90 percent of everything : Usability Blog

Written by Harry Brignull

This is a pretty interesting presentation from Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s Executive Vice President (4/12/07). He says, fairly bluntly:

• Right now, the Nokia Handset User Experience has scope for improvement
• There are inconsistency problems between applications.
• Discoverability can be a problem (apps and content can feel ‘hidden’)
• Syncing and storage is currently difficult

Admitting there’s a problem, as they say, is the first step towards a cure. With a message like this coming from the top, we can expect some pretty radical improvements coming soon.

The iPhone isn’t mentioned, but I can’t help thinking that it’s spurred on a user-experience supremacy race. Great news for end-users.

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Imagine it’s 4.30pm on a weekday. Are you allowed to park here? if so, how long for?

This is a great example of disinformation design from Haringey council in North London. Because the council profits from poor information design, this sign is unlikely to ever get fixed.

Poor readability > parking mistake > £100 ticket > profit for council

I’m sure we’d all love to be in a position where bad design makes you MORE money. But of course that never happens on the web, does it? Or does it?