nirav March 6th, 2007
Bruce Tognazzini writes about 10 most wanted design bugs. The list includes computers shutting down on power failure, items dimming out in menus, the Mac OS X Dock, non human URLs and more. It’s really an interest read (it has to be, coming from an expert!).
Here’s an example:
Bug Name: Power failure crash
Duration: >30 years
Supplier: Desktop computer manufacturers
Alias: “Oh, Sh–!”
Product: Desktop computers worldwide
Bug: If the computer loses power for more than a few thousandths of a second, it throws everything away.
Class of error: “That’s the way Grandpa did it…”
Principle: Protect the User’s Work
nirav February 7th, 2007
Albert Harum-Alvarez (of SmallCompany, one of our partners) conducted a Design Master Class in Mumbai today. It was fabulous! Albert is a user interaction design expert and his teaching style is amazing. Someone said he “slaps you gently” and I could experience that throughout the day! We learned about design, good design, different layout styles, design principles, meanings and design, and a whole lot of things. Reviewing work of the participants and coming up with solutions in areas where we were stuck was a rewarding experience.
I think we will not think the same way, when we are working on our next programming aspect. We are going to turn to user model from machine model!
Thanks Albert for the wonderful class! We look forward to more classes in India!
A few photos up here!
Magnet February 2nd, 2006
This week I found website of Stephane Guillot, a very talented web designer and illustrator from France. (Don’t worry, the website also has English version as well).
This site is very cartoonish in nature. The animations are very ingenuitive and entertaining. Please check all the links.
http://www.stephaneguillot.com/
Magnet January 20th, 2006
For those people who are tired to click the mouse button to get from one place to another, this is experimental flash site for you. In this site you will only have to click your mouse button once at the intro page.
After your first click, the entire site navigation is achieved using rollovers only. Just point your mouse where you want to go.
Hope you like this site. I never seen such site on the web.
http://www.dontclick.it
Magnet January 4th, 2006
Last week I searched some websites on the net to get some ideas to create a mock up for RIA Flash Header and I got following URL. When you visit this website you can know what Usability of website is. Because their interactions are so amazing.
This is a pretty neat website to navigate through mouse over animation. And their color combination is superb. I personally loved their animation.
Check this out: http://www.grafytestudios.co.uk/index2.html