JonW

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Working in IA role in Hampshire, UK.

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1d	comment	Timezone madness in task management app Why not just use UTC as the timestamp and do everything by that?
1d	comment	full-color icons vs. greyed-out icons in menus Glad to hear people actually do some research before making decisions! Any chance you published these findings anywhere that you can link to (blog etc?)
1d	revised	How to load data into a table based on the selection in a tree? Changed last line so question asks for solutions and not just loads of examples.
2d	comment	Why does the email subject appear before the body when composing an email? @chumkiu from the text of the question: "P.S. I changed the subject of this post after I wrote all this."
2d	revised	Why does the email subject appear before the body when composing an email? edited title
2d	comment	Reaching single product page in one click from home page Well sometimes what the client wants isn't really going to be possible in a friendly way. You'll have to resort to the mail online approach by shoving everything on the homepage in a big visual mess. You could do that, & then structure the whole rest of the site correctly & easily navigable. Don't forget that the homepage of a site isn't what it used to be - people enter websites from links, search engines etc, not always starting from the homepage. Make the rest of the site work properly & let the client do whatever they want with the homepage.
2d	revised	UX and design spec deleted 58 characters in body; edited tags; edited tags
2d	comment	UX and design spec " Ideally we would like to be able to have an online Wiki with the spec which is a living document that can be accessed by all, modified in real time and circulated to non co-located teams with ease?" - Why can't you use this approach then? It sounds ideal really. Don't create PDFs for everyone, give them a URL or something to the document and they can print it themselves if they want to.
2d	comment	Reaching single product page in one click from home page Just have the homepage as a large search box with some autocomplete functionality that'll find the product the users are after. Possibly even add some thumbnails into the autocomplete too for good measure. Sorted!
2d	comment	Making a wireframe in Visio (how to add markers or whatever they are called!?) screenshot attached This isn't really the place to ask such questions; it's not a UX issue it's a Visio tutorial question. Try visiting the Visio support pages as we're not a software support forum. This should help get you started - office.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/…
2d	revised	Telling user about updates in interface added 1 characters in body
2d	comment	How is the R programming language used in UX research? This is more of a discussion topic than a question with an actual answer, and I'm afraid the stackexchange site model doesn't really fit well with discussion type questions as there's not correct answer to such questions. You can find out more about this in our FAQ.
May 22	comment	BBC.co.uk & USA Today Hi Ad. Sorry, but these sort of posts aren't really what StackExchange sites are for. From our FAQ page: You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.
May 22	awarded	Sportsmanship
May 22	comment	Resources on Distinguishable Colors? Closed this as a duplicate, although really it was likely to be closed as Not Constructive because it's not a UX problem you're having, you just want to know about what apps / websites / products are available to do a certain task. That's more of a shopping request not a solvable UX issue with a correct answer.
May 22	reviewed	Close Resources on Distinguishable Colors?
May 21	comment	Combine Rows by drag n drop Sorry, but we'll have to close this off then I'm afraid. ux.stackexchange is a site for trying to find out what the most suitable solution is to a problem. As you have stated you already know the solution. A question requesting some examples isn't the sort of question that has a correct answer, and therefore doesn't really fit this kind of site. See the about page as this is covered on there. If you want some advice about what this drag and drop functionality should do then feel free to ask that here as that is more suited to this site.
May 21	comment	Combine Rows by drag n drop What exactly are you wanting, is it just some examples? That's not really suited to a Q&A format I'm afraid as we need questions that can be explicitly answered. Also, I'm not sure this is a User Experience question as it appears you already know what it is you want to do but just don't know how to do it. Is it the actual implementation advice you're after?
May 21	comment	Should I clear out placeholder text onfocus or ontype? I think you're wrong here. It's not called Watermark, it's Placeholder as it's an HTML5 attribute. Also, you've only partially answered the question as you haven't explained when it is appropriate to use it. Also, your answer reads as just your own opinion. Why do you say the watermark (placeholder) has to go when the user starts typing but not on focus?
May 21	comment	Do multiple attribute navigations meet information seekers needs Hi brakes. Asking for lists of examples doesn't really work in a Q&A site as there is no correct answer to such questions. Can you rephrase the question so you're just stating the problem and looking for a particular solution to it? Examples may come out supporting different answers, but just listing examples themselves isn't really suited to Q&A sites.