Creating Frames That Work, a cog-sci infographic experiment
Posted by indolering in Design, Psychology on 06. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Inspired by the Left vs Right (world) info-graphic, I endeavored to create a visual workflow for creating framing. Usability testes showed that the concept fell short of enabling people to create do their own framing, but it did explain the idea of framing, metaphor, and their connection to policy issues quite well.
Study Done, Quick Update
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity on 21. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
I finished the documentation/advertising study of Ubiquity back in November. I haven’t posted anything about it due to a mix of schoolwork and the scholarly journal submission process. Because journals want to maintain copyright, I can’t publish everything I have written thus far. The journal article has a very different focus from what I will [...]
Sessions 6, 7, 8, & 9
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity, summer09 on 11. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
Despite my best efforts on the documentation front, users still failed to grasp the simplistic syntax scheme of Ubiquity. I suspected this was due to poor contextual “documentation.” So I designed an experiment testing out a simpler skin.
Sessions 4 & 5
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity, summer09 on 05. Sep, 2009 | 2 Comments
Couple more sessions using the new translate commercial. In short:
• Users are unable to tell the difference between the two video clips, so slight differences are a no no.
• Users still see Ubiquity as command specific as apposed to a generalized command framework.
Put it all out there
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity on 23. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
Getting the user to do something is like asking for a phone number: it has to be done at the right time and after they are excited about it.
Obama & Nazi Design
Posted by indolering in Design, Personal on 20. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
I did my term paper for art history on design elements used in the political campaigns of past and present figures, including Bush, Gore, Kerry, Obama, and McCain. All the talk of Obama and Nazi design similarities gave me the impetus to put it up here.
Learning Ubiq P2: Support Structures
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity on 26. Jul, 2009 | 1 Comment
As outlined in Part 1, the traditional style of documentation is antithetical to actual usage. Style is a major problem, but the delivery mechanisms are just as bad.
Learning Ubiq P1: Minimalist Documentation
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity, summer09 on 13. Jul, 2009 | 1 Comment
Today I am going to talk about a typical users, how they learn, and the principals of minimalist documentation. If you want to skip the fluff, head to the minimalist style guidelines for Ubiquity’s documentation.
Ubiquity Advert
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity on 10. Apr, 2009 | No Comments
I’m doing a study on how marketing can prime users to new interfaces, which includes making a couple ads. This is basically a storyboard in video and NOT official Mozilla stuff. You can get (and watch) official Ubiquity stuff here.
