From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". 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Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". 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Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0012.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0013.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0014.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0015.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0016.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0017.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0025.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0027.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0001.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090527/d9d8a904/attachment-0001.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed May 27 23:41:28 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:41:28 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <02d301c9df13$e54951d0$afdbf570$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Not a system font, unless you happen > to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB > and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as > their typeface of choice, because of its > legibility. To which Randal replied: > I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? And then I ask: So how exactly does the price of this font affect its legibility? Caroline Jarrett From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0003.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090527/d9d8a904/attachment-0002.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed May 27 23:41:28 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:41:28 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <02d301c9df13$e54951d0$afdbf570$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Not a system font, unless you happen > to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB > and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as > their typeface of choice, because of its > legibility. To which Randal replied: > I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? And then I ask: So how exactly does the price of this font affect its legibility? Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0004.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? 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Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0005.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? 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Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0006.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090527/d9d8a904/attachment-0005.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed May 27 23:41:28 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:41:28 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <02d301c9df13$e54951d0$afdbf570$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Not a system font, unless you happen > to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB > and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as > their typeface of choice, because of its > legibility. To which Randal replied: > I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? And then I ask: So how exactly does the price of this font affect its legibility? Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0003.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0007.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? 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Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0004.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0008.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? 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Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0005.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0009.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0006.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0010.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090527/d9d8a904/attachment-0009.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed May 27 23:41:28 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:41:28 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <02d301c9df13$e54951d0$afdbf570$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Not a system font, unless you happen > to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB > and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as > their typeface of choice, because of its > legibility. To which Randal replied: > I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? And then I ask: So how exactly does the price of this font affect its legibility? Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0007.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0011.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090527/d9d8a904/attachment-0010.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed May 27 23:41:28 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:41:28 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <02d301c9df13$e54951d0$afdbf570$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Not a system font, unless you happen > to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB > and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as > their typeface of choice, because of its > legibility. To which Randal replied: > I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? And then I ask: So how exactly does the price of this font affect its legibility? Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0008.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0012.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090527/d9d8a904/attachment-0011.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed May 27 23:41:28 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:41:28 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <02d301c9df13$e54951d0$afdbf570$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Not a system font, unless you happen > to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB > and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as > their typeface of choice, because of its > legibility. To which Randal replied: > I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? And then I ask: So how exactly does the price of this font affect its legibility? Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0009.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0013.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090527/d9d8a904/attachment-0012.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed May 27 23:41:28 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:41:28 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <02d301c9df13$e54951d0$afdbf570$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Not a system font, unless you happen > to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB > and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as > their typeface of choice, because of its > legibility. To which Randal replied: > I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? And then I ask: So how exactly does the price of this font affect its legibility? Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0010.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? 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Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is taking place on 13th & 14th June 2009 in Cambridge, UK, at the Moller Conference Centre. We have assembled a variety of top speakers on different aspects of accessibility, including designing for all, learning about signing, meeting the needs of Deaf people, and what's happening in the world of standards and accessibility. The full price (not including accommodation) for the two day conference is only ?235 for both days, with generous discounts for members of STC and affiliated organisations. (Members of the IDA are entitled to discount prices, of ?185 for both days or ?105 for one day.) Full details of the conference are at http://www.stcuk.org/content/view/118/1/ or at http://www.designtoread.com/STCUK2009 and you can book online at http://accessibilitytechcomms.eventbrite.com/ Regards, David -- David Farbey - david at farbey.co.uk Technical Communication and Information Design Authorised Reseller for DITA Exchange Mobile 07879 005 946 Business 0844 561 0742 (UK callers only) Web site Twitter Blog LinkedIn From snsmith at u.arizona.edu Mon May 25 17:41:01 2009 From: snsmith at u.arizona.edu (Susan N. Smith) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:01 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning Message-ID: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an educational website that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in place. Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational learning modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we will "work these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take into consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but that tends to be backward-looking. Thanks for your help, Sue _________ Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD The University of Arizona http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith From ukuld at online.no Tue May 26 08:15:49 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:15:49 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <507D3555-E5F2-4566-AA55-766F88A19085@online.no> This all depends on the audience; demography and geography would affect the screen resolution of your users. In the company I am currently working we use a screen resoultion of 1024 x 768 as the threshold or rule of thumb. This is for a mainly Norwegian audience with the standards of computer equipment that is dominant over here. But the perspective of mini-laptops is an intereseting one; there is no css-specification ? as far as I know ? for "small screens" as there is for "handheld", so if a big part of the audience is within this target group I reckon one should design for 1024 x 600 (or perhaps even the previous threshold 800 x 600) and have the issue of above-the- fold in mind. Some more discussion about "above the fold": http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of best regards, Ole E. Wattne On 25. mai. 2009, at 17.41, Susan N. Smith wrote: > This list helped me immensely in 2005 when I worked for an > educational website > that put content in pop-ups, just as pop-up blockers were put in > place. > > Now I'm working for a group that wants to make online educational > learning > modules (in, of course, a few weeks of work). They keep saying we > will "work > these things out" "later" in the process. I like earlier. > > Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the > new > mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design > webpages now, > do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate > these smaller > computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is > there some > rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > > Are there other items that have changed very recently that you take > into > consideration when designing webpages? I've read the research, but > that tends > to be backward-looking. > > Thanks for your help, > Sue > > _________ > Sue (Susan N.) Smith, PhD > The University of Arizona > http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/snsmith > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > From luciapiglia at hotmail.com Tue May 26 15:28:28 2009 From: luciapiglia at hotmail.com (Lucia Pigliapochi) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:28:28 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090526/b753ccdf/attachment-0014.htm From katie at raincharm.co.uk Tue May 26 15:43:26 2009 From: katie at raincharm.co.uk (katie at raincharm.co.uk) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 From matt at studiolift.com Tue May 26 16:29:54 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> Message-ID: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Hi Katie Has the local disability organisation stated why they think Trebuchet is not accessible? That is a very bold statement to make without any backup! Best Matt On 26 May 2009, at 2:43, katie at raincharm.co.uk wrote: > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: From digitas at panix.com Tue May 26 17:32:25 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:25 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: At 8:41 AM -0700 5/25/09, Susan N. Smith wrote: >Students' computers are getting smaller. Students may be using the new >mini-laptops with screens that are 1024 x 600. When you design webpages now, >do you limit the part of the screen that you use to accommodate these smaller >computers, or do you aim for the people who have 23" monitors, or is there some >rule of thumb you use now to accommodate the range of users? > It is important to take this sort of thing into account -- mainly in terms of using the bottom of the page as a place to put critical links or buttons. In my experience, people who use the web are VERY accustomed to scrolling vertically, but conversely find scrolling horizontally very annoying. That said, the numbers of users using screens narrower than 1024 is rapidly becoming very small except for: Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced at using the zoom feature on their devices) The remaining narrow screen viewers are going to be very accustomed to scrolling sideways to see content. It is probably still a good idea, though, to not put really critical links, buttons or content all the way to the right on 1024 web pages. Another thing to consider on this is that I believe that all modern browsers now have a built-in zoom feature, which allows users with non-standard setups to change their default zoom level. -- Randal From dave at lab6.com Tue May 26 18:15:14 2009 From: dave at lab6.com (Dave Crossland) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:15:14 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> References: <51405.86.139.250.228.1243345406.squirrel@www.raincharm.com> <2984BEC8-16B0-4C83-B9F6-BDAF91FFC534@studiolift.com> Message-ID: <2285a9d20905260915y106b201fweb3553e509a03dcb@mail.gmail.com> Is that the siren call of Comic Sans I hear? :-) From ukuld at online.no Wed May 27 08:53:40 2009 From: ukuld at online.no (Ole E. Wattne) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:53:40 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Games for Learning In-Reply-To: References: <20090525084101.1x5wkggkkwcgo408@www.email.arizona.edu> Message-ID: <626043AC-C3C3-46B6-A4AF-83C53CC40B47@online.no> On 26. mai. 2009, at 17.32, Randal wrote: > Blackberry users (probably few students have these now) > Ipod touch and Iphone users (but these people become very practiced > at using the zoom feature on their devices) Ideally, these users should be served a different version of the webpages designed for the small screens. This is achieved through the use of the css media types property ? read more here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html . Same content is styled differently for different media types. In effect the layout and placement of more or less important content, navigation etc. is different according to what "mediatype" that access the site. Todays good webdesigners and coders should be aware of this and specify different style sheets for different media, but this of course is also a matter of budget. In many cases a compromise where some priortised screen resoultions are given the upper hand ( 1024 x 768 for example), is what budget permits. Ole From ant at ant-davey.com Wed May 27 16:53:37 2009 From: ant at ant-davey.com (ant at ant-davey.com) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:37 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research Message-ID: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Hi Katie, Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/audience perceptions of the council. Regards, Ant Hi I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to the accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They currently use Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability organisation for doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have engaged my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system fonts. They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer this to be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to trial with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a range of impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the following: i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also looking for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height difference so please take this into consideration iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to send each user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them which they prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do you have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? All comments/feedback gratefully received. With thanks Katie Grant Raincharm Communications www.raincharm.co.uk 07971 909007 ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org ___________________________________________________________________ From digitas at panix.com Wed May 27 22:45:33 2009 From: digitas at panix.com (Randal) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:33 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: At 4:53 PM +0200 5/27/09, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: >Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of its legibility. I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? -- Randal From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 27 23:40:18 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:40:18 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> On their website (http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra352.html#presentation ) the British Dyslexia Association recommend "sans-serif fonts, at least 12 point. e.g. Arial, Verdana and Comic Sans." They also include the confident assertion that: "People remember: * 10% of what they read. * 20% of what they hear. * 30% of what they see. * 50% of what they hear and see. * 70% of what they say and write. * 90% of what they say as they do something." I once wrote to them to ask for the evidence for this, and they made a valiant attempt to find the research reference... I wasn't entirely surprised they couldn't find it. In case anyone's interested, I listed various debunkings of this in a blog post a while back (http://www.robwaller.org/blog/robsblog.html#8411344567043385107 ). Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects such as Arial or Frutiger. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 On 27 May 2009, at 15:53, ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Hi Katie, > > Not a system font, unless you happen to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as their typeface of choice, because of > its legibility. > > Having looked at this recently, in bulk you can probably equip every > body suitably for about ?20-25 per head, which isn't a great deal in > the larger scheme of things, especially if it enhances customer/ > audience perceptions of the council. > > Regards, > Ant > > Hi > > I am working on a small project with a local council with regard to > the > accessibility and readability of their corporate font. They > currently use > Trebuchet but have been criticised by a local disability > organisation for > doing this. They say it is not accessible. As a result they have > engaged > my services to explore and gain opinions from others about the general > accessibility of Trebuchet in comparison to other (mainly) system > fonts. > They are willing to consider moving to a new font but would prefer > this to > be a system font so that everyone in the organisation can access it. I > have conducted some primary consultations via telephone and email > opinion-based research. Before I send out mockups of fonts chosen to > trial > with selected user groups - these have been selected to cover a > range of > impairment, age and other audiences - I would like to ask the > following: > > i) what people think about Trebuchet with regard to accessibility > ii) current preferred fonts re: accessibility. NB They are also > looking > for a font which has a good range of weights and a good xy height > difference so please take this into consideration > iii) ideas on user testing to gain feedback - we are planning to > send each > user group a selection of fonts using the same text to ask them > which they > prefer and why. Has anyone carried out anything similar and if so do > you > have any advice on how to structure/phrase the questions? > > All comments/feedback gratefully received. > > With thanks > > Katie Grant > Raincharm Communications > www.raincharm.co.uk > 07971 909007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org > ___________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090527/d9d8a904/attachment-0013.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed May 27 23:41:28 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:41:28 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: References: <9902008.1155901243436017778.JavaMail.servlet@kundenserver> Message-ID: <02d301c9df13$e54951d0$afdbf570$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> ant at ant-davey.com wrote: > Not a system font, unless you happen > to have Adobe apps on your > system, but I believe both the RNIB > and the Dyslexia society have > recently adopted Myriad Pro as > their typeface of choice, because of its > legibility. To which Randal replied: > I wonder how much Adobe paid to get them to adopt it? And then I ask: So how exactly does the price of this font affect its legibility? Caroline Jarrett From teather at compuserve.com Thu May 28 17:00:15 2009 From: teather at compuserve.com (teather at compuserve.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:15 -0400 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: accessible font research In-Reply-To: <27C8F01B-07BE-4EF9-A774-D06E1400F5FE@reading.ac.uk> Message-ID: <8CBADBC24D20330-D94-50BE@angweb-usd002.sysops.aol.com> Rob says: > Most government departments in the UK now produce all their publications > in 12pt sans serif. This is quite broadly interpreted - I have seen Syntax > and Univers Light Condensed used, as well as the more usual suspects > such as Arial or Frutiger. I have just completed some preliminary appraisals of printed materials entered in this year?s British Medical Association (BMA) patient information award. My assigned materials included two from government departments, both set in what I think is 12-point Frutiger Light. I did not find it easy to read ? it looks very monotone, many paragraphs appear over-long, and there is no use of bold to highlight key terms. So size isn?t everything. 0A ________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your email address define you - Define yourself at http://www.tunome.com today! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090528/bc3db2b2/attachment-0011.htm From farkas at u.washington.edu Fri May 1 21:47:59 2009 From: farkas at u.washington.edu (David Farkas) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:47:59 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding--pop-up books In-Reply-To: References: <48EE12E5-B3C8-45D1-9C74-456670C1E581@squishypuppy.com> Message-ID: <00b501c9ca95$bb865290$3292f7b0$@washington.edu> > I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters How about Virtual Reality pop-up books? See the Billinghurst and Harril readings on this page: http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/TC510/readings.htm I?d read Harril first. It?s a press release that provides a basic explanation of the more complex Billinghurst piece. Dave Farkas David K. Farkas, Professor Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington (USA) farkas at u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Jose Marconi Bezerra de Souza Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:08 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: personal health record funding Colleagues I am doing a quick research on how pop up book?s mechanisms can be used to communicate technical matters (car mechanics, health issues, etc.). I am calling this "three dimensional cinematic and interactive graphics". I was wondering if someone would have something to say about it. My focus is on how such mechanisms can influence learning, specially adult (rather than children) students. Any article? Any product or designer that you like? Any thought? Any tip? Any link? Many thanks. -- Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza Visiting lecturer of Paran? Federal University PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK) Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta, USA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20090501/bcde5f0e/attachment-0040.htm From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 11 13:03:12 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:12 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: crystal marked credit card statement Message-ID: Hi all We are looking for a UK credit card statement that has been awarded a crystal mark. Can you help us? David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Wed May 13 16:22:04 2009 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:04 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: PhD studentship opportunity Message-ID: <358D2CFC-E300-4443-AC93-FE3A3D4FA364@reading.ac.uk> The Simplification Centre is a new interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Reading, looking at ways to make information clearer. We have one funded studentship available now, and we are also seeking sponsorship for further studentships that may become available in the future. The Centre is interdisciplinary, and the studentship would suit people from a range of academic backgrounds including art and design, the humanities, and social sciences such as linguistics, economics, and psychology. We are interested in proposals on a range of topics that include: ? Functional literacy and document design ? Advice and explanation ? Language style and clarity. There is more information about these topics, and the studentship, at http://www.reading.ac.uk/simplification/Research/sim-phdstudentship.asp If you are interested in this studentship, please read the fuller information first, then contact Rob Waller (r.waller at reading.ac.uk) to discuss your topic ideas informally. The studentship is open to UK, EU and international students, and covers university fees (at the UK/EU level) and a stipend. The application should be submitted by 12 June 2009. You can download a copy of the postgraduate application form at http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/apply/pg-applicationform.asp From d.sless at communication.org.au Mon May 18 04:15:02 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:02 +1000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: In Europe this summer Message-ID: Hi All, I'm going to be based in the EU (mainly UK) from mid June to mid August this year. If anyone on the list would like to meet up, send me an email cc'd to my PA, Carolyn, and we will try to fit something in. My PA is at admin at communication.org.au David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From david at farbey.co.uk Mon May 18 15:23:51 2009 From: david at farbey.co.uk (David Farbey) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:23:51 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Conference on Accessibility Message-ID: <2682824a0905180623y6912e4f0u18b6f90b67dac4a2@mail.gmail.com> The STC UK and Ireland Chapter invites you to our weekend conference on Accessibility, which is