Hi Peter,
Quick reply. I've enjoyed the responses but I have to say
that in terms of RSS it's not a case of if it's easy it's a
case of why bother? Why will users use RSS instead of a
website? I can see the benefit for mobile devices and have
RSS as standard on my phone.
I'm sure there are some who browse sites as RSS feeds, but
they point are they are a minority. The concept of feeds is
just not really that clear to the average internet user or
even enticing.
Stew Dean
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> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:37:25 -0400
> From: petervandijck gmail.com
> To: markbluxworldwide.com
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Rant about bad IA practice.
> CC: stew8deanhotmail.com; sigia-lasis.org
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> I disagree with about half of this.
>
> "My xx" and "sitemap" are
standards. Why fight them? RSS is being made
> much more user friendly with the new Firefox and IE -
it works. Users
> get it, they're not dumb.
>
> Cheers 
> Peter
>
> On 10/26/06, Mark Bardsley <markbluxworldwide.com> wrote:
> > Stewart,
> >
> > Well said. I agree with much of what you write.
Further comments below:
> >
> > 'My anything'
> > - Agreed. We can only hope that "My shopping
cart" or whatever does not
> > become so ubiquitous that users get confused by
"Your shopping cart".
> >
> > 'Site Map'
> > - If it is an index, alpha would be nice. However,
many site maps are maps
> > because they show relationships between pages that
are in a sense based on
> > distance (click numbers, etc.). You still navigate
a site so I have no
> > problem with site maps and think the term might
make more sense the slightly
> > more uppity "index".
> >
> > 'Card Sorting'
> > - Agreed. Card sorting could be a valuable
exercise for rare cases where
> > there is a lot of content that needs to be
categorized, faceted, etc.
> > perhaps for the first time. One thing to think
about in deciding on card
> > sorts is: could subject experts, especially with
library science backgrounds
> > do a better job than a bunch of users who might
not know how to define the
> > domain terms well? It's all well and good to say
that the user's needs
> > should come first but what if what the user needs
is help categorizing
> > things effectively? (I'm probably sticking my neck
out on this...)
> >
> > 'Eye Tracking'
> > - Agreed
> >
> >
> > 'Web 2.0 and RSS'
> > - I am not exactly sure why web 2.0 and RSS are
lumped together. I do agree
> > that the user's needs should be addressed as we
move (if we do move) toward
> > more interactive site design (or are you referring
just to rss and
> > "mashups"). If what you are getting at
is that we should rename RSS then
> > sure, I don't think many users know what it stands
for or does, except of
> > course for the user who use it. Now that I think
about it though, sites like
> > Google News use something like RSS (if I'm not
mistaken) without mentioning
> > it and it is intuitive to customize the news
interface.
> >
> > 'User Profiles' AKA Personas?
> > - Agreed. Unless they are based on actual research
it is difficult to put
> > much faith in them.
> >
> >
> > Mark Bardsley
> > Information Architect
> > Lux Group, Inc.
> >
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