May 2011

Back from Vacation

by IDYeah Labs May 26, 2011 Usability

Get Domestic Help for PCMC, Pune.

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Augmented Reality

by Praneet Pyati May 21, 2011 User Expression

As the technology grows, the end users of any product demands ease of use. Innovation combined with ease of use is what matters in the fast-changing-moving world of today. One such innovation that has become popular thanks to the smartphones of today is “Augmented Reality“.  It makes the surrounding world of the user come alive, [...]

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User Speaketh – iPhone 4

by Wei Kong May 20, 2011 User Experience

iPhone 4 is by far the best out of all the phones I have owned. It has a simple yet sleek design but is packed with features. I love the smooth transitioning between windows. It is something I didn’t realize how nice it was until I tried an Android phone which is quite choppy when [...]

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Usability of your Persona!

by Arpan Pathak May 18, 2011 User Experience

How to Project Champagne Taste on Beer Budget? Of all of the things you wear, your facial expression is the most important. Smile: a real smile starts in the heart, show around the mouth and moves up to the eyes and what you thought were wrinkles, are really your positive attitude indicators. A genuine smile has [...]

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User Speaketh – FlipBoard iPad App

by Prashant Gandhi May 17, 2011 User Experience

Hank Rearden, the protagonist in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, observed that new tools demand new designs and techniques. In the book, he invents a new type of alloy and then works fervently to re-imagine designs in construction such as  bridges and buildings. So what can one make of the contemporary tools like iPad? Logic suggests [...]

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Usability Process: What Users Do; Not What Users Say

by Vishal Mehta May 15, 2011 Process

A view through a magnifying glass on one aspect of the Usability Process – finding the need and gap… An age-old and common technique to find what users need is to interview them AND/OR give questionnaires to fill out. How many times you have been truthful while filling out a survey!? I mean, really truthful? [...]

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Security and Usability – II

by Amol Dharmadhikari May 12, 2011 Usability

In this follow up article to Security and Usability – I, we continue our earlier discussion and also look at some real world examples, of good as well as bad security, that affects the usability aspect. As mentioned earlier, it has been seen that usability and security are orthogonal concerns. But which one is more [...]

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Usability – The Process…

by Vishal Mehta May 10, 2011 Process

I’m often asked: Is Usability a scientific process? In other words, can anybody use documented methods, guidelines and techniques step-by-step and achieve a good usability output? I say: What about interpretations? You cannot institutionalize how one interprets the findings and executes the project. I believe that interpretation and applying patterns is the strongest aspect of [...]

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User Speaketh – MoneyControl Portfolio Manager

by Naresh Gaikwad May 7, 2011 User Experience

I know in this difficult times of finances (so called recession), where market is dropping 200 – 300 points everyday no one wants to check his portfolio  or earnings, I bet which would be in negative in this point of time No worries as these are bad times there will be good times also, which [...]

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Security and Usability – I

by Amol Dharmadhikari May 3, 2011 Usability

It is a truth universally acknowledged that systems that are deemed secure are unusable and systems that are usable are not very secure. As the old joke goes, the best way to prevent your computer from getting hacked is to shut it down! If the computer industry is to come up with secure systems that [...]

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