Comments on: Quantitative Design http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/ User Experience Design at Mozilla Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:42:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cyd Harrell http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7633 Cyd Harrell Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:53:34 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/#comment-7633 Wow, great post! I'm sharing this with my colleagues (at a UX consultancy). There are some cool tools for getting quantitative feedback on designs as well--have you seen the MindCanvas stuff? I think they call them Game-based Elicitation Methods, check out http://www.themindcanvas.com/demos . We've been using them a lot lately, particularly the Clicky method, for design evaluations where the client needs quantitative data. Wow, great post! I’m sharing this with my colleagues (at a UX consultancy). There are some cool tools for getting quantitative feedback on designs as well–have you seen the MindCanvas stuff? I think they call them Game-based Elicitation Methods, check out http://www.themindcanvas.com/demos . We’ve been using them a lot lately, particularly the Clicky method, for design evaluations where the client needs quantitative data.

]]> By: Mike Beltzner http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7630 Mike Beltzner Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:30:31 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/#comment-7630 Excellent post, Alex. I hope that people go beyond the examples that you showed here and think about how all these various factors play off each other and need to be considered when designing UIs. Great insight into the somewhat schizophrenic mind of the interaction designer! Excellent post, Alex. I hope that people go beyond the examples that you showed here and think about how all these various factors play off each other and need to be considered when designing UIs. Great insight into the somewhat schizophrenic mind of the interaction designer!

]]> By: Dominic Baggott http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7628 Dominic Baggott Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:59:53 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/#comment-7628 The IE7 back/forward buttons are at least 2 visual elements, and possibly 3 depending on how you're counting (does a bit of beveling make them a single element?). The drop-down arrow is separate from the other arrows (at least until hovering). The combination of back/forward info into a single drop-down is nice though. The IE7 back/forward buttons are at least 2 visual elements, and possibly 3 depending on how you’re counting (does a bit of beveling make them a single element?). The drop-down arrow is separate from the other arrows (at least until hovering). The combination of back/forward info into a single drop-down is nice though.

]]> By: Paul http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7626 Paul Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:35:24 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/#comment-7626 Thunderbird is an example of a button that dosen't match the text. Done is not Finish. (From the end of account setup) Click finish to save these Settings and exit the Account Wizard. The button is not Finish. The choices are cancel, go back, or done. Thunderbird is an example of a button that dosen’t match the text. Done is not Finish. (From the end of account setup)

Click finish to save these Settings and exit the Account Wizard. The button is not Finish. The choices are cancel, go back, or done.

]]> By: Simon http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7604 Simon Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:48:37 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/#comment-7604 Since you bring up the Back/Forward buttons: IE7 actually finds a nice balance with 1 visual and 3 interactive elements (no right-clicks / hold-clicks required). See https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2210 for an implementation for Firefox to toy around with. Since you bring up the Back/Forward buttons: IE7 actually finds a nice balance with 1 visual and 3 interactive elements (no right-clicks / hold-clicks required). See https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2210 for an implementation for Firefox to toy around with.

]]> By: Frédéric Wenzel http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7603 Frédéric Wenzel Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:25:17 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/#comment-7603 This was very interesting, Alex. I hope the feature improvements in the Firefox versions to come are successful, even if people don't know they want them yet ;) This was very interesting, Alex. I hope the feature improvements in the Firefox versions to come are successful, even if people don’t know they want them yet ;)

]]> By: fsfs http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7595 fsfs Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:33:32 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/#comment-7595 I like the old school buttons ala IE, FF more than Safari kk. I like the old school buttons ala IE, FF more than Safari kk.

]]> By: Todd Lambert http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7585 Todd Lambert Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:59:07 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/26/quantitative-design/#comment-7585 Excellent article. I enjoyed your insight into the methodologies used in the Moz projects. Keep up the great work you're doing, I, as many other do, appreciate your work very much. Excellent article. I enjoyed your insight into the methodologies used in the Moz projects. Keep up the great work you’re doing, I, as many other do, appreciate your work very much.

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