Usability Issues

LinkedIn iPad App Has a Privacy Hole

by Vishal Mehta May 3, 2012 Applications

Article first published as LinkedIn iPad App Has a Privacy Hole on Technorati. LinkedIn launched an App on iPad recently. How does it fare in experience as compared to browsing LinkedIn online? LinkedIn has sadly managed to create a disconnected quality between both experiences – from a browser vs through the App. It is inconsistent [...]

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Special Fare on MakeMyTrip

by Vishal Mehta January 28, 2012 Just One Other Thing

MakeMyTrip Unclear Results Today I was hunting for some flight travel deals on MakeMyTrip. Upon search, I found an interesting offer (see below pic). The best price offer comes with an uncertainty – that of the airline and the exact time of the flight. How am I supposed to “plan” without purchasing the ticket? The [...]

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What All Makes A Website Bad?

by Vishal Mehta November 25, 2011 Usability Issues

What are the indicators of a bad website? People know and talk about layout, navigation, color, font, resolution, movement, etc. that if gone wrong, would invariably make a website a bad example of usability and user experience. Plenty of sites discuss these elements effectively with examples. However, one of the most effective ones I saw [...]

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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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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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Useless Option in LinkedIn

by Vishal Mehta July 22, 2011 Usability Issues

LinkedIn is focused and arguably the best professional networking sites that is around. It also does a fairly good job at scoring high on usability – ease of use. However, there is one distinct element that is so unnecessary…and it completely reverses the usability effect in the feature. (This post assumes that the audience is [...]

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Farctate…Churlish…Frisson…Vulpine…Lalochezia…

by Vishal Mehta July 21, 2011 Usability Issues

My 2.5 year old daughter typed today’s title! Well, while you might appreciate the little joke about my daughter, I bet you’ll be turned off by taking effort to digest the words used in the title. Words. Let’s discuss the usability aspect of words… Words and their immediate interpretation – is what connects us with [...]

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User Speaketh – Citibank Portal

by Vishal Panchal March 17, 2011 Usability Issues

Citibank.co.in Daily issues I face! This is not really daily, more like monthly . But thought would mention this. Citibank added a few feature that allowed users to make their credit card payments online. This was a big plus. I just wish they paid more attention to usability. Overall the site isnt very high on [...]

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