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Steve S.


At 12:03 AM 3/9/01 -0500, you wrote:

INTERNETWORKERS Digest for Thursday, March 08, 2001.

1. RE: the importance of usability with shoe analogy
2. RE: the importance of usability with shoe analogy
3. RE: the importance of usability with shoe analogy
4. The education of e-business leaders
5. CREN Webcast on Web accessibility: archive of presentation now  available

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Subject: RE: the importance of usability with shoe analogy
From: "Frank Paolino" <fpaolino AT reactivesearch.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 12:43:34 -0500
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Hmmmm……..I have to pipe in here!

This usability issue is EXACTLY what Reactive Search (our company) is all
about—changing the behavior of shopping online  And it work especially well
for those products such as shoes—where there are MANY to choose from, where
subtle differences are important to the shopper, and where, most
importantly, a shopper want to do actually BROWSE the product selection
before deciding exactly what to buy.

Our catalog navigation feature and process provide this

-        avoids the all-to-common problems having to decide exactly which
type before browsing (trendy, dressy, etc.)
-        it allows the shopper to respond the a handful of products  (“Oh
just like that shoe, but what about a different color, size, etc.”)
-        ACTUALLY MAKES BROWSING FOR PRODUCTS EASY AND FUN

Just thought I’d let everyone know!

Frank

P.S. Sorry we haven’t been to meetings lately…..there always seems to be a
conflict these last few months!


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Frank Paolino
CTO
Reactive Search
fpaolino AT reactivesearch.com
919-490-3255

-----Original Message-----
From: saundrakaerubel.com [mailto:saundrakae AT saundrakaerubel.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:14 PM
To: InterNetWorkers
Subject: [internetworkers] the importance of usability with shoe analogy

<> FROM [InternetDay] 03.07.01 - In The Eye Of The Beholder

"I have to admit; I don't enjoy shopping from Nordstrom's on-line shoe
store as much as I enjoy shopping from the "real" one. In fact, I haven't
bought anything from their website yet despite the site's excellent
reputation in the Web development community for its state-of-the-art
database and the fact that I love shoes. The reason? When I browsed
through the on-line catalog, I had to narrow my search for the perfect
sandals to "dressy," "trendy," or "comfortable." Well, I was looking for
dressy shoes that are trendy and comfortable. The salespeople in the
"real" store would never ask me to choose between dressy, trendy and
comfortable."

"My experience made me examine how important is to know the audience you
are developing a website for. You need to get under their skin and shop
like they would be shopping. Common sense says that different groups have
different tastes and expectations based on their experience. What a
just-out-of-college programmer likes in a particular website is not
necessarily what a nice old lady likes. Is your site catering to
programmers or nice old ladies?"

*************************************************************************

hahahahaha  had to get a shoe reference in here somehow as it has been
awhile Steve Steele! :)

Saundra, shoe lover extraordinaire ---
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Hm= mmm&&..I have to pipe in here!

 

Th= is usability issue is EXACTLY what Reactive Search (our company) is all = about changing the behavior of shopping online  And it work especially well for those products such as = shoes where there are MANY to choose from, where subtle differences are important to the = shopper, and where, most importantly, a shopper want to do actually BROWSE the = product selection before deciding exactly what to buy.

Ou= r catalog navigation feature and process provide = this

 

-avoids the all-to-common problems having to = decide exactly which type before browsing (trendy, dressy, = etc.)

-it allows the shopper to respond the a handful = of products  ( Oh just = like that shoe, but what about a different color, size, = etc. )

-ACTUALLY MAKES BROWSING FOR PRODUCTS EASY AND = FUN

 

Ju= st thought I d let everyone know!

 

Fr= ank

 

P.= S. Sorry we haven t been to meetings lately&..there always seems to = be a conflict these last few months!

 

 

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Frank = Paolino=

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Reactive = Search

fpaolino@r= eactivesearch.com=

919-490-32= 55=

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From: saundrakaerubel.com [mailto:saundrakae AT saundrakaerubel.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March = 07, 2001 12:14 PM
To: InterNetWorkers
Subject: = [internetworkers] the importance of usability with shoe analogy

 

<> FROM [InternetDay] 03.07.01 - In The Eye Of The = Beholder

"I have to admit; I don't enjoy shopping from Nordstrom's on-line = shoe
store as much as I enjoy shopping from the "real" one. In = fact, I haven't
bought anything from their website yet despite the site's excellent
reputation in the Web development community for its state-of-the-art
database and the fact that I love shoes. The reason? When I browsed
through the on-line catalog, I had to narrow my search for the = perfect
sandals to "dressy," "trendy," or = "comfortable." Well, I was looking for
dressy shoes that are trendy and comfortable. The salespeople in the
"real" store would never ask me to choose between dressy, = trendy and
comfortable."

"My experience made me examine how important is to know the = audience you
are developing a website for. You need to get under their skin and = shop
like they would be shopping. Common sense says that different groups = have
different tastes and expectations based on their experience. What a
just-out-of-college programmer likes in a particular website is not
necessarily what a nice old lady likes. Is your site catering to
programmers or nice old ladies?"

**************************************************************= ***********

hahahahaha  had to get a shoe reference in here somehow as it has = been awhile Steve Steele! :)

Saundra, shoe lover extraordinaire ---
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Subject: RE: the importance of usability with shoe analogy
From: "Joe Komenda" <joe AT komejo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:18:48 -0800
X-Message-Number: 2


> This usability issue is EXACTLY what Reactive Search (our company) is all
about-

I can vouch for the fact that it really is a better search engine model - it
works very well for things that you'd normally shop for by look and feel -
like rugs:

http://www.rugwarehouses.com/rugs/slt_visual_search.asp

it's quite fun to see what it comes up with.

Joe K
{No affiliation to ReactiveSearch.com ;-) }


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Subject: RE: the importance of usability with shoe analogy
From: "Thomas A. Beckett" <thomas AT tbeckett.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 14:21:44 -0500
X-Message-Number: 3

Joe Komenda wrote:
>
> > This usability issue is EXACTLY what Reactive Search (our company) is all
> about-
>
> I can vouch for the fact that it really is a better search engine model - it
> works very well for things that you'd normally shop for by look and feel -
> like rugs:

        Well it sounds like ReactiveSearch needs to go talk to Nordstrom about
their online catalogue to alleviate the escalating shoe drought in North
Carolina. 

TaB

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Subject: The education of e-business leaders
From: "saundrakaerubel.com" <saundrakae AT saundrakaerubel.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 19:38:08 -0500
X-Message-Number: 4

FYI

The education of e-business leaders
(Source: InfoWorld.com) Things aren't easy these days for leaders of the
digital economy. Layoffs and shutdowns hit the news everyday.

see more at:
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=432803

saundra


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Subject: CREN Webcast on Web accessibility: archive of presentation now  available
From: "saundrakaerubel.com" <saundrakae AT saundrakaerubel.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 21:58:45 -0500
X-Message-Number: 5

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Hi  Thought some of you would be interested in this

BEGIN FORWARD

To: DC Web Women <dcww AT dcwebwomen.org>
From: Jennifer Sutton <jensutton AT earthlink.net>
Subject: [DCWW] CREN Webcast on Web accessibility
Reply-To: Jennifer Sutton <jensutton AT earthlink.net>


I thought some of you might be interested in the following Webcast.  For
those of you who're fairly familiar with the issues, I'd particularly point
you to the text transcript of the archived interview that took place this
afternoon.  It's faster to skim.  the presentation lasts about 45 minutes.

One of the topics which might be of most interest to this group was the
discussion of cost.  In that discussion (answer to the specific question),
the respondents gave some succinct and clear answers concerning why
accessibility is important for all.

Hope some of you find this item of interest.  Even though universities are
discussed at length, much of the information is universally applicable.


Jennifer

STAY CURRENT WITH WEB ACCESSIBILITY
http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/access.html

Tune in Thursday at 4 pm EST for a CREN Tech Talk on accessibility.
Our two guest experts are Judy Brewer of the Web Accessibility Initiative
(WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Jutta Treviranus of
the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre at the University of Toronto.
What *should* your campus do? What *must* it do? *How* can you get
started or make what you do already work even better? Find out
Thursday!

You can ask questions ahead of time or during the event by sending
email to expert AT cren.net. The event is a free, live, audio stream:
http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/access.html.


Topic:    STAY CURRENT WITH WEB ACCESSIBILITY
           http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/access.html


Who:      JUDY BREWER of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
           at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and
           JUTTA TREVIRANUS of the Adaptive Technology Resource
           Centre at the University of Toronto

           Technology Anchor: Howard Strauss, Manager of Advanced
           Applications, Princeton University

           Co-Host: Judith Boettcher, Executive Director of CREN

When:     Thursday, March 8, from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm EST


Where:    http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/access.html
           To join the webcast, just go to this URL, and then
           select the highlighted "Audio Event" link. That link
           becomes active at 4:00 pm EST on March 8.


How:      At your desktop work station, listening to the live
           Audiocast using RealAudio.

Saundra
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Saundra Kae Rubel
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Hi  Thought some of you would be interested in this

BEGIN FORWARD

To: DC Web Women <dcww AT dcwebwomen.org>
From: Jennifer Sutton <jensutton AT earthlink.net>
Subject: [DCWW] CREN Webcast on Web accessibility
Reply-To: Jennifer Sutton <jensutton AT earthlink.net>


I thought some of you might be interested in the following Webcast.  For those of you who're fairly familiar with the issues, I'd particularly point you to the text transcript of the archived interview that took place this afternoon.  It's faster to skim.  the presentation lasts about 45 minutes.

One of the topics which might be of most interest to this group was the discussion of cost.  In that discussion (answer to the specific question), the respondents gave some succinct and clear answers concerning why accessibility is important for all.

Hope some of you find this item of interest.  Even though universities are discussed at length, much of the information is universally applicable.


Jennifer

STAY CURRENT WITH WEB ACCESSIBILITY
http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/access.html

Tune in Thursday at 4 pm EST for a CREN Tech Talk on accessibility.
Our two guest experts are Judy Brewer of the Web Accessibility Initiative
(WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Jutta Treviranus of
the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre at the University of Toronto.
What *should* your campus do? What *must* it do? *How* can you get
started or make what you do already work even better? Find out
Thursday!

You can ask questions ahead of time or during the event by sending
email to expert AT cren.net. The event is a free, live, audio stream:
http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/access.html.


Topic:    STAY CURRENT WITH WEB ACCESSIBILITY
          http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/access.html


Who:      JUDY BREWER of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
          at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and
          JUTTA TREVIRANUS of the Adaptive Technology Resource
          Centre at the University of Toronto

          Technology Anchor: Howard Strauss, Manager of Advanced
          Applications, Princeton University

          Co-Host: Judith Boettcher, Executive Director of CREN

When:     Thursday, March 8, from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm EST


Where:    http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/events/access.html
          To join the webcast, just go to this URL, and then
          select the highlighted "Audio Event" link. That link
          becomes active at 4:00 pm EST on March 8.


How:      At your desktop work station, listening to the live
          Audiocast using RealAudio.

Saundra
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Saundra Kae Rubel
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