User Opinion

Cutting Edge Usability With Gillette Fusion

by Vishal Panchal November 15, 2011 Usability

Let me begin by saying that I am a Gillette user. Have been, since the time I could shave. I have always admired the way they went about hacking their own products with newer, better alternatives. And they weren’t just adding the number of blades to the… well razor blade to develop markets! Here in [...]

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Lean Back On YouTube

by Vishal Mehta November 7, 2011 Usability

Finally after many years Google made the first significant change in YouTube. YouTube LeanBack. This Flash-based micro-presence really is a benchmark in Usability and Minimalist behavior, while still providing all the features of YouTube. As the name suggests, you simply have to “lean back” and watch videos as soon as you launch YouTube LeanBack. It [...]

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For A Future-Friendly Web

by Vishal Mehta November 5, 2011 Usability

A beautiful presentation by Brad Frost, about the Content and Context of the future of the web. http://www.slideshare.net/bradfrostweb/for-a-futurefriendly-web

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Copy-Paste Special Characters

by Vishal Mehta October 17, 2011 Usability

Every time I had to use a copyright symbol (©) or a registered symbol (®) in my design mock-up, it was a time-consuming struggle. The Wingdings and Webdings are good, but kind of difficult to find and paste without a series of mouse actions. Even more tiresome using these in various web applications and platforms [...]

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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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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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Usability of Email

by Vishal Mehta June 28, 2011 User Experience

Email Communication paradigm was blessed with the invention of Email a few decades ago. Over so many years, there have been hundreds of Email programs and clients that have served us; but very little has changed really – in terms of Usability of Email. This, primarily in two aspects – how usable, and how useful. [...]

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The Unsung Nuisance

by Arpit Shah June 16, 2011 User Experience

I am of the opinion that a ‘saturated’ situation enables us to understand a situation to its fullest detail and examine the flaws. For example, all luxury cars are tested at full throttle in a simulated environment to understand if there are any issues/digressions from their stipulated targets. I am also of the opinion that [...]

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Usability at Traffic Signals

by Vishal Panchal June 8, 2011 User Expression

The other day, I was on my way to meet a friend and I crossed the signal just as it turned yellow. My fault. Theoretically, ideally and even practically, my fault. While I can go on with reasons why slamming the brakes as the signal turned yellow would have been a near disaster etc etc [...]

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Show the Password on My Mobile

by Vishal Mehta June 7, 2011 User Experience

Mobile Internet/Data usage is on the rise. I also am part of this revolution, where more and more sites and applications that were accessed via my laptop, I now access those on my BlackBerry. Smart phones are quite high when it comes to usability and user experience. However, one aspect that has intrigued me about [...]

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