The Essential Characteristics of User Experience (a language of critique)
Theres been some discussion in the past few months about establishing a “ language of critique ” for user experience design. JJG may have started it with his closing plenary at the Summit and several people have blogged about it. Here is my contribution, yes its a diagram. Its the first half of a two part diagram called “ The Characteristics of...

In search of: form design pattern
I need to come up with a good pattern for designing a form. It has the following characteristics: - There are about 10 " sections " (related groups of inputs) - The sections are of varied size, ranging from one dropdown selection, to a multi- column table of several rows that needs to be filled out The total of all such...

Effectiveness of toolbars in \"freemium\" web applications
Has anyone done any work studying the effectiveness of toolbars / " butcons " in web applications? Specifically I'm interested to know how intermediate / advanced tools such as those impact customer conversion rates. Most web 2.0 apps seem to be a mixture of tabs / buttons, with very little use of toolbars or menus. The exception being Google...

iPhone App Review: NY Times & USA Today
Hello IXDA peeps! I recently posted a brief UX review of the New York Times & USA Today iPhone Apps. http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/ If you have ideas for other apps to review, please send email to: suggest at iphoneuxreviews.com . FYI, I'm focusing on productivity and utility apps, not games since there are already many game review sites out...

New issue: interactions magazine
Hi, A new issue of interactions magazine has been published. You can learn more on our site, at http://interactions.acm.org/ This issue includes a great cover story from Victor Margolin, as well as some great articles like: Time, Temporality, and Interaction Sus Lundgren, Theo Hultberg The Golden Age of Newsprint Collides With the Gilt Age of Digital Information Distribution Elizabeth Churchill One Year of Experiences with XO Laptops in...

A list of conference dates/deadlines with relevance to our community
Dear all, [apologies for cross- postings] I've compiled a list of conference dates/ deadlines with relevance to our community. I aim to send an updated overview every once in a while. There's a printerfriendly version (for hanging on your wall at http://www.interaction- design.org/ calendar/ printerfriendly.html ) If you feel something is missing, or if you find errors, please go to http://www.interaction- design.org/ calendar/ and make additions or...