Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Usability
Philips Research magazine provides deeper look at simplicity commitment
The impact of Ajax on user experience
The difficulties of Web 2.0 measurement
Third generation Living Labs: the quest for user-centred mobile services
Faced with a context of a vast and still growing supply of relatively cheap and effective information and communications technology (ICT) and stimulated demand for new solutions to achieve mobility, even seamless mobility, Prof Jan Annerstedt and Sascha Haselmayer raise…
The Economist on mobile telephony and banking
“Most South Africans do not have bank accounts. But most do have mobile phones,” writes The Economist today in a story about mobile telephony and banking with a particular focus on Africa. “About half a million South Africans now use…
Interfaces for people, not products [UX matters]
“The digitising of information, the rapid rise of digital information systems, and increased access to those systems by a broad range of people have challenged the way in which we look at specialists and the roles they play”, writes Jonathan…
Style, function and the imperfect cellphone [International Herald Tribune]
Innovative user interface design [uiGarden]
Closed systems leave song buyers out in the cold [USA Today]
EU project to make the smart home more user-friendly
“Smart homes have been talked about for decades, but beyond a few concept houses and a few gadget-happy homeowners, little has been achieved in making them a bricks-and-mortar reality,” reports the EU’s IST Results website. “The TEAHA project team plans…
Joined-up experiences [The Guardian]
In a marketplace that offers a bewildering array of hardware, software and services, the company that prioritises ease of use stands a chance of winning, says Jack Schofield in The Guardian. In the article, he compares Apple’s vertical model of…
What is user experience design?
User-centred design not so good when designing breakthrough products
IBM invests $100 million in usability [CNET News]
World Usability Day on 14 November – major event in Milan
The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) organises on 14 November 2006 its second global World Usability Day, with events in more than one hundred cities around the world. The World Usability Day event in Italy, which is also aimed at a…
Philips: LiveSimplicity
Applied empathy: a design framework for meeting human needs and desires
“The methods most user experience professionals typically use today are, at best, incomplete and, at worst, without any meaningful focus,” writes Dirk Knemeyer in UXMatters. “There is not a successful, established approach and framework for closely linking the real-world needs…