Blog
Motorola Droid first impression
I have to admit Android 2.0 looks great. I’m a big fan of the iPhone OS but version 2 of Google mobile OS looks sleek and visually polished. I did not have a chance to play with it yet but the pictures leave a very positive impression. It LOOKS usable enough. Not sure it would…
Mouse for $1200
Intelligent Design has came up with a handcrafted Bluetooth laser mouse. “Grade 1 titanium, high quality plastic resin, a neodymium scroll wheel and impressive design for those who demand perfection at their fingerprints”, and are and willing to pay for it. The price tag is $1200. Well, perfection has never been cheap. I guess the…
Gmail Tasks Usable Feature - Outliner
Gmail Tasks has one very useful feature. It is an outliner that lets you organize tasks into discrete sections that are related in a tree structure or hierarchy. As much as I love OS X Mail and iCal, the ability to quickly break any task into sub-tasks makes a big difference in usability.
Tweetie for Mac
Tweetie for Mac – a Twitter client – has become my new favourite periscope into the Twitter world. I can’t comment on the features as I hardly use any of them but the “Post” button. But what makes it a pleasure to work with is how very polished the app is and its well-thought user…
ABB
Rossul Design has been chosen to create UI guidelines for The ABB Group to unify the look and feel of all company products. ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. ABB operates in more than 100 countries and…
iTunes 8 and mysterious absence of song rating keyboard shortcut
I love iTunes. Have been using it since version 1 (or 2 – can’t remember) but certainly for a long time. At the beginning I hesitated to switch to it completely – my pal for a long time was Panic’s Audion. iTunes won. Since then it’s been my jukebox of choice. It keeps getting better…
Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) Usability
I have to say I’m very satisfied with Adobe’s presentation of the new CS4. Here are a few main reasons from a usability standpoint: Adobe focused on workflow and user experience. They kept most of great Macromedia GUI innovations and greatly developed some of them further. FireWorks has become a full member of CS family. PDF workflow is greatly improved…