E-book readers like the Kindle may be getting better, but still fall short of the usability of paper books. You can’t turn or flip through pages, or compare different documents as you would with paper. A new prototype with two displays can do all that.
If you can't see the video, click here.It was developed by researchers at Maryland and Berkeley Universities, both US. It's very early days but they report that initial user reactions were positive. One downside mentioned by the testers…
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While the screenshots were not identified by particular dates, they were laid out from left to right in rough order of where they stood in Gmails evolution. In the very first screenshot, dating back to March 2002, we see Gmail when it was a simple Paul Buchheit hack to search his messages by keyword.
It’s really cool to see that a giant like Goolge struggles with the same problems and challenges as we do. My observation is that Google is not a user interface company , meaning they either keep it very simple (original Google…
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Thanks to Apple, we have seen a liberating movement towards simplistic, contextual interfaces. But can these UIs become the norm? In this post we take a look at the rise of the contextual UI and ponder if they will cross the chasm.
For the transition to happen the new approach needs to be embraced by more mainstream web sites. Will they go for it? The answer depends on whether they will think that the new UI approach, with contextual choices, is more complicated. Certainly…
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Some U.S. soldiers in Iraq are already equipped with wearable computer systems. But the lack of efficient input devices restricts their use to safer environments, such as the interior of a Humvee or a base station, where the soldier can set down his weapon and use the keyboard or mouse tethered to his body. Now RallyPoint, a startup based in Cambri
A typical wearable computer system consists of a helmet-mounted display and hardware the soldier wears around his waist. RallyPoint's engineers have designed their glove so that soldiers can grip other objects, such as their weapons or a…
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If youre interested in analyzing and optimizing your page layout - heres some extremely useful tools that you can use to help.
There are plenty of things you can look at such as average time it takes for a user to click on a link, a user’s hesitation on clicking a link, hover to click ratio, and much more. It also provides detailed reports and charts on your…
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Web forms dont have to be boring and, using CSS or Flash, you can easily make sure that they are appealing and effective. To get noticed, you need to come up with something unique and interesting ' symbols, icons, colors, position or the size of web form are often used to achieve interesting design solutions.
Nice list. As always, great visual inspiration. One bone to pick: Paregonta.com is neither Cubist nor Minimal. I think the words you’re looking for are squarish and simple. Cubism is about deconstructing an object from different…
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This is Vivalogo's list of the most beautiful free Javascript and Flash gallery software.
JaS is a highly customizable JavaScript library for easily turning your images into a collection viewable as a slideshow, and with fading effects, if desired. It also supports automatic thumbnail creation and tagging of images, so the viewers can…
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Between the ages of 25 and 60, people's ability to use websites declines by 0.8% per year ' mostly because they spend more time per page, but also because of navigation difficulties.
Based on extensive research, we've developed special Web usability guidelines for young children, teenagers, and senior citizens. Each of these age groups have specific characteristics that designers must understand to attract young or old…
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Ars sat down with Mozilla user design expert Alex Faaborg and discussed the Firefox 3 visual refresh. Among other things, he told us how Mozilla is improving platform integration in theming while defining a universal visual identity for the Firefox browser.
Creating the Windows Vista theme posed some unique challenges because the developers had a bit of trouble figuring out where to use certain Vista-specific aesthetic flourishes like black dialog toolbars. Another weakness in the Firefox 3 Vista…
“…what makes a good mobile application truly great? There are lots of examples out there, but what can mobile developers learn from them? Here are some common sense guidelines:”
You make some good points, however I think your assessment is iPhone centric which has numerous problems in and of itself. First of all, it isn’t a good idea to try and mimic the UI. A good mobile application should provide a great user…
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Here is the first follow-up to my last post, 3 Steps to an Organized Desktop. Once you freed your desktop from all the clutter, it’s time to decorate it with a kick-ass pretty wallpaper.
Currently over 450 unique wallpapers were made for this project by Russian digital artist Vlad Gerasimov. So take some time to dig through this wonderful archive. Images are available in low and high quality from 800 x 600 up to 1600 x 1200 pixel,…
Cool multiSuggestion tool, like facebook and apple. Based on Prototype library
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