Monthly Archives: December 2006

“It’s not a website – it’s an application”

Proponents of various abuses of Flash and Ajax cleverness have a frequent defence of their sins: “I’m allowed to break the back button, bookmarking and ‘open in new window’ and all that other stuff people take for granted because that … Continue reading

Photoshop CS3 – usability is more than just UI

Adobe have uncharacteristically released a public beta of the new version of Photoshop – mainly so those people with shiny new Intel Macs don’t have to put up with running Photoshop under emulation any longer. Everyone’s very excited. There’s a … Continue reading

why splitpane views suck… (but they suck less than other stuff)

SitePen Blog » Blog Archive » why splitpane views suck.. He’s got a point and Gmail is a marvel in it’s range of subtle usability tweaks. But on the desktop splitpane views are pretty much becoming the norm. And as … Continue reading

The new Photoshop will be limited to producing compelling content only

I’ve read several pieces from Adobe listing the new features due in Photoshop CS3. One of the new features is the ability to “design, preview, and test compelling mobile content”. Whilst I understand the need to cater to those who … Continue reading

Good Alertbox this month!

It’s almost like the old curmudgeon is getting whimsical in his old age. I especially like number 3. Of course he has to go and spoil it at the end by tacking on a moral. But in British pub discussions … Continue reading

Accessibility Field Testing

When people normally think about accessibility they normally think about standards compliance, automated tests, and box ticking. This is really important stuff, but it isn’t user-facing. In other words, you don’t get to find out what it is really like … Continue reading

Why Three aren’t scared of offering unlimited Skype

Craig Barrack had a great article in the NMA last week explaining why Three aren’t scared of offering unlimited Skype and Instant Messenger … on their top end “X-Series” contracts, for now. Conventional wisdom on the future of mobile operators … Continue reading

OLPC gets discussed on Diggnation

Note: if you follow diggnation you will have seen this before (its two weeks old).

Interesting IA on samsungtechwin.com

Is the UbiComp conference getting a bit too in-turned?

“Using an “eating your own dog’s food” approach, the UbiComp2007 Challenge is seeking for submissions of how to implement an audience voting system to finally determine the winner of the “Best Presentation Award” [Read more here] I’ve seen so much … Continue reading