Tag: UX Design

While the world is anticipating Apple's next step, Amazon is (quietly) improving its Kindle. One of the major complaints is that users need ambient light to read the devices. Now, while I don't doubt that users who love Kindle will do anything for their Kindle, there is something to be said about having to make...

Visual design that creates a dialog with the user is more than just responding to search queries and leaving breadcrumbs. It’s about using static elements to interact with the user based on their needs/behavior. In order for designers to really “hit the spot,” they need to employ the following principles: 1. Start with the basics...

In his article The Myth of the Sophisticated User, Robert Hoekman Jr made it clear that "It doesn't matter how savvy your users are, better design benefits everyone." Designers use their expertise to create the user experience but what are the myths and assumptions about savvy users they use when designing a site or application?...

One of the most important things you need to do when starting to design is to understand who your users are. Resist if you are told to design "for anybody", this way your design will be good for nobody. Choose a target population even if you think that other people will use your site as...

Average users can't always complete what they started and leave websites in frustration, never returning again. Why is it happening and what are the main offenders in the UI of those websites? Here are the top 5 usability problems that caused incomplete or wrongly done tasks: 1. Information Architecture - the user doesn't know where...

From beginning of March European users will be able to choose which web browser they want to install as an alternative to Internet Explorer. In random order MS shows Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera & Safari. This “primary” browsers list is visible instantly and when users scroll down the page they can find Avant, Flock,...

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...

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...

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...