Usability
The Magic Switch
Imagine: you’re back from getting fast food and you wolf down the deliciousness of trans fatty acids. You go to the restroom to clean up but uh oh, that triple patty bacon and cheese is coming out like a bag of bricks. Ripping through the throne you realize this is no walk through [...]
From Point A To B
Do you ever wonder why you find yourself in line waiting to realize that the end was not what you expected? Instead, it was just another hoop or hurdle you have to get through to reach that goal? Something as simple as getting from point A to B was really A through F. [...]
Definition of User Experience Design
Jesper Rønn-Jensen offers quite the definition to User Experience Design through the examples made from other leading industry leaders. He steps through the various definitions in a way that models the progression of common understanding. The end result is a quote that I feel very pleased with.
Focus on making it easy to be [...]
The Truth: One Liners, Please Listen
Ain’t it the truth? Seriously…
People ask me, “Ted, what’s the difference between ‘word processing’ and ‘desktop publishing’?” How the hell should I know? These are marketing terms, referring to packages set up for reasons that have nothing to do with conceptual sense or the user’s good.
One Liners
Desktop Metaphor Design Technique
This is an interesting new approach in taking the metaphor of desktop computing to a graphical representation. I actually admit that the functionality seems very usable and the introduction to spatial relationships is something that gives people a more realistic mental model of their document organization. My only question is if the “desktop” [...]
Quick Update On My Life
With so many passing days without blogging, I think I will just post a bunch of links of all the interesting discoveries I’ve come acrossed.
By the way, I sent in my two week notice with Banana Republic. The end of my life with retail seems to be at an end. Somewhat bitter sweet.
Principles [...]
F Shaped Patterned Reading
This is the sort of thing I love learn about in class. This is a brief introduction to an experiment conducted showing the eye movement patterns when a person visits a website. Different types of site structures were examined to find any relation or similarities. As it turns out, there is a [...]
