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Seven Minutes in Ubuntu | Thomas Park
An interesting and technical look at UI and experience out of the box with Ubuntu for a person who hasn't used ubuntu.
linux  usability 
october 2011 by mcroydon
Nokia N97 Promotional Video VS Real Life | Mobile Inc
Wow, this is disasterous. There are definitely lessons to be learned here for anyone who mocks, demonstrates, or simulates their product during promotion.
interactiondesign  nokia  usability  slow 
march 2010 by mcroydon
Infomaki
Pretty awesome lightweight usability testing. This would probably be a great tool for getting feedback from early mockups.
software  tools  ruby  opensource  free  rails  statistics  ui  webdesign  usability  architecture  open  source  testing  accessibility  analytics  test  ux  ia  user-experience  infomaki  feedback  ruby_on_rails  nypl 
july 2009 by mcroydon
iPhone-like password fields using jQuery // DECAF° blog für digitale kommunikation
Alas, this isn't an iphone UI pattern but a mobile UI pattern that has been in place for several years. It makes sense and it's way better than a bunch of stuff you can't see though.
programming  design  tools  webdev  apple  javascript  ui  security  usability  iphone  cool  ideas  plugin  jquery  js  forms  form  password  field  like  passwords 
july 2009 by mcroydon
Crosswalk usability at Matt Croydon::Postneo
A classic post becomes more relevant as one of these gets installed at the Lawrence Arts Center.
crosswalk  usability 
february 2009 by mcroydon
MIT Mobile Web
MIT busts out a darned-nice looking mobile site.
mobile  design  web  development  tools  ui  usability  iphone  interface  mit  platform 
november 2008 by mcroydon
BBC NEWS | Business | The US sub-prime crisis in graphics
Fantastic infographic. Per usual, the BBC has better coverage of the US than most US media outlets.
america  bbc  business  charts  finance  house  home  interesting  news  money  prime  toread  visualization  usability 
december 2007 by mcroydon
How Scripps makes video findable | patrickbeeson.com
Making video findable with Ellington, Django, and some custom front-end development.
cms  digital  django  ellington  news  newspapers  scripps  search  usability  video  web 
december 2007 by mcroydon
MobileHCI 2008 : 10th edition
The CFP is out and the MobileHCI 2008 conference site is operational.
conference  hci  mobile  research  usability  ui 
november 2007 by mcroydon
James Gardner » Best Practice for Good URL Structures
Overall these are fantastic suggestions. I'm fine with plurals, but that's just a matter of taste.
design  django  http  navigation  programming  toread  rest  usability  url  web  webdesign  webdev 
november 2007 by mcroydon
Newsweek - National News, World News, Health, Technology, Entertainment and more... | Newsweek.com
I really like some UI elements but I refuse to go back to a page that autoplays video with sound like that.
design  magazine  media  news  redesign  usability  video 
october 2007 by mcroydon
Small Surfaces - One handed or two?
One vs. two-handedness is more heated than Mac vs. PC or any other X vs. Y that I can think of.
mobile  design  ui  usability 
august 2007 by mcroydon
Top 10 Best Newspaper Websites »
Some good choices here, and IMHO some omissions (but I'm biased)
blog  content  design  internet  journalism  list  newspaper  newspapers  scripps  usability  washingtonpost 
august 2007 by mcroydon
Just Another Mobile Phone Blog: GPS enabled Symbian S60 Samsung i550
What the heck is up with the resurgence of 80's style buttons on phones. First a bunch of SE's; now this.
mobile  ui  usability  design  80's  retro 
july 2007 by mcroydon
iPhone's calculator is inspired by Braun ET44?
No, the iPhone's calculator was inspired by a ... calculator.
calculator  ui  usability  iphone 
july 2007 by mcroydon
Doing Local Right
Simon's writeup of his presentation. Quite humbling as usual.
journalism  local  newspapers  presentation  research  socialsoftware  usability  web  interesting 
june 2007 by mcroydon
Resource information: S60 Platform: Visualization and Graphic Design Guideline
An excellent article on designing for mobile devices with a particular focus on S60.
accessibility  design  dev  gui  interface  mobile  nokia  software  ui  usability  visualization  work 
march 2007 by mcroydon
Coding Horror: The Sugar UI
I've been playing with the Sugar UI within QEMU. I find it to be the first fascinating and innovative UI that I've seen in some time.
laptop  olpc  sugar  usability  ui  user-interface 
january 2007 by mcroydon
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Searching for a mobile interface
"Nearly a quarter of phones returned for being faulty are working properly, a recent survey suggested. The problem is people just cannot figure out how to use them."
bbc  design  interface-design  research  usability  user-interface  mobile  ui 
august 2006 by mcroydon
Serif Body Text Fonts
I feel skeezy linking to about.com, but this really is a good list of serif body text fonts.
design  font  fonts  type  typography  usability  webdesign  writing 
july 2006 by mcroydon
Midgard CMS - protoGrowl
Growl-like notifications with prototype.
javascript  ui  usability  growl  messaging 
june 2006 by mcroydon
Wired News: Just Give Me a Simple Phone
"OVERLAND PARK, Kansas -- Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model."
design  gadgets  phone  usability  mobile 
may 2006 by mcroydon
AIGA - Symbol signs
Nice. I almost feel like using one of these for a favicon, since mine is so eternally lame.
favicon  design  icons  image  logo  ui  usability 
april 2006 by mcroydon
F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
A very interesting detailed look at where people are looking on your page.
usability  design  web  web-design 
april 2006 by mcroydon
(W)UPS - Package Tracking Usability | Baekdal.com
While implementation details can be left as an exercise to the reader, the current state of package tracking is ugg-ly. I tend to use the package tracker dashboard widget which is lickable by comparison.
usability  package-tracking 
february 2006 by mcroydon
Web Usability - Source Order, Skip links and Structural labels
Some insight on how the order of your markup impacts those using screen readers.
accessibility  design  usability  web-design 
january 2006 by mcroydon
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