September 2011

Sitemap 100

by Vishal Mehta September 30, 2011 Usability

Usability within usability. This feature simply presents a structured overview of what we have been talking about, over a span of 100 blog posts. A recap, a revisit, a recall, if you will. Let’s connect the dots… General/Broad View of Usability and User Experience UI a better world Emotions in Design Your Web – Your [...]

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What Role Does User Interface Play In Your App Decisions?

by Atul Dhakappa September 23, 2011 Applications

I have the privilege of making this 100th post for my dear friend, Vishal. Many thanks for offering this privilege to me. Having been in B2B marketing for close to 15 years now, I have faced numerous situations, where organizations go through painful evaluation processes to decide on the apps that are right for their business. In the last [...]

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Press The Word And Spot The Blog!

by Vishal Mehta September 19, 2011 Infographic

Enough has been written on the subject of which platform serves the best to a regular blogger, personal or business. Blogger or WordPress? This post again is a comparison, albeit from an overall usability and user experience dimension. I have used both Blogger and WordPress extensively; also, I’ve interviewed few regular bloggers on their user [...]

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Cutting The Footer: KickStarter

by Vishal Mehta September 17, 2011 Just One Other Thing

If you happen to visit the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects, Kickstarter, try “cutting” the footer by clicking on the scissors. Thrice. Hmm…they are really cut out for some loyalty

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‘CTRL+ENTER’ Is Not User Friendly

by Vishal Mehta September 15, 2011 Usability

Until sometime back, not typing a complete website address on a browser was cool and time-saving. Almost everyone had adopted the super short-cut of pressing CTRL+ENTER after typing the name of the site, to have the browser automatically complete the .COM and land on the correct site. We can see why somebody decided to have [...]

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Your Facebook Status of Last Year

by Vishal Mehta September 6, 2011 Just One Other Thing

A tiny but interesting “recall” feature introduced by Facebook for better user experience – more of an emotional connect than a functional one. When you open up your “Messages”, on the right-bar, Facebook posts your status of today’s date of last year (with number of comments and likes!!). Well done.

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Favicon UX

by Vishal Mehta September 3, 2011 Just One Other Thing

Google Calendar displays today’s date (!!) as a number on its favicon. Easily one of the best used examples of a dynamic favicon…

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‘Zero Click’ Usability on Chrome

by Vishal Mehta September 1, 2011 Applications

Google Chrome Update Mechanism What would you say to getting a better user experience without even a single click? Even better, how about a scenario when the user is complete unaware that he’s being served better without being bothered by information and decision-making questions that are repetitive and painful? Google Chrome is the noble angel [...]

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Lights Off on Minus

by Vishal Mehta September 1, 2011 Just One Other Thing

You may have come across few sites who allow you to change themes while you browse. From lighter to darker and vice-versa. Minus – the latest online file sharing and collaboration site also allows this, but not without giving you a reason to smile – with their wit. Observe the screenshots:

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