder for the Mac by Michael Whalen http://www.UserKind.com/blog/usability-testing-screen-recorder-for-the-mac/#comment-2936 Michael Whalen Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:37:41 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/usability-testing-screen-recorder-for-the-mac/#comment-2936 Hey dude, Found this recently, it received some pretty awesome reviews from the web-designer blogger community. Just thought I'd share it with ya http://www.araelium.com/screencast/ Hey dude,

Found this recently, it received some pretty awesome reviews from the web-designer blogger community. Just thought I’d share it with ya

http://www.araelium.com/screencast/

]]> Comment on Gibberish application messages… by Katharine Osborne http://www.UserKind.com/blog/gibberish-application-messages/#comment-1162 Katharine Osborne Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:37:18 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/gibberish-application-messages/#comment-1162 Well, the keychain thing throws me - guess it is a mac specific thing (and I am still a newb on the mac). But yeah - it is asking you a yes/no question and giving you nonsensical choices. Maybe this is just my devious mind, but you could have fun building an interface that is completely nonsensical like that (very Monty Python), and forcing people to try using it (while watching them behind a two-way mirror). Might want to have some fragile objects in the room as well to allow them to vent their frustration :-) Well, the keychain thing throws me - guess it is a mac specific thing (and I am still a newb on the mac). But yeah - it is asking you a yes/no question and giving you nonsensical choices. Maybe this is just my devious mind, but you could have fun building an interface that is completely nonsensical like that (very Monty Python), and forcing people to try using it (while watching them behind a two-way mirror). Might want to have some fragile objects in the room as well to allow them to vent their frustration :-)

]]> Comment on Poor usability imposes significant costs on product producers by Paul Sherman http://www.UserKind.com/blog/poor-usability-imposes-significant-costs-on-product-producers/#comment-4 Paul Sherman Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:53:40 +0000 http://www.UserKind.com/blog/poor-usability-imposes-significant-costs-on-product-producers/#comment-4 Hey, thanks for blogging my book. It's my first one, so you can imagine that I'm a littled geeked up about it. One thing to note: it's currently priced insanely high. I'm working with the publisher to get them to lower the price, but am not meeting with much success. I blogged my struggles and annoyance at my site. See this URL for my full rant: http://www.usabilityblog.com/blog/archives/2006/11/dont_buy_my_boo.php . -Paul Sherman Hey, thanks for blogging my book. It’s my first one, so you can imagine that I’m a littled geeked up about it. One thing to note: it’s currently priced insanely high. I’m working with the publisher to get them to lower the price, but am not meeting with much success. I blogged my struggles and annoyance at my site. See this URL for my full rant: http://www.usabilityblog.com/blog/archives/2006/11/dont_buy_my_boo.php . -Paul Sherman

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