http://www.charliesalazar.com User Experience Design, Pop Culture, Etc. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:55:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hierarchy. Strong, consistent visual hierarchy is key to a quality design.Q : What is visual hierarchy?A : Important elements have the most emphasis. Least important elements have the least emphasis. So, a user's eye should move around the page from your most important content to your least important content.Q : ... http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/06/27/hierarchy-designs-pecking-order-forum-one-user-experience-design-blog/ http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/06/19/kayakcom-rich-filtering/ The folks at 37 signals use a persistent message at the top of Backpack pages to alert users to new features (in the example below, the message is used to announce their affiliate program)blink design library: Persistent Message http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/06/17/blink-design-library-persistent-message/ Frankmusik - “Done Done” (mp3) http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/06/17/song-of-the-day-38/ Charles Wright - Nothing To Write Home About [mp3] http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/06/05/song-of-the-day-37/ Wells Fargo hired Pentagram in the fall of 2005 to begin work on a new user interface for their ATMs. Wells Fargo was in the process of upgrading their ATMs with touchscreen monitors. This was a relatively slow process, since there are about 7,000 ATMs in the field, and any ... http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/06/05/that-design-is-money-physical-interface/ The folks at Y!DN have released Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit 1.0, which contains a full set of stencils that cover Web components in various statesAjaxian » Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit 1.0 http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/06/02/ajaxian-%c2%bb-yahoo-design-stencil-kit-10/ I saw the enclosed dialogue box on a colleague’s PC and thought that you might find it amusing.[Screens Around Town] Nivea, Newsweek, and "Yes to All" - (37signals) http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/05/22/screens-around-town-nivea-newsweek-and-yes-to-all-37signals/ The idea would be that a simple application would pull headlines from the BBC News website, or any website, and seperate the headline into individual words. It would then check a database to see if there is a pictogram associated with that word and display it. This would loop for ... http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/05/21/outdoor-pictogram-headlines-designing-the-news/ Stella Chiweshe - "Kasawha" [MP3] http://www.charliesalazar.com/2008/05/20/song-of-the-day-36/