Tag: User Interface

It seems that with the advanced computers and laptops widely available web designers can consider moving from 1024x768 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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...