Yearly Archives: 2012

Apple’s Newsstand unsubscription process is a joke

Purchasing an auto-renewing subscription to a Newsstand publication on an iPad is incredibly easy. You basically just tap “buy subscription”, tap confirm and you’re done. So how hard is it to unsubscribe? Well, it involves a 12 step process so … Continue reading

Mr Tappy: a filming rig for mobile and tablet usability testing

My good friend Nick Bowmast has created Mr Tappy, a rather well engineered kit for mounting cameras onto mobile devices and tablets, for the purpose of filming the screens for usability testing. The rig costs $289.00, which isn’t expensive when … Continue reading

An introduction to Web Intents – an interview with Glenn Jones

Glenn Jones is a Founder/Director of Madgex. Glenn is currently co-organising a Design-Push event on Web Intents in Brighton (25-Feb-2012). If you work in UX and you don’t know much about Web Intents, you’re missing out on a discussion that … Continue reading

Why I never use panels provided by remote usability testing services

User research. It’s right there in the name. A user is someone who actually uses your service. Equally valid is the idea of a “target user” – someone who doesn’t yet use your service, but has a genuine need that … Continue reading