Comments for commadot.com http://commadot.com Started in 1996, Glen Lipka has been been randomly publishing about User Experience, Technology, Human Psychology and other subjects. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha Comment on The UX of Justinmind Prototyper 3.0 by Mike Angeles http://commadot.com/the-ux-of-justinmind-prototyper-3-0/#comment-13938 Mike Angeles Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:41:59 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=2016#comment-13938 Glen, I think you hit it on the head when characterizing Balsamiq as full of love, but needing just a little more. I recently came on board to help guide the UX of the product, and one of the reasons is because I saw that in the product immediately after using. The other is that I started to talking to this team and saw that he got it, and that their quest to find the wireframing sweet spot meant a better experience for me. We use the product to get things done--almost every kind of ideation we do in Mockups. In using the tool to do that work we can obsess over the details and get the experience right. To your points about fidelity--I am working on a higher fidelity alternative style for the UI components. It's more like high fidelity concept drawings you find in product design/industrial design. Think of concept car drawings, sneaker drawings. I'm going to posting about what I'm thinking there in the Balsamiq UX blog soon. Shared components is what we call our masters/templates thing. It's a hybrid of reusable library components that are edited from the master so that changes will affect instances. It's a high priority and we're working on it. You'll use this for page masters and for individual component masters. It's going to be great and it will come very soon. myBalsamiq takes the process from idation to collaboration and testing. It's the glue that tell the bigger UX story, and we're making sure we get it right. I feel like making Mockups feel right is all about the details. We're all heart, and taking care of customers and building excellent tools is our passion, so we care about how we execute. If you want to, take a look at our GetSatisfaction discussion to see what we're thinking in response to people's pains and needs. And feel free to contact me directly if you have any concerns or questions. -Mike Glen, I think you hit it on the head when characterizing Balsamiq as full of love, but needing just a little more. I recently came on board to help guide the UX of the product, and one of the reasons is because I saw that in the product immediately after using. The other is that I started to talking to this team and saw that he got it, and that their quest to find the wireframing sweet spot meant a better experience for me.

We use the product to get things done–almost every kind of ideation we do in Mockups. In using the tool to do that work we can obsess over the details and get the experience right.

To your points about fidelity–I am working on a higher fidelity alternative style for the UI components. It’s more like high fidelity concept drawings you find in product design/industrial design. Think of concept car drawings, sneaker drawings. I’m going to posting about what I’m thinking there in the Balsamiq UX blog soon.

Shared components is what we call our masters/templates thing. It’s a hybrid of reusable library components that are edited from the master so that changes will affect instances. It’s a high priority and we’re working on it. You’ll use this for page masters and for individual component masters. It’s going to be great and it will come very soon.

myBalsamiq takes the process from idation to collaboration and testing. It’s the glue that tell the bigger UX story, and we’re making sure we get it right.

I feel like making Mockups feel right is all about the details. We’re all heart, and taking care of customers and building excellent tools is our passion, so we care about how we execute. If you want to, take a look at our GetSatisfaction discussion to see what we’re thinking in response to people’s pains and needs. And feel free to contact me directly if you have any concerns or questions. -Mike

]]> Comment on The UX of Justinmind Prototyper 3.0 by balsamiqVal http://commadot.com/the-ux-of-justinmind-prototyper-3-0/#comment-13937 balsamiqVal Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:26:45 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=2016#comment-13937 Honest reviews are most helpful to everyone, Glen. I just want to mention we've nearly baked reusable components into Balsamiq Mockups, and we promise to have the love there, too. Honest reviews are most helpful to everyone, Glen. I just want to mention we’ve nearly baked reusable components into Balsamiq Mockups, and we promise to have the love there, too.

]]> Comment on Kicking out my Windows 7 Google traffic by Glen Lipka http://commadot.com/kicking-out-my-windows-7-google-traffic/#comment-13934 Glen Lipka Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:39 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=2011#comment-13934 Thanks, I just tried that. I wonder how long it will take to kick in. Thanks, I just tried that. I wonder how long it will take to kick in.

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]]> Comment on Kicking out my Windows 7 Google traffic by Shaun Kester http://commadot.com/kicking-out-my-windows-7-google-traffic/#comment-13930 Shaun Kester Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:23:01 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=2011#comment-13930 I think you can also request to remove a url with the Google Webmaster Tools. That may be a quicker path to getting it out of the results. I think you can also request to remove a url with the Google Webmaster Tools. That may be a quicker path to getting it out of the results.

]]> Comment on Remember My Credentials by Darren http://commadot.com/remember-my-credentials/#comment-13924 Darren Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:09 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=1114#comment-13924 Thank you, Greg!! You suggestions worked for me!! I can't tell you how many web pages I've looked at to try and get this fixed. I'm a little disappointed with myself that I didn't think to try this initially as it obviously makes sense. Oh well, live and learn, I guess! Thanks again for posting this information! Thank you, Greg!! You suggestions worked for me!! I can’t tell you how many web pages I’ve looked at to try and get this fixed. I’m a little disappointed with myself that I didn’t think to try this initially as it obviously makes sense. Oh well, live and learn, I guess! Thanks again for posting this information!

]]> Comment on UX Greatness Part 1 of 3 by Glen Lipka http://commadot.com/ux-greatness-part-1-of-3/#comment-13923 Glen Lipka Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:10 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=1992#comment-13923 A friend taught a class at Stanford and invited me to guest lecture a couple of years in a row. I loved it. Stanford is gorgeous. However, you have to put alot of time/effort into the curriculum. Time that I, fortunately/unfortunately I don't have. Things I would do with extra time: 1. Build the social sales software I described a few weeks ago, 2. Write a UX handbook book and publish it as an eBook. and 3. Teach. A friend taught a class at Stanford and invited me to guest lecture a couple of years in a row. I loved it. Stanford is gorgeous. However, you have to put alot of time/effort into the curriculum. Time that I, fortunately/unfortunately I don’t have.

Things I would do with extra time: 1. Build the social sales software I described a few weeks ago, 2. Write a UX handbook book and publish it as an eBook. and 3. Teach.

]]> Comment on UX Greatness Part 1 of 3 by Dan http://commadot.com/ux-greatness-part-1-of-3/#comment-13916 Dan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:57:00 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=1992#comment-13916 Have you ever considered teaching a class on UX design? I think you would be great at it. And unlike most professors, you probably don't need a PhD to do this. (It there even a PhD is something like that?) You can teach a useful class on a topic that most people don't think about (it would be antithesis of everything you hated about Buffalo). I know that many professors in Executive Masters programs are not full-time professors and only teach in the evenings or weekends (since that is when the classes are). Just a thought. Have you ever considered teaching a class on UX design? I think you would be great at it. And unlike most professors, you probably don’t need a PhD to do this. (It there even a PhD is something like that?) You can teach a useful class on a topic that most people don’t think about (it would be antithesis of everything you hated about Buffalo). I know that many professors in Executive Masters programs are not full-time professors and only teach in the evenings or weekends (since that is when the classes are). Just a thought.

]]> Comment on UX Rule Number 1 by Matthew McEachen http://commadot.com/ux-rule-number-1/#comment-13911 Matthew McEachen Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:08:02 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=1983#comment-13911 YES! This applies just as much to engineering as it does to UX -- without really grokking the feature's value, you're leaving success to serendipity. And serendipity is a harsh mistress. From what I hear, at least. YES!

This applies just as much to engineering as it does to UX — without really grokking the feature’s value, you’re leaving success to serendipity. And serendipity is a harsh mistress. From what I hear, at least.

]]> Comment on Request: Microsoft Office Real-Time Collaboration by Tom Quaile http://commadot.com/request-microsoft-office-real-time-collaboration/#comment-13910 Tom Quaile Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:28:08 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=1976#comment-13910 You ask and Google responds. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/03/google-may-become-more-office-friendly-with-docverse-buyout.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss If Google does this before Microsoft that would be the coup of the decade. You ask and Google responds.

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/03/google-may-become-more-office-friendly-with-docverse-buyout.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

If Google does this before Microsoft that would be the coup of the decade.

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