dennislees

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I'm an Irish citizen and US permanent resident currently based in New Hampshire, though I've lived and worked in Europe and Asia, and have travelled the world.

My background is in web design and development, but I'm currently operating in the realm of user experience and web project management.

I like tech stuff, learning new things, and picking up my cats with one hand to make myself feel big and strong.

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Apr 7	comment	Design paradigm for order process where customer has no existing record @JohnGB There are dozens of questions on here practically identical in form and content this. How is this any different? "What I want to know is what approaches to form design / flow will lead the person completing the form all the way through" - what about UI design as it relates to conversion and user goal completion doesn't relate to UX?
Mar 22	comment	Making a signature field look like a physical signature box While it's clear what you're aiming for here i.e. putting users through a process that makes them feel commitment to something, what you'll end up with is an unconventional web form. The user isn't technically "signing" anything (unless you're going incorporate digital IDs) so it's just another text input. You might be better off with a standard CTA button [Commit to Schedule] with an additional follow-up alert "Are you sure you want to commit? You are responsible... You can still edit... etc. etc.
Mar 19	comment	Importing and Updating Old Records within a Grid You could show the previous year by default, and have a required "update" option, either in the cell or elsewhere in the UI. The big question this presents for me is, what about when there are more than 3 students? That would lead to a LOT of repetitive clicking on dropdowns. Have you considered breaking out the action of updating, perhaps making it something that can be done to several rows at once, assuming the have been checked or selected?
Mar 18	comment	How can I allow multiple and explicit filters It feels like the content might be key here. What do you mean when you say "see stuff from all categories"? Does the view change? Also, what's the difference between "enabling" and "selecting" a category?
Sep 26	comment	How does a CCTLD affect user behavior? @msandford fair enough
Sep 25	comment	How does a CCTLD affect user behavior? I honestly can not believe this interaction is happing. I'm going to keep this last comment short as I have a life to get back to.
Sep 24	comment	How does a CCTLD affect user behavior? What exactly are we talking about here? Good grief. If we're going to be painfully pedantic, then you really should have referred to @MarjanVenema as as "experienced software developer", which gives her a pass in this case. I'd argue that an experienced web developer should know what a CCTLD is. If I was writing some UI language for a broad user base I'd be more careful about using such abbreviations, but in a question to ux.stackexchange? Please. I know this forum is tough on question quality, but come on...
Sep 24	comment	How does a CCTLD affect user behavior? Thanks. It's difficult when Apple is the example used though, as in most cases an an appropriate response is "Yeah, but that's Apple". Same applies to Microsoft and Nike, who also use the subdirectory approach. When you measure unique visits in millions, you can get away with making a few mistakes when testing this stuff out.
Sep 24	comment	How does a CCTLD affect user behavior? CCTLD is a relatively common term for people who work in and around the web industry - it's not exactly a secret code. In this case I obviously made the incorrect assumption that my audience would understand what it meant. Also, I didn't want to type it all out. Call it 'embracing the convenience of abbreviation'. On the bright side, you're now a tiny bit more knowledgeable then you were before you read my question, though you probably spent as much time complaining to me about having to look stuff up as you did googling 'cctld'.
Sep 18	comment	Indicating relationships between multiple gauges or charts representing different views of the same data @ChrisJanssen Just looking over this again, a couple of more points. You may be able to do away with the connecting lines by making the user click for further breakdown. So (in the example I gave) the 61% Received portion of the 'Access Files' pie chart could be clickable, with the sub-options appearing when clicked. It's obvious then, that the new data is associated with the segment just clicked. The other thing is there are no unit labels in place. This seems like a situation where associating the '330/500' numerals with an actual metric would be worth the potential interface clutter.
Sep 18	comment	Indicating relationships between multiple gauges or charts representing different views of the same data @LorenRogers I don't remember seeing this anywhere, but it must exist. There's a strong chance I saw it in an infographic at some point. The process behind the idea was to take methods of representing incomplete data (chart types) and work out which one was most apt to be connected to other instances of itself.
Sep 18	comment	Indicating relationships between multiple gauges or charts representing different views of the same data @ChrisJanssen I think the change in unit does open the door for potential confusion, so you would need to be careful with the labeling, but I think this could work.
Sep 14	comment	Is there a generally accepted icon for the “Submit” button? I hate when I get comments like this on my own questions, but... Is the icon really necessary here?
Sep 12	comment	Better to use generic verbs or slash-separated specific verbs in navigation? This is actually the name of the menu section that this item appears in. The section is called 'Users' and the links under it are things like 'Change Account Admin' 'Manage Users'. So in this context it doesn't really work. It might do so at a higher level in a navigation system, but not here.
Sep 12	comment	Better to use generic verbs or slash-separated specific verbs in navigation? Yeah, I guess the slash isn't such a deal breaker, and really is much better than the 'Manage' version, which might as well say "User Stuff".
Sep 12	comment	Better to use generic verbs or slash-separated specific verbs in navigation? Not really, though this is good suggestion. There are too many menu items for this to work really well.
Apr 16	comment	Alternative label for “Solutions” tab in main menu? It's an interesting suggestion, but 'Services' comes with a load of semantic baggage. I'm not really sure it makes a ready replacement for 'Solutions' because service implies action. IT Consulting is a service.
Mar 31	comment	Alternative label for “Solutions” tab in main menu? @JungLee Adobe's solutions seem much the same as how we break it down. They break things down by industry and need, but you still end up at specific products (or groups of producuts) in the end
Mar 31	comment	Alternative label for “Solutions” tab in main menu? @MFrank2012 Thanks for the input - Heatmaps were used in combination with Analytics here, each confirming the other. Solutions here means much the same as it does elsewhere i.e. the application of a product or set of products (or services) in a specific way to solve a specific business problem or need.
Mar 31	comment	Alternative label for “Solutions” tab in main menu? @JungLee This is an interesting suggestion. Products could be categorized using the same breakdown Solutions, but this is approach is limited in that one product might appear under several solution categories and there would be a duplication issue. There's also a corporate aim to be a "solution provider", rather than being product-focused, complicating matters further.