X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CA59D1DD59 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:20:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 61997-04 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 06:20:16 -0400 (AST) Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.90]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5846BD1B8CE for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 06:20:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from mailgate.vale-housing.co.uk ([80.176.1.146] helo=salem.vale-housing.co.uk) by anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1AsJNm-0000wc-0W; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:20:14 +0000 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: development questions X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:20:13 -0000 Message-ID: <03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B889F34C@mail.vale-housing.co.uk> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: development questions Thread-Index: AcPzL7v7BPsYtCLuRo+pmE7CMlRcTgAfKfzg From: "Dave Page" To: "Alexey Borzov" , "Robert Treat" Cc: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200402/83 X-Sequence-Number: 3648 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexey Borzov [mailto:borz_off@cs.msu.su]=20 > Sent: 14 February 2004 19:21 > To: Robert Treat > Cc: Dave Page; pgsql-www@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: development questions >=20 > >>>5) Are you familiar with Jakob Nielsen's writings? > >> > >>Nope. > >=20 > > I am. Actually I used to be the user experience advocate=20 > for a large=20 > > recruting company. I've noticed It's tough to convince=20 > developers to=20 > > go with his recomendations sometimes :-) >=20 > I wanted to know whether the people on this maillist are=20 > aware of "usability"=20 > stuff. 'Cause unfortunately the current website badly breaks=20 > some of the well-respected guidelines. Well I did user interface design as part of my Masters, but unfortunately only got an A*, though that was after the site was designed. I also spend quite some time working in the design offices in the Oxford University dept of Particle and Nuclear Physics, but that was creating print output and CAD drawings of course. > >>>6) Do you know any professional web-designers? > >> > >>Yes. Why? > >=20 > > maybe he has money to hire some one? :-) >=20 > No, I don't. ;] But I think that there are some people on the=20 > maillists (or some personal acquaintances) who would be=20 > willing to contribute their work for free. The one I know is *very* expensive unfortunately, but he has led teams designing *very* large sites for companies such as a certain large British airline, and a famous Swiss bank. Regards, Dave.