August 2011

Copy-Paste On Google Docs

by Vishal Mehta August 30, 2011 Just One Other Thing

The new interface and new feature by Google Docs is really wow! You can “copy” multiple times before doing a “paste” and still retain all the copied text in the clipboard for later use (blue box). Plus, you can retain the copied items across sessions; you exit and return, and it’s still there until you [...]

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Visual Guide to UX Career

by Brian Wallace August 25, 2011 Infographic

Source of the infographic: Click Here        

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Unsubscribe: Please Allow Me An Exit

by Vishal Mehta August 23, 2011 Usability Issues

Unsubscribing from websites and newsletters has been a regular chore for me lately. I’m unable to grasp how many places I’ve been registered to receive hundreds of mails I never read. Sure, once in a while I get a lucky break where some interesting read makes its way to my mailbox at the very time [...]

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Pep’pee’ Signs

by Vishal Mehta August 21, 2011 Just One Other Thing

If you ever need to ‘go’ in Sao Paulo, better co’pee’ these signs… That’s what I call, a user exPEErience!

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Originality – A Design Myth.

by Vishal Mehta August 20, 2011 User Opinion

Original Design? Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you [...]

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Proposed Usability Strategy

by Vishal Mehta August 19, 2011 Business

Assuming you believe that Usability is a significant contributor towards reaping the benefits from your IT investment, it is very important to strategize – understanding various aspects and your own priorities. We discussed the business value of Usability in another post and how it should be an important dial of measure; this post – we [...]

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Welcome Board

by Vishal Mehta August 13, 2011 Just One Other Thing

Almost all companies located within a decent premises have a “Welcome Board” as part of their reception or entrance area. I have seen enough boards to be able to put “just one other thing” perspective to this subject. I thank one of my dear friends for this perspective – I was a personal witness to his practical [...]

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Top Usability Problems – Pie Chart

by Vishal Mehta August 7, 2011 Usability Issues

  Top Usability Problems Pie Chart by Jakob Nielsen. Original image link at: Niall Kennedy’s Flickr Photo Stream

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Facebook Questions Are Questionable

by Radha Giri August 6, 2011 Just One Other Thing

Have you explored the questions feature in Facebook? Strangely the question type (single answer/multiple answers) depends on whether you allow or not allow adding of additional options. If you allow users to add options, the question type becomes Multiple Answer (allowing selection of multiple options). When you do not allow that option, the question becomes [...]

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