I can’t believe how shockingly bad some major companies are when it comes to user interface design. These days there are just so many resources out there, so many knowledgeable people, and testing is so easy to do … there’s just no excuse for really horrible, hostile user interfaces. Exhibit #1 Notice the empty...
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Windows Phone 7 utilizes a start screen built from tiles, all of which are dynamic and customizable. Tiles can be used as-is, as “glanceable” heads-up displays to the information you care about, or you can jump into specific topic areas, task-specific destinations, called hubs, by clicking on one. Some hubs include People, Music+Video, and...
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From Brian Cray’s excellent recent post: Web form design guidelines: an eyetracking study An in-depth comparison of three form designs—Google mail signup, Hotmail signup, and Yahoo! Mail signup. The selection of forms are ideal because each form is long as well as unique in terms of label positioning, field grouping, and identification of required...
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This is far too cool for words, but I’ll try: It’s a reality-bending fusion of sketch, art film, computer UI, and video by a Dutch artist, Evelien Lohbeck. Maximize the video and watch it fullscreen – you’ll enjoy. Two things that come to mind: One: this creative genius deserves a Mac, not XP. Two:...
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If you design anything web, you must must must read 30 essential controls by Theresa Neil. Positively mouth-watering: As I commented on her site, I want want want these in an OmniGraffle stencil.
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