Canonical is investing in making its desktop more appealing and usable. Kudos to Mark Shuttleworth for taking this initiative. It is not very often that open source projects exclusively talk about appeal. [Continue]
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The Other Sense Of Touch
I tried the new iPhone in a store the other day. I have not been its fan since its birth, for reasons I cannot lay my finger on. However, one thing I realized that I perhaps was using the sense of touch in a different way. [Continue]
Designing Forms
A form, in many ways, is a critical interface of a Web application, rather any application. They still end up as frustration points for the user as well as the developer. Validations are popular, but there are some aspects which I have not read in many places. [Continue]
Epiphany Browser
I like discovering alternative browsers and like experimenting with them. Currently my default browser is Epiphany - the Web browser for GNOME desktop. I am still a KDE fan, but that does not stop me from evaluating and appreciating products on other environments. [Continue]
The Usability Of Undo And Warnings
Aza Raskin explains why warnings should never be used when you mean undo. Warnings make the user cautious about the action, which takes more time to resolve and can be frustrating for the end user. A guarantee of undo can provide a sense of security and let the user take direct actions. [Continue]
Multiple Page Posts
Lorelle rants against multiple page posts. I completely agree with her a better alternative might be to split the big article in multiple posts instead of multiple pages. Why? [Continue]
Usability Questions And Answers
Luke Wroblewski has documented some of the questions and his answers (Part 1 Part 2) on usability to them during the Usability 2.0 event. It is a good collection of the basics, fundamentals and thoughts on recent developments in simple and clear language. Take time to read through, I have found some things which can help me understand usability and incorporating usability in the design. [Continue]
The User Interface Friction
Jeff Atwood cites various instances of user interface friction. Any aspect of the UI design that makes its usage inconvenient and complex causes friction. Most of the times I have seen that it arises not because of lack of thinking, it is wrong automation. [Continue]
Search Engine Bigwigs And User Experience
It was interesting to read the impact of the search engine company and its philosophy on the user experience. Gord Hotchkiss has analyzed interviews with usability teams of the three bigwigs - Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Gord also looks at the balance of user experience and monetization each of them are setting with. [Continue]
Strings Or Numbers?
Bill Venners comments on David Heinemeier Hansson’s justification for using integers in URLs instead of semantic strings in Ruby On Rails. As an example, if you look at the URL of the Help of this blog, it is http://ifacethoughts.net/help. As against this, using integers would give you http://ifacethoughts.net/564 where 564 is the database ID of the page for help. [Continue]
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