UI Design & Web Usability Blog

  • Jun 24th, 2010

    Browser Stats May 2010

    Browser Statistics May 2010

    May 2010

    %
    Internet Explorer 45.73
    Firefox 32.14
    Chrome 8.33
    Safary 5.05

     

    %
    Internet Explorer 8 28
    Internet Explorer 7 14
    Internet Explorer 6 8
    Firefox 3.6 23
    Firefox 3.5 7
    Firefox 3 3
    Firefox 2 2
    Safari 4 6
    Chrome 4 7
    Chrome 5 2

     

    Data is provided by w3counter.com

  • Mar 11th, 2010

    US mobile market trends- Smartphone usage stats

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  • Mar 1st, 2010

    MS to offer Alternative Browsers to European Users

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  • Feb 19th, 2010

    Top 10 Internet Languages

    According to internetworldstats.com most used languages on the internet are English, Chinese, and Spanish. Most quickly growing language is Chinese, which gained some 1087% during last decade. Spanish raised by 650% and English by 237%.

  • Feb 15th, 2010

    Apple App Store vs Wholesale Apps Community

    The world’s leading telecommunications operators and device manufacturers are launching an open global alliance Read More

  • Feb 7th, 2010

    Display resolution statistics January 2010

    Based on latest data from w3schools 76 % of users surf the web with their motor set to resolution higher than 1024×768, which is currently accepted minimum standard for web site designers. Read More

  • Jan 31st, 2010

    Jobs: “No one will be using Flash. The world moves to HTML5″

    At a recent Town Hall meeting with Apple employees Steve Jobs made it clear that Flash is not coming to iPhone or iPad. Read More

  • Jan 31st, 2010

    Unicode is used in almost 50% of Internet Documents

    Good News! According to Google Unicode is used on almost half of the Internet pages, wich makes it a global text encoding of choice. Google uses version version 5.2 of Unicode, which represents wide range of characters from Egyptian Hieroglyphs, to most of living languages including Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese and Zulu.

    ASCII once dominating the web is down to 20% and it is probably pages that have not been updated in last several years.

  • Jan 21st, 2010

    Apple Tablet Confirmed by The Wall Street Journal

    It is almost certain a new device is going to be unveiled next week. We’ve heard many name variations such as iSlate and iPad –both are Apple’s registered trademarks– Apple Tablet, etc. It seems like Apple’s plans are big this time; they aim to re-shape the publishing industry (which is in an apparent crisis) as they once re-shaped the digital music industry with iTunes and iPod. Making it easier for people to access media content for an affordable price has proved to be successful. Here is a short recap of what we know so far:

    • Apple has been discussing with book, magazine and newspaper publishers possible ways of cooperation.
    • NYT Chairman Arthur Sulzberger, when asked about the new devices, said  “stay tuned”.
    • Orange Chief confirms Apple Tablet With Built-In Webcam
    • Apple has been negotiating with TV networks CBS, Walt Disney and ABC for a monthly subscription service.
    • There have been rumors that Apple is going to work with Electronic Arts to position the new device as a gaming platform.
    • The device will have a web camera and be capable of live web streaming
    • Apple has been promoting an idea of backing-up users music online and accessing it on an connected device. This also supports the recent Lava acquisition. Its technology may very well find its way to iTunes 10.
    • Apple’s new $1 billion data centre in North Carolina is under construction. MobileMe will most probably have a major upgrade, possibly the “Mobile iTunes” version, and as the name suggests, possibly other things related to “Me”.

    Nowhereelse.fr has obtained what it says may be a video of the long-rumored Apple tablet. Whatever it is, it looks pretty cool already:

    Last year, Apple’s focus shifted from computer production to content delivery. The turning point was dropping “Computers” from the company name. Since then their devices are just one unified platform that makes it easy to delivery content to end user. And, this strategy pays off very well.

  • Jan 19th, 2010

    66% of Government Workplaces Now Use Social Networking Tools

    A recent report by the talent management companies Human Capital Institute and Saba says 65% of government employees now use more than one social networking tool.

    Government vs Corporate sector Social Networking Tools Usage

    Interestingly enough, Instant Messaging (IM), which is very popular in the corporate sector isn’t heavily used among government staff. The report points out that a majority of social networking use consist of sites such as FaceBook, LinkedIn and Twitter. This is pure speculation of course, but the FB and LinkedIn provide great opportunities for career growth. It may be just an indiction that in the government sector connections are more important than actual results and focusing on the task at hand.

News

Jul 16th

Rossul Design has been contracted to create a new Graphic User Interface (GUI) for online Virtual Dating Chat.

Jun 6th

Rossul Design has been hired by Centtric to design UI for their upcoming salesforce.com App.

Jun 6th

We are excited about a this new and very insetting project for ePly – a complete online event registration and payment processing service that manages every step of the online form creation process and eliminates the event planner’s stress and workload.

May 31st

Rossul Design has been chosen to update Graphic User Interface (GUI) for UofT Alumni website. Established in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada’s largest university, recognized as a global leader in research and teaching.

Testimonials

Elia is a talented UI designer. His designs are as functional and intuitive as they are beautiful. He is highly professional and gets the job done fast. I recommend Rossul Design without reservation. Thank you for a fantastic job!

Dr. Igor Kotlyar, president at OmniDate Inc.

Elia and Rossul Design have been a pleasure to work with. Their professionalism and insight into the re-launch design of our flagship Easy Web Video product has left me very proud of the final design. For anyone looking for a stunning, effective, intuitive design customized to the uniqueness that is every small business I recommend Rossul Design wholeheartedly.

Thanks for everything Elia!

Shawn Pringle, CEO at TopNet Solutions, Inc.