Samsung E900 usability take-down
If you’re in the UK you may have seen this in The Guardian today, but if not – check out this this article by Charlie Brooker. A great takedown of the Samsung E900… As he puts it: “The whole thing … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2007
Nielsen calls the OLPC design approach “reckless” (and so do I)
In this BusinessWeek article, Jakob Nielsen calls the OLPC UI design approach “reckless” because they have done no user testing so far. Meanwhile, John Maeda bizzarely praises process as “…the Steve Jobs method. […] You don’t use focus groups. You … Continue reading
New accessibility blog
My chum Mel works for a company called Headstar who – from the one’s I’ve met – seem like thoroughly decent chaps. They describe themselves thusly: “Headstar is an independent publishing house and events organiser based in Brighton focused on … Continue reading
Vista Vista Vista
I’ve finally got a copy of Vista running at home. I’m mainly going to use it as a Media Center and I’d like to say that there’s lots of thing I like about it. I’d like to say that because … Continue reading
Are you giving away your login details for all your accounts?
Woah there! You’ve found yourself on an old article. Take note of the date before reading. Ok I acknowledge that I’m no security expert and this probably isn’t a major security risk, but do you recognize this scenario? You’re on … Continue reading
Crappy things about iTunes & iPods
Now I’m a Mac lover, but there are some things about iTunes and iPods that drive me nuts. When you’re listening to your ipod and a crappy song comes on, there is no option to trash it. If you import … Continue reading
On the whole – unrelated to each other…
The Help Desk (via My Confined Space – be warned some of the other stuff there isn’t particularly safe for work – or particularly good – but the video clip is a corker) The Museum of Lost Interactions (via Boing … Continue reading
Don’t release early, release often (all the time)
I’ve recently been talking to a number people about the “release early, release often” mantra. If you’re working on a new web app for the mass consumer market, be very wary. “Release early, release often” was written with open source … Continue reading
Mouse-over menus done right
There’s been a lot of talk lately about Snap’s “preview anywhere” mouse-over menus lately, and how they are a usability nightmare. Well, I’d like to add my 2p by turning this discussion on its head and pointing out a couple … Continue reading
Disinformation design
Check out the full size version of this sceen grab. Imagine you are planning on buying a new contract for your mobile phone. This deal looks good doesn’t it? 2000 minutes & 1000 SMS for only £25 a month, with … Continue reading