Usability
Why bother with Usability?
Due to enormous competition on the Web, usability is a vital surviving factor. If a website is difficult to use, people turn to your competitors. It’s that simple. Here are some other reasons why visitors leave: The homepage fails to communicate what you offer and what problem you solve They can’t easily navigate the website…
Recommended Minimum Screen Resolution For Web Designers
It seems that with the advanced computers and laptops widely available web designers can consider moving from 1024×768 to 1280×800 which covers 76% of the market according to w3schools.com and NetMarketshare. The game is to have all vital information ABOVE THE FOLD LINE. According to the latest study from NNg, users scroll much more than…
Symbian Goes Open and Free
Symbian — the OS that runs in about 330m mobile phones on the market is not Open source and free. Non-profit Symbian Foundation consists of about 50 companies and was created by Nokia in mid-2008 followed by the acquisition of Symbian LTD. Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian Foundation says that all source code…
How Much Time Do We Waste on Badly Designed Apps?
Computer load-time, pop-ups, new apps installation, new user interrelations, lack of intuitiveness, search for drivers, frozen system, reboots, etc. – are just a few of the things that most of us face on daily basis. Dealing with all of these issues takes users up to 30 minutes a day, according to Telegraph UK, which equals…
Windows Mobile 6.5 UI issues and Windows Mobile 7
ZDNet reports that Windows Mobile 7 is on track for release to OEMs for testing. It is interesting to see what MS can come up with in the new highly competitive market. Android, Sumsung’s just announced Bada, iPhone OS, Symbian^2 – the first open version of Symbian’s OS. Windows 6.5 was not up-to-speed with the…
Usability over Aesthetics
I really admire good design, a tasteful colour palette and the fine finish of all UI elements. But Google pays no attention to any of it. Their design is completely data driven and they are known for things like testing 64 shades of blue for few months before deciding on the colour of the box…
TweetBoard Alpha
TweetBoard makes Twitter available right on your website. The window is dynamic and doesn’t get in the way. It seems to be a very cool and usable way to facilitate your marketing efforts and may even communicate with your customers. We are awaiting alpha testing approval and will let you know about the integration process…
Apple's MagicMouse - Most usable mouse ever
MagicMouse is a very well-designed device. I got it on the first day they were available and spent about 10 days using it. The mouse is great. Very responsive and precise. Still runs on the original batteries with about 40% charge left which means it will go for about about 3 weeks. The gestures work…
Design In Use - Rozetkus 3D
Here is a good example of what design should do for us; make our everyday life a bit easier. Art Lebedev – a Russian design studio that came up with the Optimus Keyboard, (1257.14€) a few years ago is back with a useful concept that does solve a real problem in hand. Rozetkus 3D looks…
Quiet Read by Bambooapps
Quiet Read is a small app that’s beautiful in it’s simplicity and usability. A good example of design providing a solution to a problem. I think it is going to be quite popular for several reasons. It does one thing and does it well. It’s got a well-designed UI that doesn’t draw unnecessary attention and…