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UI Fail : “Download Collection” and Collection...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:00 -0500

UI Fail : “Download Collection” and Collection are placed at opposite ends of Window on Google Fonts. Instead, they should have been placed close to each other as they are associated with each other.

300(Movie) Dialogue visualized using Kinetic Typography.

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:18:00 -0400

300(Movie) Dialogue visualized using Kinetic Typography.

A Gamification Framework for Interaction Designers | UX Magazine

Fri, 27 May 2011 20:12:22 -0400

A Gamification Framework for Interaction Designers | UX Magazine:

Great Article!

Mumbai Dabbawaalas : The Lunch Box Delivery Man A Video...

Wed, 11 May 2011 17:46:42 -0400

Mumbai Dabbawaalas : The Lunch Box Delivery Man

A Video created by me which highlights how efficient the Mumbai Dabbawaalas are.

Firefox Design Evolution : http://t.co/oRDGif6

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:44:00 -0400

Firefox Design Evolution : http://t.co/oRDGif6

Usability Problem : One can not distinguish between video and images while importing from a...

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:50:23 -0400

Usability Problem : One can not distinguish between video and images while importing from a device in Picasa. Picasa shows a video icon once video is imported but before importing there is no such indication.

Comparsion of Tabs of Firefox4b, Chrome10a and Safari 5

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:47:00 -0400

I recently looked at Firefox, Chrome and Safari Tabs, as I was curious how different browsers handle tabs. Here are some of the points which i noticed.

POSITION – TABS ON TOP OR BOTTOM OF ADDRESS BAR

Firefox 4 and Chrome 10 have tabs on top of address bar and safari has tabs on bottom of address bar.

CLOSE BUTTON (x)

Firefox shows close button ( x ) on right end of a tab. If more than 7-8 tabs (exact number varies with screen size) are open, Firefox will show close button on active tab only.

Firefox also shows close button ( x ) on right end of a tab. Chrome will hide close button when more than 15-20 tabs (Exact number varies with screen size) are open.

Safari shows close button on left end of tab only when user moves mouse over a particular tab.

FAVICONS

Firefox shows Favicons for website and “A Blank Document Icon” as favicon for newly open tabs and for websites which doesn’t have a favicon.

Chrome shows favicons for websites, which has favicons and just display title for other websites.

Safari doesn’t show favicons on tabs.

SIZE OF TABS

In Firefox, tab width decreases till a constants size after which tabs starts shifting and user can use arrow marks to browse through Tabs.

In Chrome, When user opens many tabs, tabs width decreases. Whenever user opens a new tab, with of all the tabs decrease.

Safari shows similar behavior as Firefox. In case of safari if user open lots of tabs he can look at all the tab by clicking on arrow icon on right end of tabs.

RT @barbaraballard: Social patterns: http://www.socialdesignpatterns.com/ #sxswi

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:23:10 -0400

RT @barbaraballard: Social patterns: http://www.socialdesignpatterns.com/ #sxswi

RT @hibbittsdesign: Two mobile UI design pattern collections for iOS http://t.co/r2UMFLz...

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:51:30 -0500

RT @hibbittsdesign: Two mobile UI design pattern collections for iOS http://t.co/r2UMFLz http://t.co/NIJuSr6 and one for Android http:// …

Removing a Folder in Yahoo Mail!—Bad User Experience

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:27:00 -0500

After reading one of the answers on Quora, I came to know that Yahoo has released a new version for Yahoo Mail.

Soon after upgrading Yahoo Mail to latest version, I tried to delete one of my folders. Right clicking on folder showed me context menu with several options including Remove Folder.

I clicked on Remove Folder option and received a popup that said—

Why can’t Yahoo Mail provide users with an option of removing folder with mails in it. An options which will also remove mails in folder will save users time of selecting and deleting all the mails. I believe making such small changes can make user job easier, thus improving user experience of system.

Side Note: Providing options of Emptying Spam and Trash folder in context menus of every folder doesn’t make sense.

Don Norman: After all, if we never changed anything how could we make thing better...

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:25:39 -0500

Don Norman: After all, if we never changed anything how could we make thing better http://t.co/jM9wAPx

RT @cvilly: Useful tips for those new to mobile - Top 6 Mistakes to Avoid in Mobile Usability...

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:59:26 -0500

RT @cvilly: Useful tips for those new to mobile - Top 6 Mistakes to Avoid in Mobile Usability http://s.cvil.ly/gqUTNt

Information Architects – iPad: Scroll or Card? http://t.co/g5EXGo8

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:56:07 -0500

Information Architects – iPad: Scroll or Card? http://t.co/g5EXGo8

RT @cvilly: Android app revenue grows 862%, but Apple revenue is still 82.7% of the $2 billion total...

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:07:51 -0500

RT @cvilly: Android app revenue grows 862%, but Apple revenue is still 82.7% of the $2 billion total market. http://j.mp/gR8Ra7

Can't User Centered Design Make Breakthrough Innovations

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:21:00 -0500

Recently I read an article which points out why User Centric Companies cannot make breakthrough innovation. I really wanted to write how article shows user centered approach in a wrong way, but I found another blog post by cooper which highlights all the points I wanted to make. Have a look at both the articles.

UPDATE: Another blog post was written by Alan Cooper on same topic. A must read!

Accessibility First—for a Better User Experience for All

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:40:43 -0500

Accessibility First—for a Better User Experience for All

Form Blunder : Form to download Office for Mac

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:38:00 -0500

After hearing a lot of good reviews of Office 2011, Yesterday I decided to download trial version from microsoft website. And here I encountered another blunder with forms. Just after selecting email address from list of my past email address, errors in yellow color appeared on screen. I never tried to submit form till this time.This is just one of the defective forms on web.

Small Changes : Print Dialog Box in Firefox 4 Beta

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:17:00 -0500

I use Firefox all the time, to browse hundreds of article everyday. I like to print long articles so that I can read them offline. While playing with print Dialog Box yesterday, I realized that Firefox 4 Beta Print Dialog Box can be improved.

PRESENT INTERFACE

First lets see current print feature in Firefox on Mac. If I want to print an article, I will click on Print option in file menu or press Command P which will open Print Dialog Box as shown in figure

When Print Dialog Box is open user cannot not scroll the page which he wants to print.

SUGGESTION FOR CHANGES

New Print Dialog box should allow people to scroll down and up on page they want to print. Making this small change will give people more control while printing.

I ♥ UX Design :)

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:51:16 -0500

I ♥ UX Design :)