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Year: 2006

20
Nov 2006

Interfaces of the Future

In February, New York University researcher Jeff Han revealed his latest prototype of a system he calls “interface-free”. It’s a screen where the user can..

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02
Nov 2006

Think Hard about how to Change Text Size on Websites

Over the past few years, the text resizing tool has become more and more popular on the Web. It is most frequently offered on news..

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31
Aug 2006

Personas yes, but…

If a recent article in Les Affaires’ e-journal, Personas…Grata? is any evidence, personas are becoming more and more popular with e-commerce strategists. This article, written..

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31
Aug 2006

"Beauty and the Bad"

We live in a world where aesthetics do matter. Whether in our social interactions or any other forms of interactions, aesthetics play a significant role..

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25
Aug 2006

Popular Despite its Sins…

“Tell me, Yu Centrik: how in God’s name is it possible that a site like MySpace.com, with its rotten user interface, is one of the..

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21
Aug 2006

“Evolution, not Revolution”… And so He was right!

One aspect of our jobs as usability consultants is to make sure the products of our clients can be used with ease, efficiency, effectiveness and..

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18
Aug 2006

15 candles for the Web!

To highlight the Web’s 15th anniversary, John Naughton, from the British journal The Observer, draws a list of the 15 Web sites that have made..

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15
Aug 2006

Touch Generations: Fun on the Run for Busy People

While video game technology is going through a sort of coming-of-age, some experts feel there’s been a clear decline in video game innovation. One of..

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09
Aug 2006

An error message without error?

Still about error management and recovery, last week I was working with Macromedia Dreamweaver when for no reason this message was displayed: An error message..

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03
Aug 2006

Reflections on the Importance of Feedback in Human-Computer Communications

You may have noticed that email programs sometimes behave a little strangely when they’re being bombarded by spam and other invisible threats. The lack of..

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