If it has the word ‘button’ in it, it’s a good blog. At least that seems to be the case in my experience so far. I recently came across two excellent interaction design blogs, “The History of the Button” and “Upressable Buttons“ which talk about buttons in more depth than you ever thought possible.Â
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Archive for the 'Usability' Category
Buttons Buttons and More Buttons
Published by October 29th, 2007 in Human Computer Interaction, Uncategorized and Usability. 1 Commentiphones, smart phones and generally dumb ideas
Published by July 9th, 2007 in Human Computer Interaction, Mobile Devices, Product Design, Uncategorized and Usability. 5 CommentsSo, I’m still pretty excited about the iphone and I’d love to hear personal stories of use.
That being said, I was speaking with a client of mine the other day when the iphone came up. My client was saying that the iphone is not really a business person’s phone. His perspective was that [...]
Apple iPhone: Usable…Is it?
Published by June 27th, 2007 in Human Computer Interaction, Uncategorized and Usability. 5 CommentsAfter watching David Pogue’s review of the iPhone–it does pay to be a famous gadget reviewer because you’re always getting the latest and greatest well before it hits market–I realized that I’m just not sure how great of an innovation the iPhone is–if it at all!
Functionally speaking the phone is well beyond anything from Blackberry [...]
iPhone 1.0: What could possibly go wrong?
Published by June 22nd, 2007 in Humor, Mobile Devices, Uncategorized and Usability. 0 CommentsOK-Cancel posted this comic about the iPhone that I just had to share. I think this really captures the general attitude toward Apple products these days. Only time will tell if touch screen technology really is the wave of the future.
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Please Press The Yes Button
Published by May 20th, 2007 in Human Computer Interaction, Humor, Uncategorized and Usability. 1 CommentI just had to repost this from History of the Button:
So funny.
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Usability Matters: Web Sites That Suck
Published by March 20th, 2007 in Human Computer Interaction, Humor, Uncategorized, Usability and Videos. 1 CommentWith his 1996 launch of WebPagesThatSuck.com, Vincent Flanders has been a pioneer in the field of website usability.
WebPagesThatSuck.com became an extremely popular destination on the web, winning a number of awards including one of PC Magazine’s Top 100 Web Sites.
Because of the publicity his site received and his use of humor as a teaching tool, [...]
iPhone, Multi-Touch, and the “Death of the Button”
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Human Computer Interaction, Mobile Devices, Product Design, Uncategorized and Usability. 134 CommentsIn order to understand why interaction designers are so excited about the iPhone, we have to take a look at multi-touch technology.
What exactly is multi-touch?
Multi-touch is a human-computer interaction technique and the hardware devices that implement it. It is a kind of touch screen or touch tablet / touchpad that recognizes multiple simultaneous touch points, [...]
A User Friendly Search Engine for Baby Boomers
Published by January 10th, 2007 in Human Computer Interaction, Uncategorized and Usability. 0 CommentsEons, a 50-plus media company for boomers and seniors, announced the launch of Cranky.com today, the first age-relevant search engine.
Eons teamed up with Compete - an online consumer market research leader- to analyze the most popular Web sites among an estimated 500,000 Web users over the age of 45. Based on this research, the first [...]
Why is it Hard for Humans to Design Technology For Humans?
Published by January 5th, 2007 in Human Computer Interaction, Product Design, Uncategorized and Usability. 1 CommentIt’s easy to find fault with technology. It breaks, it is hard to use, it never seems to work the way you want it to. On the other hand, it’s also easy to forget how amazing today’s technology is. The things we do evergy day (take digital pictures, watch videos on the [...]
It’s Never Been A Better Year to do Your Holiday Shopping Online
Published by November 21st, 2006 in Human Computer Interaction, Uncategorized and Usability. 0 CommentsBlast Radius, a customer experience innovation firm, just released their annual report evaluating America’s best online shopping experiences. The report indicates that retailers have significantly improved their online shopping experiences since last Holiday season.
In the retail business, usability could not be more important. If top online retailers like Amazon and Walmart want [...]