May 13, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Interface Design
I just wanted to share this website which my collegue just sent me.
You can click on to each item and read a snipet of the article for example, and click through to the full article if need be.
It’s certainly attractive to look at but it still needs some refinement.
I’ve seen variations of this, one interesting one (which i have to dig up the URL for) is a photo search engine, which searches the interenet for a word you enter and creates a globe of images that match your search. If you have a unique name, searching for your name will result in some interesting outcomes!
January 15, 2009
· Filed under Interface Design, user experience · Tagged Interface Design, usability, user experience
If you thought the User Interface (UI) used by Tom Cruise in Minority Report was fantastic, then you will be happy to hear it is finally a reality!
Imagine throwing out the mouse and using both arms to control the interface in front of you!
Although i have to say it must be tiring for your arms, its a exciting prospect!
What are your thoughts about the practicality of such an interface? It has potential in gaming that’s for sure!
November 25, 2008
· Filed under Interface Design, user experience · Tagged ease of use, Interface Design, user experience
I just wanted to mention how impressed i am with the new Themes introduced by Gmail earlier this week!
I was initially impressed by Googles approach to email, when they first released Gmail years ago (i forget how long ago it was now, but i was sitting in a lab at my university when a friend sent me an invite. At that stage it was by invitation only).
And i am still surprised to see people use Hotmail or Yahoo. I always wonder to myself “Don’t these people see how much easier it is to use Gmail?”. I myself could no longer be bothered to delete hundreds of spam daily from my Hotmail account, which effectively had no spam control (although they claimed they did).
I later found out that Hotmail had introduced a new field I’m my settings called something like “Share my email address with other companies” which they had conveniently TICKED on my behalf!!!
So i figured i had nothing to lose by trying Gmail. And i was pleasantly surprised when my inbox was no longer flooding with unwanted mail.
Plus the masive storage space they provided ( i think 2 gig initially compare to the other webmails who offered 200mb) meant i no longer had to delete any emails! Plus i could search all my mail, which gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling (lame i know but it makes the user feel secure)!
I also loved their approach to handling multiple emails between 2 people, by listing them under one conversation! Makes scanning your inbox so much simpler.
Then comes the Themes!
That was then and this is now, and im really enjoying my gmail themes!
As you can see i currently have the Candy theme set just for fun, but if thats too much for you, then you can also select from one of the or toned down designs.
While i was on Twitter however, i heard afew people complain that they did not like the new themes, so i guess im interested in hearing why/why not?
Are you one of those people that do not like the themes?
Im interested in hearing your comments!
