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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To learn about the health of your reproductive organs, particularly if your partner is having trouble becoming pregnant, or after a vasectomy to determine if the operation was successful
When to Get Tested?
When you think you might have a fertility problem or after you have had a vasectomy
Sample Required?
A semen sample collected in a sterile, wide-mouth container provided by the lab, usually collected on-site; sample must be analyzed within one hour of collection. Two separate collections on two separate days may be required when testing for fertility problems.
Test Preparation Needed?
Sexual abstience for 2-5 days before sample collection; carefully follow instructions provided
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
A semen analysis measures the quantity and quality of the fluid released during ejaculation. It evaluates both the liquid portion, called semen or seminal fluid, and the microscopic, moving cells called sperm. It is often used in the evaluation of male infertility.
Semen is a viscous, whitish liquid that contains sperm and the products from several glands. It is fairly thick at ejaculation but thins out, or liquefies, within 10 to 30 minutes. Sperm are reproductive cells in semen that have a head, midsection, and a tail and contain one copy of each chromosome (all of the male's genes). Sperm are motile, normally moving forward through the semen. Inside a woman's body, this property enables them to travel to and fuse with the female's egg, resulting in fertilization. Each semen sample is between 1.5 and 5.5mL (about one teaspoon) of fluid, containing at least 20 million sperm per mL, and varying amounts of fructose, buffers, coagulating substances, lubricants, and enzymes that are intended to support the sperm and the fertilization process.
A typical semen analysis measures:
- Volume of semen
- Consistency (thickness) of the semen
- Sperm concentration (density)
- Total number of sperm (sperm count)
- Sperm motility (percent able to move as well as how vigorously and straight the sperm move)
- Number of normal and not normal (defective) sperm in terms of size and shape (morphology)
- Coagulation and liquefaction
- Fructose (a sugar in semen that gives energy to sperm)
- pH (acidity)
- Number of immature sperm
- Number of white blood cells (cells that indicate infection)
Additional tests may be performed if the sperm count is low, has decreased motility, abnormal morphology, or if the seminal fluid is found to be abnormal. These additional tests may help identify abnormalities such as the presence of sperm antibodies, abnormal hormone levels (testosterone, FSH, LH, prolactin), excessive number of white blood cells, and genetic tests for conditions that may affect fertility, such as Klinefelter syndrome, cystic fibrosis, or other chromosomal abnormality.
In some instances, radiologic testing using ultrasound, CAT scanning, or MRI may be employed. A biopsy of the testicle may also be needed. Sometimes a test called cryosurvival is done to see how well semen will survive for long-term storage if a couple would like to store sperm for future pregnancies.
How is the sample collected for testing?
Most laboratories require samples to be collected on-site as the semen needs to be examined within 60 minutes after ejaculation in order to maintain the quality of the specimen.
Semen is collected in a private area by self-stimulation. Some men, for religious or other reasons, might want to collect semen during the act of intercourse, using a condom. If this is the case, the health care provider should provide the condom or sheath because lubricated condoms can affect test results.
Sperm are very temperature-sensitive. If collection is done at home, the sample should be kept at body temperature (98.6oF/37oC) by keeping it next to the body during transportation. It should not be left at room temperature for an extended period of time and should not be refrigerated.
Sperm motility decreases after ejaculation; thus, timing and temperature are critical to obtaining accurate information. Poor sampling may require repeat testing.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
To give sperm a chance to replenish, abstain from ejaculating for 2 to 5 days before the sample is collected. Longer periods of abstinence may result in a greater volume of semen but decreased sperm motility. You may also be asked to avoid alcohol consumption for a few days before the test as well. Follow any instructions that are provided.
The Test
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Article Sources
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used in Current Review
Hormone Health Network. Male Infertility. Available online at http://www.hormone.org/diseases-and-conditions/mens-health/infertility through http://www.hormone.org. Accessed September 2013.
Hormone Health Network. Infertility and Men. Available online at http://www.hormone.org/questions-and-answers/2012/infertility-and-men through http://www.hormone.org. Accessed September 2013.
MayoClinic.com. Male infertility: Causes. Available online at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/male-infertility/DS01038/DSECTION=causes through http://www.mayoclinic.com. Accessed September 2013.
MayoClinic.com. Male infertility: Tests and diagnosis. Available online at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/male-infertility/DS01038/DSECTION=tests%2Dand%2Ddiagnosis through http://www.mayoclinic.com. Accessed September 2013.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. Semen analysis. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003627.htm. Accessed September 2013.
The National Infertility Association. The Semen Analysis. Available online at http://www.resolve.org/diagnosis-management/infertility-diagnosis/the-semen-analysis.html through http://www.resolve.org. Accessed September 2013.
Healthline. Semen Analysis. Available online at http://www.healthline.com/health/semen-analysis#NormalResults through http://www.healthline.com. Accessed September 2013.
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MayoClinic.com. Is a home sperm test useful? Available online at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/home-sperm-test/AN02181 through http://www.mayoclinic.com. Accessed September 2013.
Turek PJ. Chapter 44. Male Infertility. In: Tanagho EA, McAninch JW, eds. Smith's General Urology. 17th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2008. Available online at http://www.accesssurgery.com/content.aspx?aID=3131816 through http://www.accesssurgery.com. Accessed September 25, 2013.
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Rebar, R. (Revised 2008 November) Infertility, Sperm Disorders. Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec18/ch256/ch256b.html?qt=semen analysis&alt=sh through http://www.merck.com. Accessed February 2010.


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Java 7u11 and other Applications...
by VannBriggs333 - 1/28/13 9:56 PM
I am curious about the state, of the most recent update to Java 7. Is it affecting other Applications or Programs, other than web browsers? Is it possible this vulnerability has the ability to translate to other Applications or Programs written in Java? It only popped into my thoughts, because I know many developers use Java, to write applications and programs.
This vulnerability is of great concern to me, because I recently completed a web development course in college. I also recently purchased a new laptop, which I use strictly for school, and I would hate to lose use of it due to something like that.
Other thoughts: Does anyone have an idea, of when this vulnerability might be fully fixed? It's annoying to keep Java disabled, when it is so widely used.

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On Friday, September 27, 2013, the Pfeiffer Athletics department will be inducting the newest members to the Hall of Fame Class. The ceremony begins with a reception at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 and then the induction, to be emceed by Deputy Athletic Director, Jack Ingram '74. For information on tickets or to attend the dinner please click here.
Current Members in the Pfeiffer Athletics Hall of Fame (with Induction Year):
Candace Phifer
James Fritz
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Colin Carr
Mary Ann Sunbury
Michael Stroff
Stephanie Ferri-Lewis
Steven Armstrong
Joseph Barnes
Dwayne Davis
Robert Parry
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1995 Men's Basketball Team
Harold McManus
James Wentworth
Don Berti
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Vince Hoch
Mary George Johnson
Jack Cooke
George Skomsky
Angie Elwood
Jeff Barker
Rodney Wilson
Les "Snake" Roberts
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Bobby Lutz
Chuck Nichols
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Will Gillis
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Tony Smith
David Williams
Martha Trotter
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Francis Essic
Griggy Porter
Henry Panzer
Dana Rader
Richard Biddy
Larry Durrett
Jack Ingram
1968 Baseball Team
Kay Baldwin
Gregory L. Gilmore
David P. Holcomb
Bob Reasso
Cindy Long Hays
Richard Knapp
Vic Worry
1981 Field Hockey Team
Tom Childress
Craig Jeffery Cordes
Tom Jamieson
Bob G. Lisk
Ross Hagstoz
Monty Montogomery
Bill Wayne
Nancy Scoggins Janas
Brack Bailey
Robin Simpson Gilbert
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OXFORD, Ohio – A personal-best performance and a title-clinching performance have earned senior jumper John Cantwell and junior tennis player Nimisha Mohan Miami Athlete of the Week connected by Frontier Communications honors for the week of April 8-14.
Cantwell (Holland, Pa.) posted a pair of personal bests at the Sea Ray Relays, hosted by the University of Tennessee, over the weekend. On Saturday, he took third in the long jump (second among collegiate finishers) with a leap of 7.34m/24-1, which ties him for eighth in school history. His jump is tops in the MAC this year by over eight inches and qualifies him for the MAC Championships. The mark also ties for 26th in the East Region while he smashed his previous best by 5.5 inches. A day prior (Friday) in the triple jump, Cantwell placed eighth (out of 20) with a personal-best leap of 14.55m/47-9, which is the second-best mark in the MAC this year and also qualified him for the MAC Championships. He now ranks 70th in the East Region in the triple jump while improving his previous best in that event by 3.75 inches.
Mohan (Bangalore, India) went undefeated in all four of her matches last week, going 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 2-0 at No. 2 doubles. She was a part of two critical matches for the RedHawks in wins over Western Michigan (5-2) and Bowling Green (4-3). First, she teamed with Alix Thurman (who was also 4-0) for an 8-6 doubles win over the Broncos on Friday, giving Miami the doubles point. The duo trailed 4-3, but won two straight games to grab a 5-4 lead. After the teams were tied 5-5 and 6-6, Miami won the next two games to clinch the doubles point. Mohan then won her singles match on Saturday vs. the Falcons after trailing 6-4, 5-4. She forced a tiebreaker in the second set, winning 7-5, and then took the first three games of the deciding set en route to a 6-2 final. The decision gave Miami a 4-3 match win and at least a share of the Mid-American Conference title for the fifth straight year. Mohan's other wins came 6-4, 7-5 on Friday at Western Michigan in singles and 8-6 in doubles on Saturday at Bowling Green.
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The correct scheme was in place for the Cummings High School defense last week, coach Steve Johnson said.
That meant little as South Granville rolled up more than 500 rushing yards and cruised past the Cavaliers for a 56-27 victory.
"They were going on one-play, two-play drives. That's just really bad effort, there's no other way to candy coat it," Johnson said. "(Defensive coordinator) Danny McCawley came up with a very good scheme, but some of our kids basically refused to do what we were asking them to do. Once they saw the film, it was one of those things where the kids were embarrassed by how they played."
That means Cummings has had one thing on its agenda during its off week.
"That's all we're spending our time on, defense. Just defense," Johnson said. "We're able to rethink some things that we've been doing. Defensively, we're going to very much simplify our defense."
■ POSSIBLE RETURN: Will Richardson's season might not be finished.
The Cummings offensive / defensive lineman underwent surgery Tuesday for a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss at least the next three games.
But the two-time Times-News All-Region selection could return for a Nov. 1 game against Reidsville.
"It just kind of depends on his rehab," Johnson said. "From what we understand, everything went fine. Now it's just see how well it heals."
■ DOING IT IN SPURTS: Southern Alamance put up some big numbers against Graham in last week's game.
"We played really well in spurts," Patriots coach Andrew Carrouth said. "We never really seemed to get comfortable and seem to throttle down like we've been doing. The offensive rhythm seemed to ebb and flow."
Graham stayed within striking distance and that concerned Carrouth.
"We've got to learn how to keep the motor going and finish people off," he said. "I feel we made some plays defensively and we haven't made enough of them."
■ THINGS TO WORK ON: Graham and Southern Alamance are off this week, so their meeting last week set them up for respective conference play.
For Graham, a regular dose of non-conference games against larger schools might have set a nice foundation going into Mid-State 2-A Conference play.
"It will pay off," coach Anthony Timmons said. "It starts with conference."
Carrouth said he liked the open week on the schedule before embarking on the All Metro Conference slate.
"Now we have a week to get ourselves prepared," he said. "We're a little beaten up, bruised up. We need to go back and work on some things fundamentally right now. It's a great week because I really like how our schedule is set."
■ A LITTLE BIT OF HEART: Williams High School coach David Green dealt with a short-handed lineup Friday night as offensive juggernauts Jamieon Harvey and Jaylin Jeffries both sat on the sidelines, Harvey with a jersey over street clothes.
But he was happy with the heart of his team.
"I thought our kids played hard," Green said. "Can't complain about that when they give you what they've got."
He said he hopes for a little relief after going through the gauntlet of Mid-State 3-A powerhouses Northern Guilford, Western Alamance and Eastern Alamance.
Unfortunately, Green will only have a chance to see one of those two players on the field again this season.
Jeffries will have surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in mid-October. The Old Dominion-commit will not return this season. Harvey will miss about 3-4 weeks with a broken pinkie finger. Green said he hopes to have Harvey back for the last couple games of the season.
■ EAGLES OUT OF SYNC: Once again, Eastern Alamance scored a lot of points in a Friday night football game. But to coach John Kirby, it looked a little sloppy.
"We just didn't look smooth. I thought we looked out of sync," he said. "We couldn't get into a rhythm like we have in previous games. I think Williams had a lot to do with that, they put pressure on us and frustrated us."
The Eagles were whistled for 11 penalties for 97 yards. The high-powered, quick-moving Eagles offense made up for it.
"Malcolm Summers and John Lamot made great plays and I'm glad they're on our team," Kirby said.
■ BIG OPPONENT THIS WEEK: Eastern Alamance heads into this week's showdown with Northern Guilford, a date that's big on the Eagles' calendar.
"I think if you ask most of our players and they look what game they want to play the most, that's probably it," Kirby said. "Those guys have kind of been a nemesis to most everybody in the state of North Carolina for the last three or four years. They've got great tradition, great coaching staff and they've got a great program."
He added that his team is not "going to put all our eggs in the basket" for this one game. And Lamot echoed that sentiment when asked about preparing for the Nighthawks.
"Work hard throughout the week like we've been doing all summer and just play our game," he said.
■ NO CONTROVERSY: When Western Alamance was forced to punt on its first possession of the second half during Friday night's game against Northern Guilford, the Warriors were down 17 and grasping for momentum.
The Warriors found a spark on the punt, when Northern Guilford was unable to field the ball. Several Western Alamance and Northern Guilford players frenetically jockeyed for the ball, with a player from each team kicking it before Northern Guilford's Mook Reynolds fell on the ball in the end zone.
The play was initially ruled a touchback with Northern Guilford taking over. Then the Warriors were told it was a safety, before the call was flipped back to a touchback.
That sequence served a blow to the Warriors' chances.
"We got excited for that one second, and then right after that they took it away from us," said defensive back / receiver Britton Smith. "That definitely hurt us."
But the ruling was correct, according to coach Jeff Snuffer.
"That was the right call, because it touched him and it touched our guy," Snuffer said. "If it crosses the goal line and nobody had possession, it's a dead ball. And that's a high school rule."
■ RUNNING BACK WOES: Last week's game against Northern Guilford marked the first time in 17 games that Donovan Apple didn't score a touchdown for Western Alamance. But for the last 17 minutes of the game, Apple didn't have a chance to extend his streak.
Apple was injured with five minutes left in the third quarter. The junior took a helmet to his left knee and didn't return to the action.
The injury isn't as bad as it first appeared, according to Snuffer, who said it was likely a strain and that he hoped Apple would return to practicing at full speed soon.
"He's been in practice … the swelling has been going down," Snuffer said. "We hope to get him going by (today), if not by Monday."
This season, Apple has 480 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.
■ GOOD ENOUGH: Despite his team's unblemished record, Eastern Guilford coach Doug Robertson is looking for major improvements from one unit on his team.
Robertson would like to fix the offensive inconsistencies that have kept his team from reaching the 30-point plateau.
"We've been kind of out of sync and off all year. Play good at times, play poorly at times," Robertson said. "Fortunately, we had enough good plays to win (last week)."
One of the culprits for a sputtering offense last week was the Wildcats defense, which allowed several lengthy drives. That translated to 38 offensive plays for Eastern Guilford, far below the number Robertson would like. A failed conversion of a fourth-and-goal from the half-yard line and too many three-and-outs also limited the Wildcats.
"It's hard to score when you don't have plays," Robertson said. "When we were out there, we missed some plays that could have been scores."
With a 5-0 record, Eastern Guilford's defense has been the strength. The biggest moment of last week's victory came with about six minutes left, when McMichael attempted a two-point conversion to tie the game.
After a facemask penalty gave McMichael a second chance, Khayree Lundy and Trey McLean made a stop to preserve the 20-18 lead, which was eventually the winning score.


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Williamson drained the first attempt on a 1-and-1 free-throw opportunity with 5.8 seconds left after she was fouled while beginning a drive from the perimeter.
She missed her second attempt, but River Mill (8-1) never got off a shot after securing the rebound.
It was a remarkable turnaround for first-year coach Kris Britton's team, which lost by 28 points to River Mill earlier this month.
Late in the game, Britton said she told her team: "Trust me, this is our game."
The Wildcats (7-4) completed a game-ending 14-6 spurt.
River Mill coach Hamilton Perkins said the tournament championship atmosphere seemed to heightened the stakes.
"I feel both teams will benefit from this," he said.
River Mill rallied from an 11-point deficit to build a 53-46 lead after back-to-back baskets from Lenaira Ruffin and a driving bucket from Marla Crawford. This came during a stretch when the Wildcats committed turnovers on three consecutive possessions.
"Unable to sustain it," Perkins said. "We did slow the tempo down, but we still looked for our shots."
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"The biggest thing about this game was that in the first game (won 65-37 by River Mill), I felt like we laid down," Britton said. "They're a great team, but from that point on, I told them we will no longer roll over for anyone. … This win is huge for so many reasons."
Patterson, a sophomore guard who was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, finished with 20 points and Williamson ended up with 14. All five of Parks' points came in the fourth quarter.
Ruffin's 21 points paced River Mill. Crawford added 14 points.
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Your thinking and rationale appears to be limited to that which can be verified by science. But science does change over time. So what is true today could be untrue tomorrow. So why be so stringent in your belief system.
That's the point, Champ. We live in a changing universe. Knowledge changes (ie, grows, builds, develops) over time. Your belief is limited, stringent, static. From your perspective, we'd still have slavery founded in ignorance, hate, greed, oppression, exploitation. Same with the homosexual issue. Same with your politics. Conservative means static. The two are interrelated. You are limited in growth because you adhere to ancient belief systems devised by humans in the first place. You're being forced to play catch-up without even realizing it. Your religion also is changing, but at a snails pace, whether you like it or not. And we're changing it for you, like it or not. And our numbers are growing also, but not as rapidly as they could because of your adherence and unwillingness to change (ie, grow, build, develop). You ought to get off that rickety old bandwagon and hop on the bullet train. But alas, I know I'm beating my head against a brick wall. That's the sad frustrating part.
I mean, what is the first thing you would do the moment your boat capsizes 80 miles out? You would cry out to God Almighty.
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"Gezelligheid" is a Dutch word that encapsulates the heart of Dutch culture and means everything from cozy to friendly, comfortable to relaxing, and enjoyable to gregarious. We think it's safe to say your discovery tour will be gezelligheid.
From the bells of Notre Dame, to the playground of Marie Antoinette, to the vistas of Van Gogh, this customizable journey showcases 3 of Europe`s most historic cities. Tour London, an uber-cool city steeped in history and one which offers a staggering amount of landmarks and culture to explore. Get lost in enchanting Paris and stroll its many sweeping boulevards and quaint narrow alleyways. Be dazzled in Amsterdam as you experience picturesque views, iconic art and contemporary design in a city that feels more like a charming village than the capital of the Netherlands. In the evenings, relax in luxury accommodations in the heart of it all.
Discover everything London has to offer at your own pace as you hop on and off a double-decker bus around the city. Take in the main sights such as St Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and more! Enjoy a guided tour of Windsor Castle and visit mysterious Stonehenge. A short train ride through picturesque scenery lands you in the city of lights where you'll view famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Pont Neuf and Notre Dame Cathedral. Head to Versailles Palace and marvel in the breathtaking baroque architecture and sumptuous gardens. In lovely Amsterdam your private guide and driver will introduce you to the National Monument, the Skinny Bridge, the Albert Cuyp Market and the beautiful houses along the canals. And, no trip to Amsterdam would be complete without a visit to the world famous flower market, whose splendid colors and dizzying aromas you'll remember for years to come.
Enjoy a personalized vacation that best suits your needs, developed by one of our experienced destination experts. Relax during your trip with our 24/7 support and expert local guidance.
For your added comfort, we will have a Meet & Greet assistant for you upon your arrival. A representative will be waiting for you in the arrivals hall after you pass through customs to assist. If a private airport transfer has been arranged, this representative will help to co-ordinate meeting up with your private chauffeur at the airport. You will then be escorted to the vehicle and onto the hotel to assist with check in.
Meet your driver at Heathrow airport, and take a private transfer to your hotel.
A welcome package with a city map, train tickets (if relevant), and any other touristic information that we deem you may find useful will be waiting for you upon your arrival at your first hotel on your trip.
The London Underground or 'the tube' as it is universally known to Londoners, is normally the quickest and easiest way of getting round London. Greater London is served by 12 tube lines, along with the independent (though linked) and privately owned DLR and an interconnected rail network. The first tube train operates at around 5:30am Monday to Saturday and around 7am Sunday; the last train leaves between 11:30pm and 12:30am depending on the day, the station and the line. Remember that any train heading from left to right on the map is designated as eastbound, and any train heading from top to bottom is southbound- no matter how many squiggles and turns it makes. If your two stations are not on the same line, you need to note the nearest station where the two lines intersect, and it is here that you must change trains. Step out into this fantastic city and explore with your travel card - the best way to see London!
The Audley pub is a traditional English pub located in the heart of Mayfair on the corner of Mount Street and South Audley Street. The pub is spread over three floors. These include a wine bar, main bar and dining room. The range of drinks in the pub includes cask ale and an extensive wine list as well as a great range of soft drinks and coffees. With fabulous British food to accompany the drinks, you can relax at this Taylor Walker pub over classics such as hand battered cod, chips and mushy or garden peas, traditional British recipe bangers & mash or a roast of the day seven days a week. The Audley pub food is freshly prepared and includes all your British favourites.
Depart for your Magic of London tour, where aboard a coach, you'll drive past some of London's most famous landmarks including Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, arrive at the Tower of London where you will be met on the middle drawbridge by a Yeoman Warder. You will be led into this world heritage site before it opens to the public and taken on a guided tour explaining the history behind this fortress of imprisonment. You will be the first group to see the Crown Jewels before enjoying some free time to explore on your own. Why not visit Traitors Gate, the armouries or the Bloody Tower and keep an eye out for the famous Ravens. Departing from the Tower, head to The Mall to watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony as one of the Queen's Household Regiments march from St. James Palace to Buckingham Palace, dressed in their world famous tunics and busbies. (Please note, the Changing of the Guard does not occur every day - enjoy a photo stop at Buckingham Palace when not running). Next, take a short ferry ride on the River Thames, enjoying excellent views of St. Paul's Cathedral and Shakespeare's Globe. You'll then have free time for independent lunch. Also, there is an opportunity for a photo stop at Westminster Abbey. The afternoon part of the tour begins with a visit to St. Paul's Cathedral. Explore the masterpiece designed by Wren in 1673 with a professional guide, taking time to listen to the 1695 organ that Mendelssohn once played and visit the tombs of Nelson and Wellington. There will also be a chance to test the unique acoustics of the Whispering Gallery (not normally visited by other tour groups). On Sundays when there is restricted viewing at the Cathedral, there will be an opportunity to enter and enjoy one of the services. Then end the day with a drive across the river to the South Bank. Enjoy magnificent views of Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament while enjoying Champagne Afternoon Tea in the luxurious surroundings of The Executive Lounge at The Park Plaza Westminster Pier.
2nd August 2015 – due to Prudential Ride London taking place, most of the streets will be closed and tours will not operate.
There are some great restaurants in the West End of London.Here are a few suggestions: J Sheekey, an incredibly smart seafood restaurant, Mildred's, London's best veggie restaurant, Sketch, the trendiest place in London, specializing in some of the best French food you'll ever taste, or for those looking for something simple and cheerful, enjoy a nice meal out at Zipangu. Or try the amazingly stylish Corrigan's Mayfair.
Spend the day outside of London on a shared guided tour taking in the magnificent Stonehenge and Bath. Clouded in mystery, the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is an amazing feat of engineering and the most important prehistoric site in England, but beyond its archaeological significance and possible astronomical role, Stonehenge is also a place of spiritual importance. Early legends link it with Merlin and King Arthur, but over the last hundred years, the midsummer sunrise has attracted pagan groups and followers of the Ancient Order of Druids. Entrance fee to Stonehenge is included.
Then visit the beautiful Georgian City of Bath and go on a panoramic tour of some of the finest architectural sights in Europe, including Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent, the Circus, Assembly Rooms and the famous Pulteney Bridge. Explore the Roman Baths, built around thermal springs, which have been supplying water for over 2,000 years. In Roman times a great Temple was built next to the sacred spring - the waters were believed to have healing properties and attracted visitors from across the Roman Empire.
Consider having dinner this evening in the George Inn. Dating from the 17th century, this public house is London's last remaining galleried inn. It stands on the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge, which for centuries was the only bridge across the river. In olden days it was one of many such inns in the area, perhaps the most famous being the Tabard, where Chaucer began his 'Canterbury Tales' in 1388. It is tucked away in a cobbled courtyard just off Borough High Street. The exterior boasts a wealth of pretty lattice windows and oak beams. As for the interior, the ground floor is divided into several connecting bars while the Parliament Bar was the former waiting room for coachmen and passengers and has a rare Parliament clock. The Middle Bar was the Coffee Room, a haunt of Charles Dickens.
Transfer using a local taxi. Please note that this is not included in trip price and is payable locally.
Enjoy the Eurostar train from London to Paris. The train ride takes approximatelly 2.5 hours.
Take a private train station transfer with a private vehicle and driver. Please note drivers may or may not speak English as their sole responsibility is to transfer clients from one location to another. If you would like to have the presence of an English speaking Assistant or Guide for your transfer this can be pre-arranged upon request and would be subject to an additional supplement.
A welcome package with a city map, train tickets (if relevant), and any other touristic information that we deem you may find useful will be waiting for you upon your arrival at your first hotel on your trip.
For your added comfort, we will have a Meet & Greet assistant waiting for you on the platform at the train station, with a sign with your name on it. Your representative will help you to co-ordinate meeting up with your private driver and accompany you to your accommodation.
Enjoy a half day shared tour of Paris. On the tour, you will discover the monuments which have made Paris famous throughout the world: Place Vendôme - Opéra - Louvre museum - Notre Dame Cathedral - Pantheon Church - Luxembourg - Orsay Museum - Concorde Square - Champs-Elysées Avenue - Arch of Triumph - Eiffel Tower - Invalides. Visit the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower (Fast pass) which gives you a wonderful panoramic view. In case of an exceptional impossibility to access the 1st or 2nd floor, the Eiffel Tower will be replaced by the Montparnasse Tower (56th floor as height as 210 meters). Alternative arrangements will be made so please speak to your Destination Expert for further details. This tour has a central pick up point in the centre of Paris and hotel pick up and/or drop off is not provided. The tour ends at the Eiffel Tower. Please note that shared tours can have up to approximately 50 people (depending on the number of people that have signed up for the tour on the particular day, and are carried out in a number of languages).
Discover Versailles Palace, the symbol of France's grandeur during the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Leave Paris by the western districts of the city and follow the Normandy motorway as far as Versailles in a luxury air conditioned coach. Your guide will take you straight in without standing in line and lead you through the most beautiful rooms including the Royal Apartments, the Hall of Mirrors and the Queen's private Apartment. Then enjoy some free time to explore the palace gardens. This tour has a central pick up and drop off point in the centre of Paris and hotel pick up and/or drop off is not provided. This tour includes entrance to Versailles Palace, authorisation fees for guided visits, and a multilingual guide with individual earphones. Please note that shared tours can have up to approximately 50 people (depending on the number of people that have signed up for the tour on the particular day, and are carried out in a number of languages). Note: from April 1st to October 28th, the entrance fees to the gardens are NOT INCLUDED: - On "MUSICAL FOUNTAIN DISPLAY" days ( Saturdays and Sundays from April 5th to October 26th + April 18th, May 8th, May 29th, August 15th)- On "MUSICAL GARDENS" days (Tuesdays from April 1st to May 13th and from July 1st to October 28th), on bank holidays.
Just a short distance from the Church of St Germain-des-Prés, this jewel of the Art Nouveau style combines tradition with modernity. The ambiance is serene and intimate and the chef's cuisine can be enjoyed in peace and tranquillity. Particular highlights among the house specialities include shoulder of lamb with rose de Lautrec garlic, finely sliced veal liver meunière and wild sea bass cooked in a clay crust. Le Petit Zinc is the left-bank restaurant par excellence, and one of the few in the area which has a terrace from which patrons can enjoy fine weather! Meal not included, and paid locally.
Relax and enjoy the approximately 3.5-hour train ride from the Paris Gare du Nord station to Amsterdam.
A welcome package with a city map, train tickets (if relevant), and any other touristic information that we deem you may find useful will be given to you by your driver upon arrival. Alternative arrangements will be made if you do not have a private transfer at the start of your itinerary.
Meet your driver for a private train station transfer to hotel with an English speaking assistant at the train station.
The perfect way to discover Amsterdam at your own pace. Enjoy great panoramic views while following the carefully designed route passing all the major landmarks that Amsterdam has to offer. The specially designed glass roofs of our buses enable you to enjoy this beautiful and multi-faceted city to the full. Admire the famous canals with their beautiful, elegant canal houses, towers and bridges. You will also get to see interesting sites, such as the Royal Palace, Dam Square, the Western Church, the Skinny Bridge, Amsterdam's tallest windmill and the major museums and attractions. You can get on and off as you like during 24 hours or 48 hours.
Begin with a visit to the Aalsmeer´s world famous flower auction (closed Sundays and replaced by a visit of a traditional wooden shoe maker). Continue to Rotterdam, the second largest city of the Netherlands, characterized by its contemporary and fascinating architecture. The next stop is at the picturesque town of Delft. During your visit to the Delft Blue Pottery Factory, you'll learn about the historical developments of these ceramic techniques. From Delft you drive to The Hague for a city tour. Pass by the highlights of their governmental city like the House of Parliament and the Peace Palace. During this excursion you can visit Madurodam. This miniature city offers you the highlights of the Netherlands on a scale 1:25.
A transfer from your hotel to the airport with a private vehicle and driver is provided.
Stay in splendour in the heart of central London. Built by the Victorian railway pioneers in 1862, The Grosvenor Hotel Victoria ushered in a Golden Age of travel. Restored to its former glory, this Grade II listed building combines modern luxury, including free wi-fi throughout the hotel, with unique period features. Enjoy the best of London from the 4-star Grosvenor Hotel, located within walking distance of Buckingham Palace. Grandeur defines every detail at The Grosvenor Hotel, London. This classic London heritage hotel has been transformed following a multi-million pound refurbishment. Expect the finest Victorian architecture coupled with modern detail, right down to BOSE iPod docking stations in our Deluxe Suites. Once a first-class railway lounge, now a destination bar, Réunion serves the finest signature cocktails in opulent style. Savour authentic Cantonese cuisine prepared by the head chef Rand Cheung at Grand Imperial restaurant. Or enjoy our world famous high teas, served in the Lounge.
The charming and traditional Hotel Le Littre (4*) is conveniently located in the center of Paris, between Saint Germain des Prés and Montparnasse districts. The 90 rooms and suites are modern with panoramic views over the city. Some rooms have a separate living area, as well as a balcony or terrace with gorgeous views of the capital. A delicious buffet breakfast is served in the majestic breakfast room, featuring traditional French pastries and more. Unwind with a cocktail at Le Littre Bar, showcasing a very cozy British-style atmosphere. The multilingual staff at Le Littre are happy to assist guests in booking an exciting Seine River cruise, as well as many other tours and excursions.
INK Hotel Amsterdam (formerly The Convent Hotel) owes its name to the rich history of the building. As the former home of the Dutch newspaper 'De Tijd', this building was a place where stories were conceived, written and ultimately brought to life in ink. INK Hotel Amsterdam is abohemian lifestyle hotel, where the traditional rules of hospitality are freely translated to the modern day, rewriting the definition of 'luxury' in INK. INK Hotel Amsterdam offers its guests the ultimate luxury: the luxury of the freedom of time. It is a five-minute walk from Central Station, Dam Square and the Royal Palace. The hotel building previously housed 2 monasteries from the 13th & 14th centuries, plus a printing house. All rooms and suites are different and have their own history and character.
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"Everyone involved in our Portugal trip made it terrific. Exactly as advertised. Every event on time and most pleasant. Guides were well-informed, courteous and friendly. Really made for a great journey every time. Each hotel was clean, upgraded and staffed with knowledgeable and friendly folks. Breakfasts were complete -- almost too much to eat. It will always be a wonderful memory thanks to Kensington Tours."
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"We've been raving to everyone about the food, the friendliness of the people and the amazing history and sites in Turkey. Yes, we want to go back."
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"Overall, our tour in Spain was very enjoyable, and well planned and executed. Our private tour of the Alhambra was excellent. Virginia, tour guide for royal palace ruins outside of Cordoba, was also excellent. In Seville, we went to the Flamenco Show/dinner, and the Flamenco was outstanding!"
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"My husband and I took a 3 week vacation to southern Europe and North Africa and had a great time. All the guides were very knowledgeable and bent over backwards to accommodate us. The arrangements made by Kensington went off without a hitch. This is our second trip with Kensington (we went to Peru in 2009) and we will certainly book with them again."
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"Thank you for your follow up, we both loved our time in Croatia. It's really a beautiful place, especially the coast. Your choice of hotels was great. It was an incredible view from the Bellevue hotel in Dubrovnik and the Vestibule in Split was in the best possible location. We were able to relax in our room listening to the wonderful singers in the courtyard and its central location made it so easy to walk anywhere we wanted to see with ease. "
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"We just returned from a 10 day trip to Paris and Normandy. We spent three nights in Paris and then enjoyed a seven night cruise on the Seine to Normandy with AMA Waterways. The time in Paris was well spent and has piqued our interest to return for a more thorough visit. Guide Wafaa Lankey was superb in our visit to Versailles. The Seine cruise was relaxing and beautiful. So many wonderful little towns and we wished we had more time in each one to explore and enjoy.
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As much as it pains me to say this... (Score:5, Informative)
All redesign work should go through the UI/UX folks responding to the users' needs.
I strongly believe that form follows function, but without real consideration to how users will be using the software the user interface can seriously impede the actual function. Some engineers can be downright sadistic in their UI designs.
Re:As much as it pains me to say this... (Score:4, Insightful)
sounds reasonable to me. In reality there isn't a "single choice" the way a poll like this presents it, but I've had the misfortune of having to use too many "engineer designed" applications to want them anywhere near specifications or user interface design.
And the poll does say "software redesign" implying it is coming from an existing base. Features are worthless if they aren't used and coherent users can be invaluable in determining what would be useful to implement (unlike the seeming majority of incoherent users who think a bug report is "how to ask for usage help" or want the staples "that was easy" button implemented).
What is the alternative to "engineered designed" applications? Engineers are the only people capable of designing applications. Users and UI experts should definitely have input into the UI of the application, but UI is just one aspect of software design.
Do you remember all those windows 7 commercials where a bunch of users say "I invented windows 8" because it supposedly has a bunch of features that users wanted (i.e. that it was "their" idea). That's pretty much the limit of users input on software des
Yes and no.
Yes, most users don't have any ideas worth considering and as a software engineer one must come up with a reasonably efficient process. Most of the time, I spend hours/days/weeks actually doing the work (data entry, processing, whatever) in order to get a good idea of what needs tweaking or wholesale rewriting when designing a new system.
And no, because an experienced user can save me hours/days/weeks of work by simply telling me what are the shortcomings of the current system and what would be b
You don't necessarily want the users designing the system - but what you do want is to gather the business requirements completely and unambiguously. Capturing business requirements is a specialised role and probably shouldn't be left up to either the Software Engineer or the UI/UX people.
Dear Sara
As Billy Joel put it: "you might be right, I may be crazy"
But only if: a) you have a large enough team so that design/UI/business processes/programming, etc. is done by different people and b) the idiot mapping business processes actually can explain why paper "B" needs to be stamped at desk "11".
In the real world, if you want to do good design you don't ever isolate yourself from the business and the people actually running it, i.e., the grunts, not the Executive Director or Operations.
As Billy Jo
Although that sounds like a reasonable position - it is how we got Windows 8 Metro. A bunch of dilholes in a focus group were somehow lead by the marketers and UX people into saying that they wanted the same UI on their computer as they wanted on their tablet. Of course they didn't want that - nobody really does. The UX people told the engineers what to build and the engineers shrugged and built it.
I couldn't agree more. You need to know what the user needs - not what he says he wants. The IAs have to find the "chunky" spaghetti sauce. If you don't know what I'm talking about you must *MUST* see the Malcolm Gladwell TED talk on the subject of user preferences.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html [ted.com]
Truly. The video is a must for anyone in software development.
The iPhone was not built by asking users what they want. It was built by clever engineers solving a problem. Users don't know what they want or what is possible and there is no way to short-circuit or work around this fact.
The iPhone was little more than first to market with emerging technologies. Cheaper LCDs, GPS, solid state gyros and multi-touch are really what made the iPhone. All newish or brand new tech not invented by Apple. Apple just supplied the early glue to put these things together. Very little invention involved.
The iPhone was little more than first to market with emerging technologies. Cheaper LCDs, GPS, solid state gyros and multi-touch are really what made the iPhone. All newish or brand new tech not invented by Apple. Apple just supplied the early glue to put these things together. Very little invention involved.
Hahaha! That early glue! It's true they waited until everything was small, cheap and good enough, but look at Windows Mobile and Symbian back then. It didn't compare on any level in user interface design. Just look at where Nokia and Windows are now - together holding eachothers hand, hoping they will survive.
You do realize that inventions are based on integrating existing parts and not by spontaneously building something completely from scratch right? It seems that you are creating an artificially difficult litmus test to satisfy your personal need to downplay Apple's achievements.
And your attitude is the reason why most software products are shit in terms of UI, especially those intended for corporate users.
I have to use plenty applications with horrible UI which makes my work a lot less productive. The UAT usually consists of a couple guys clicking through all buttons to figure out whether they work.
I was part of UAT once for a large ticketing application and they provided us a SCRIPT to go through. I threw it away and came up with a document of 48 pages detailing all issues with t
No, lousy engineers are responsible for all that. The products we build are constantly praised by customers for their ease of use and simplicity of design because we spend hours worrying about every little detail. The problem is that you think UI/UX people aren't engineers. And no, the iPhone is clearly a hardware AND software product. Don't draw arbitrary lines around people or technologies, it won't get you anywhere.
Whatever UI is in an iPhone is not really original. Also, they had a pretty strong internal UAT and were lucky to be led by someone who knew what he was doing. If anything, the iPhone is an exception in a long, long, sad line of products which were built with no more than a shred of UAT.
ease of use and simplicity of design
These are often competing goals. One of the reasons I can't abide Apple UIs is their strong favoring of neat design ideas (how the device or screen looks from across the room) over actual usability. Heck, they explicitly admitted this at one point about the one-button mouse.
Good UI/UX people are designers, not engineers. Though design is an important part of engineering, to be sure, UX design is a full-time career, and a good UX designer needs to understand the 300 years of research behind good graphic de
And I think understanding how systems will be used is a hallmark of good engineering.
By and large, corporate software looks like crap because they can't be bothered to spend the real bucks to make it look good. You'd have to have a REALLY compelling cost breakown analysis to get something improved because quite frankly and ugly POS that does it's job DOES ITS JOB, and costs a hell of a lot less than a rewrite that has incremental productivity gains and a whole homp of a lot of risk. It sucks that you have to deal with poorly conceptualized software, but you're probably better off than suff
UI is more than just cosmetics. A properly designed interface can reduce user errors which can in turn make processes more efficient and reduce costs.
If you are describing an application as an ugly POS - what makes it ugly? Is it the colour palette, the configuration, the workflow? In some cases improvements in any or all of these can minimise user errors by making workflows more intuitive. It doesn't need to be all singing and dancing to do so, and simple charcoal on off white with a clean typeface can be
All redesign work should go through the UI/UX folks responding to the users' needs.
I strongly believe that form follows function, but without real consideration to how users will be using the software the user interface can seriously impede the actual function. Some engineers can be downright sadistic in their UI designs.
UX folk are why we end up with Microsoft Windows 8, the Ribbon interface, lack of menu bars, Gnome 3 and Chromium ("no, you can't have middle-click-selection-opens-URL-contained-in-copy-buf
Please append "Bad" to the start of your sentence and sprinkle in "backed by poor executive directives." There are some really great UX/UI engineers out there. Problem is there are equally as many bad UX/UI engineers as it's a soft IT position. Similar to that of graphic designers.
UX folk are why we end up with
No, bad UX folk, who are fashion-followers not designers are why you end up with pretty-but-unworkable UIs. Which is still better than letting engineer design the UI - where you end up with a command line, command names as intuitive as "grep" and a help command intuitively named "man" (and search for help with "man -k", obviously!).
A good UX designer, with the opportunity for usability testing, is the best idea.
Windows 8/Metro is crap, Unity is crap, GNOME 3 is crap. Fair enough. But seriously, the ribbon is actually not really that bad. It's one of the few recent GUI redesigns that is actually pretty decent IMO. I do think that it doesn't belong everywhere though, and there are some times when it should just not be used over a traditional menu bar.
Windows 8: Marketing, not UX folk.
Ribbon: Marketing. MS decided to appease casual and new users over people who had a lot of time invested in the old UI (which, admit it, was a pile of shit with stuff hidden in dialog boxes four levels deep)
Gnome: Marketing.
Lack of menu bars: Idiots who believe non-standard UIs are good
Chromium: Marketing.
All too often, UX folk are shouted down by the ooh-shiny crowd.
I strongly believe that form follows function,
You really need to look up this phrase.
It means a buildings appearance should be based on a buildings intended purpose (I.E. an apartment block looks like an apartment block, not a crushed coke can).
This is precisely why we shouldn't let UX people have the most say, because UX is a bollocks field invented by marketers to cover why their product was designed using principals contrary to well proven HMI/HCI. They beleive silly things like removing features makes user interfaces simpler.
but without real consideration to how users will be using the software the user interface can seriously impede the actual function.
This is what UX d
How to run a a product development project.
0. Get the users to tell you what they want.
1. Get the engineers to look at this and tell you what is possible.
2. Get the managers to look at what's possible and tell you what's in the budget.
Engineers are the most important. Everyone else will plan for the impossible to be magically done. Then managers because everyone else will plan for the impossible to be paid for.
That's very bad advice. What the customers want is something they will be truly unhappy with. See, customers aren't engineers (as in engineer, not software engineer) and seldom think further than first impressions. They don't know what bad things their wishes would lead to. It's not their job to think things through - it's their job to use.
What do the customers do is a better question. Add to that a dose of "what would and wouldn't they do if they could", and make sure you kill as many wouldn'ts as you
Let bad UX/UI take precedence, you end up with Windows 8.
Good UI/UX people - and they exist - don't believe in flash for the sake of it.
I strongly believe that form follows function,
You really need to look up this phrase. It means a buildings appearance should be based on a buildings intended purpose (I.E. an apartment block looks like an apartment block, not a crushed coke can).
I believe it actually means that the building's structure and appearance should not be based on precedent, which could constrain how it could be built and used, but, rather, the building's service and performance should inform the building's structure and appearance.
Sorry for replying to myself, but I messed up the quoting.
I strongly believe that form follows function,
You really need to look up this phrase. It means a buildings appearance should be based on a buildings intended purpose (I.E. an apartment block looks like an apartment block, not a crushed coke can).
I believe it actually means that the building's structure and appearance should not be based on precedent, which could constrain how it could be built and used, but, rather, the building's service and performance should inform the building's structure and appearance.
UI folks?
I'm always amazed at how many people spend every day working with UI's that I've designed. Major corporations. Entire branches of government. All working with interfaces I pulled straight out of my ass. I'm an engineer. I know nothing about usability and style. Just look at the way I dress. Why would you have me design your UI?
It's really freaky to watch a room full of data entry drones working with a UI I wrote. They know it. They live it 40 hours a week. They can work it hyper speed wit
It Depends (Score:5, Insightful)by kramer2718 (598033) on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @11:51AM (#43473153) Homepage
On the goal and nature of the redesign.
If the goal is to improve usability, then the customers should. Of course their input should be focused through the UI/UX guys.
If the goal is to increase profitability, then for B2C software, marketers and for B2B sales.
If the goal is to improve the maintainability and stability, then software engineers.
If the goal is to improve operability, then the operators.
If the goal is to improve scalability, then capacity planners and enterprise architects through the lens of software engineers.
I voted users, by which I probably meant "Are the users feeling it?" I mean there's plenty code that is cringe-worthy but that in reality doesn't matter to the user. For example I had one report I rewrote once that took 90 minutes, afterwards it ran in 8 seconds. But the only reason I did that was because I was trying to track down some faulty numbers - that it turns out the report wasn't responsible for, otherwise it was a report that was run once a month and nobody really cared that it took 90 minutes. Wa
I am actually not suggesting that software engineers be allowed to decide WHETHER OR NOT a design is called for. Managers who have bug rates, outage numbers, and development velocity should be decide WHETHER to do a rewrite. Software engineers should decide HOW to do that rewrite.
I dunno. My impression of the UI people I've dealt with is they're much more concerned with how the thing looks (color schemes, rounded corners) and whether or not it follows the current fads (gradients!) than whether the users will be be able to use it effectively. I offer Windows as an example, which is a product that looks nicer and gets harder to use with every new release.
If you're developing an application you ought to know the use cases pretty intimately, so I don't understand how you can get in
No wonder redesigns are such a problem... (Score:5, Insightful)
The only correct answer is "it depends."
What is changing?
Is it a UI/UX redesign? Then users and UI/UX experts.
Not user visible? Then the engineers building it.
New feature? Users and marketers but the engineers need input into the schedule/impact.
Managers if any, allocating resources and schedules are always involved.
Pretty much... yep.
I chose the engineers building it, simply because of personal experience.
When a client/customer says "I want a feature that will allow me to do X", it is mostly likely on the engineer to come up with HOW the software will accomplish X. Unfortunately, it is too often the PM or some other twit dictating to the engineer the best way to return X, which is probably why the redesign is needed.
If a plumber comes to your home because you've hired them to rebuild your pipes, who should have the
I wouldn't say it depends on what is changing, but rather depends on what needs to change. If you're hearing major complaints from any of these departments, then it should probably warrant focus on that.
There can be software architecture redesign, view redesign (user interface), Model redesign, ect.... In each case it really depends. Is it software architecture? Then let the software engineers make the call, is it a user interface issue? Let the designers make the call, is it a Database issue? Let the database guys handle it.
Leave it alone! (Score:3, Funny)My 1-2-3 runs great on my 64k DOS system. I need nothing more. Leave it alone!
Users are morons (Score:5, Insightful)
If I'd listened to what the users *said* they wanted, I'd have a pile of self-contradicting systems, dozens of near-identical hardcoded reports, and a UI with more menu items than some restaurants.
If I'd listened to marketing, the front page would have more widgets and dials than a Formula 1 car, and we'd interoperate with every possible system, dating back to the 80s, and we'd have yet more repeated systems.
As it is, I have to creatively "forget" the stuff that management insists on that serves no purpose, and half of our features end up cut because they tell the site guys one thing, and the core guys another.
Oh, and because our UI guys never *use* the site, I end up able to design a better UI than they do. We started a complete redesign of the reports system, with some rather major changes, and the comp the UI guy came up with was basically the old comp with a few more fields (ironic, as one of the biggest complaints was that there were too many fields, many of which were not always needed).
What you do is *listen* to the users, then give them what they want instead of what they say they want. Placate marketing by making one of the new features more fancy-looking, with graphs or some shit.
You, sir, are a well-opinioned person. Can I hire you to re-design my software ? Scapegoat money included for when, not if, it all goes wrong.
Re:Users are morons (Score:5, Insightful)
You're asking the wrong question, as I've learned the hard way. The question you ask your users is not "what do you want", because obviously the answer is invariably "a pony and a cake and a million dollars and world peace." I've had much better success with "tell me about how things work today", which very quickly gets the conversation centered on pain points --- what is, from the user perspective, broken or otherwise less usable and friendly than it should be.
Re:Users are morons (Score:4, Funny)by ArsonSmith (13997) on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @01:34AM (#43469611) Journal
Yes, find the pain points, automate them, get rid of the user. It's simple actually.
Yes, find the pain points, automate them, get rid of the user. It's simple actually.
You probably meant this sarcastically, but it's actually pretty close to the truth.
Systems are built to automate a process. You automate it to provide consistency in the outcomes for a given set of inputs. While you may not completely get rid of manual interactions, you can minimise them reducing headcount and costs. If your software introduces additional inconsistencies into the process due to poor design it will fail it's business case.
When looking for new features, reviewing pain points in the current pr
The pain points. They exist because of the current system design. The current system design is that way because of technical debt. Thanks to technical debt, those pain points are very hard to eliminate without a complete rewrite. So we end up at a rewrite, but everyone wants everything to work "the way it works today, but..." You can't change the database because there are 19 other apps written in several different languages that all depend on the database in its current form. As a result, the rewrite ends
Users are users, experts in their area of expertise, but not in yours. They often require at least some minimal education in what you do and why you do it in order to understand things like why "having more widgets and dials than a Formula 1 car" is a bad thing. They also need to understand something about the cost of what they're asking for. This is the truly hard part about designing computer systems; negotiating the specs. Anybody can bang out specs, anybody can bang out code that meets the specs. T
They may be utter idiots and other pointless, but if it can sell, it's worthwhile. Maybe it really is the marketers we should be pandering to.
No. Marketing's job is to make tools for the sales people. They handle advertising and the presentation of the product to the masses. They don't design the product.
Should they have input? Sure, but generally it should be of the form, "We need feature X so that we have a bullet point that matches this competitor's bullet point." If you let them start dictating, "This button should be here and look like this.." you'll end up spending more time changing silly little things over and over than getting anything
Of course, an overwhelming majority of the voters here said "the users". Which is bollocks. Most of us are engineers, and our hands itch to do it an engineer's ways. Please prove me wrong.
The people who are gonna have to support (Score:2, Insightful)by Anonymous Coward
that shit for the next 10 years.
Indeed. They're the ones who can tell you the problems people are having and probably have the best instincts about what changes users will hate.
with the Homer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpPuYGPcvD4 [youtube.com]
Here's an example of a bad redesign (Score:4, Informative)by GeneralTurgidson (2464452) on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @07:06PM (#43467401)m.slashdot.org [slashdot.org]
Another: slashdot.org [slashdot.org]
When they took 'm' out of beta, they borked the styling on the story/discussion pages so they no longer render well on my phone. For a while there they were nicely-sized and I could read them OK; now they're super-wide so they get scaled down and are tiny. When I zoom in so the width of the invisible column is as wide as my screen, it's still too small. And, of course, m.slashdot.org discussion pages suck balls in general.
The question is who should have the "most input". Not who should decide or implement things. Input. Surely that is the users who have direct knowledge, experience, necessity, and workflow to fit in with almost any software.
At the redesign point, the users should probably be almost all the input unless you want a never-ending Office type software cycle.
by Green Salad (705185) on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @09:20PM (#43468401) Homepage
Only HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu has input. I thought it was self-evident.
Funny how the managers get 0 % of the Slashdot vote, when In Real Life they get 100 % of the vote.
Replacement of legacy h/w, s/w? That would be the engineers responsibility.
Regulatory compliance issues? Management and engineering.
Ease of use? Users, Internet whiners and UI designers.
Marketing can serve to pass user/customer requirements as they affect demand for the product. But once a need has been identified by them, its really the users who are calling for change.
There are times (I've been involved with a few) that some new technology arises (the Web in the mid '90s) which engineers are familiar
I'm missing the most important option: The one with the money paying for the software.
That's the one the vendors need to court, because he has the power to put money into the till. All the others are secondary. And this is also the reason, why I like open-source software so much. The mutual back-scratching between salespeople and purchase departments is disrupted by developer doing whatever they feel useful. Sometimes for very good effects, sometimes less so.
whose job it is to listen to all of the above people and produce a coherent design that both meets the requirements and works.
On the programs I built and then later rebuilt (was fortunate enough to work in a place where I was able to build and maintain systems over a long period), I probably put a lot more time and research in improving systems than the users had.
If it was left up to the users they would prefer the same thing with maybe a few new entries and features, because that's all they are accustomed to, not that is bad, but its not basis for good innovation.
As the developer I knew what limitations I had when I first develop
System APIs: Software Architects, not coding monkeys.
Feature Set and Release Schedule: Managers
UI: Users (see also "people whining about it on the interwebs") and engineers (with minor help from UI/UX "experts")
Advertising: Marketing
This is a trick question.
The users drive the software; their use defines it and their input is the most important.
However, the users are their own worst enemy. They have trouble translating the effects they want into the designs that are required in the software.
Thus I think the users need the most input, but that needs to be filtered through developers, the smart managers (1-2% on any job), and the user experience folks.
That is, if you want functional software. Users are their own worst enemy and are self-
Users can request features. They can point out flaws. In fact, most computer programmers can't design software well. Software design is hard.
Software design is easy. Creating an efficient and effective process is hard, no matter what type of design it is. You can teach some of that by helping to identify the components necessary, or creating rules about how specific types of components will be handled.
But it still takes a person who is creative to put the components together in the most effective or efficient manner. (Yes
Users obvious can't design software, but they can *drive* design.
Why can't it be just someone who actually knows what the fuck they are doing and understands the system. A bad engineer, UI, or user will always design a bad system except for that one time they get lucky.
...Developers aren't the only software engineers on the team. Everyone forgets the test analysts. Input from the test team can improve design for testability considerably, making everything from unit tests to migrations and BI much more straightforward. A lot of developers tend to see testing as a sleight on their prowess and completed documentation as a tedious imposition. I have a tendency to believe that developers with that attitude typically have no prowess worth mentioning.
Yes, I'm fully aware that
This isn't a simple question.
It depends on the purpose for the redesign. The engineers probably have the best insight into correcting code & data inefficiencies.
Many people should probably have input on usability & functionality redesign. The UI and engineering people need a deep understanding of both how the app is currently used and what the goals of the app are in order to make the flow efficient. Most people resist change that will add efficiency -- accelerators in GUIs, changing the keyboard
Who is in control would depend on why the design is being done.
Not cpu efficient, put th engineers in charge.
Not usable, put the UI people in charge (real UI people).
Not selling, put the users in charge.
Never put managers in charge. Never put marketing charge.
Are your current customers satisfied, but too small a base to turn a profit? Did your research team screw the pooch on their last market analysis? Did your engineers uncover a fatal flaw in the design? Is it a rebranding redesign or are you addressing fundamental problems?
Need more input!
IMHO, if it's a redesign, it's for the engineers. Users won't care about a redesign ('It works now - why do want to change it?") whereas the people who look under the hood will worry about maintenance, support, performance. Refactoring.
Of course, you still have to sell it to the users
The users choose, of course. (In the case of Microsoft, they beat the users into submission with a virtually unusable version of Windows occasionally.)
I don't like the question because it's too vague.
Same code (few tweaks) but new LOOK? A GOOD UI/UX person who actually has spent time reading the millions of dollars of research done by big companies like apple, MS, motorola, nike, etc
New Code (Aka: Re-Engineer) - Engineers should have first dibs to create a list of current features, outdated features, new technologi
Users: What?
Engineers: How?
Managers : Who?
UI: What colour?
Marketers: How much?
Whingers: The above is totally wrong.


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