Can’t see the embedded flash above? [view low res | view high res] I like the way you can see the recurring pattern of a pristine design getting gradually tweaked and cluttered until it hits tipping point, then it gets … Continue reading
Check out these initial sketches for the Scribd user interface. This is what they should look like: messy and conceptual. For some reason, a lot of people still don’t get this. Being able to draw is a bonus, not a … Continue reading
I’ve been delivering a lot of User-Centred Design training lately at Flow, and I’ve noticed that when most people do paper UI sketching, they can’t help going “hi-fi”, and making very precise wireframes. It’s just too easy to get sucked … Continue reading
A while back I blogged about how Google was missing a trick with the name “froogle”. In short, its an in-joke that a lot of people just didn’t get (a pun combining “Google” with “frugal”), and didn’t even realise that … Continue reading
. Another great deal from Three.
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
(That’s windows with a small ‘w’) Steven Garrity discusses web based applications over at Acts of Volition. The following paragraph caught my eye: “The browser canvas already lives in a window, often in a tab inside that window. Filling it … Continue reading
Here I have put together a slideshow of the social aspects of the OLPC UI. I gathered the stills and information from the OLPC wiki. (The video is a mock-up of how the UI would work, if it were implemented … Continue reading
In Productivity and Screen Size, Jacob Nielson trashes a recent Apple survey on how fabulous large monitors are for productivity. (He doesn’t actually say he disagree’s with Apple’s results, just that their methodology was suspect). I’m not quite sure whether … Continue reading