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Year: 2009

31
Jul 2009

Captcha Tests (1/2): Less Effective Every Time

If you’re a regular Web surfer, you’ve probably signed up for online services like email, e-commerce or social networks… You’ve probably also noticed that when..

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13
Jul 2009

Inclusive Design: Usable, yet Educational

On its official blog, Google has recently announced the production of a new, lightweight, simplified operating system: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html To commemorate the occasion, I thought I..

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29
Jun 2009

Do you dream of tangible interfaces?

Touch interfaces are becoming more and more popular. The iPhone and its younger brother, the iPod Touch, are highly responsible for this recent popularization. We..

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23
Jun 2009

SmartTV: sooner than we think?

I wrote up a brief report on the EuroITV conference, held in Leuven, Belgium from 3 to 5 June, where Jay Vidyarthi and I presented. ..

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17
Jun 2009

Do You Have a Good Security Question?

Let’s quickly review why, and under what conditions, these questions are used. Secret questions (security questions) are most often used when a user has forgotten..

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11
Jun 2009

Terminology: a major problem in vocal interface design

Yu Centrik has worked on several projects assessing Interactive Voice Response (IVR) interfaces. We have conducted an evaluation of four automated telephone systems for various..

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10
Jun 2009

EuroITV 2009: Design Perspectives

Pierre-Alexandre Lapointe and I recently presented some Yu Centrik research on design methodology and alphanumeric input for interactive TV at Euro ITV 2009 in Leuven,..

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11
May 2009

Yu Centrik invites you to its 3rd annual ChitChat!

Building on the success of our second ChitChat evening last year, Yu Centrik is repeating the festivities on Monday May 25th, at 5:30 pm. Talk..

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08
May 2009

Safe zone in web browsers

As a usability consulting firm, we perform a lot of usability tests on websites. One of the methods we use involves remote testing. Remote testing..

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25
Apr 2009

Plug-in Advertising

Target has issued a series of ads in the New York subway system for a live album by singer John Legend.  The ads feature a..

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