User Interface
Nexus One and Touchscreen Accuracy
Today Engadget posted an article that claims many Nexus One customers complain about touchscreen calibration, which is an important element of the graphic user interface (GUI) as well as the user experience in general. As well, labs.moto.com published an interesting report last week comparing the accuracy of touchscreen of various mobile devices. It would seem…
Car Dashboard UI Layout Gets Updated
The new Ford Sync App Ecosystem is a promising move toward the long-awaited upgrade of cars’ user interface. While driving conditions have changed dramatically during the last 50 years, the dashboard UI has not. Our driving habits and laws have changed but we are still presented with the same basic set and layout of a…
LG Turns to Android UI
LG has announced it will run Android on more than half of its smartphones in 2010. It is a significant change from the company’s current strategy. In 2009, only one LG smartphone ran Android and the rest were running Windows Mobile. It is a big hit for Microsoft as other companies such as Motorola, Samsung…
Apple’s Rumoured Tablet to Have 3D Interface?
Apple has filed a patent, that describes an interface for manipulating “three-dimensional virtual objects” on a touch screen. The technology may be used in future releases of the iPhone or in the rumored Apple tablet (iSlate?). I doubt that simply porting existed OS to a 10” touch screen may take “you-know-who’s considerable undivided attention”. Having…
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…