Words are a critical part of User Experience. I have been watching a bit of The Crown, a Netflix series based on the life of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd. It shows notable personalities like Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten, in their day to day life, and I recommend it for the detail. In a few scenes …
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Little things matter
I love designs which make people feel competent, in control. This is a DE coffee machine: And it has little half-moon shaped guides for keeping a cup. This gives a solid, physical indication to the user about where she should keep the cup. Many machines have round markers, but nothing physical. And it has happened …
Another Example of Direct Manipulation
I have noted the power of direct manipulation here. So, another example caught my mind when traveling in Dutch buses. These buses have a button near every seat which can be pressed, and that highlights the stop button on a screen far away, so that everyone can see it is on. But while this is …
Most digital products suck because you can’t get your hands on them (literally)
The problem with most digital products is that you can't touch them. Let me go out on a limb here and say that touching is one of the most basic human.. wants (can the word 'want' be noun-ed? I don't know, but you know what I mean). Think about a red bench with a sign …
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Multi-touch large screen museum painting mind-bending awesome stuff
https://youtu.be/N3TDeFEr-c8 This is something we found at the Escher Museum in the Hague, Netherlands. I love the experience of Multi-touch on a very large screen. The final image is shown below, taken from here. Of course, I strongly recommend checking out the mind-bending work of this guy. Mr. Jobs himself marketed multi-touch as awesome. I …
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Capturing User Feedback
Saw this on the bus I take everyday. I love this idea - of getting customer feedback right at the place where the user experiences the product. And I love the physicality of it, versus the watered down surveys we have all had the pleasure (cough!) of using. The company, foursmileys, offers this for a …
