Posts Tagged ‘usability’
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Too often in our enthusiasm to get the look and feel right, we forget that Content makes up for one of the primary deliverables. Content planning (what, why) and delivery (How, When, Where) is key to design so next time when you are creating those pretty wire-frames inserting “Lorem Ipsum….” pause, think is this good content?
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Tags: Content Strategy, Search Engine Optimisation, usability, user experience design, Wireframe Design
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Sometimes you come across articles that make you go “Huh! Wish someone told me that earlier” . Here are two that will help you create highly secure, usable and easy to remember passwords.
Hope these help you to create usable, secure and easy to remember passwords 
Tags: easy to rememeber passwords, password, password tips, password usability, secure passwords, usability, Usable passwords
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
You may have already heard or read on numerous blogs and online portals the various methods to increase ranking on search results. Most of these articles, if not all, focus on SEO and optimising pages or content for search engine spiders. But, what about the User?
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is not about optimising for these Google bots or XYZ search engine but more about optimising for humans, for users – your target audience. Here is what I call, Audience Based Optimisation (ABO), comes in.
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Tags: Better SEO, HTML Alternate text, HTML TITLE element, Keyword density, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, SEO, the title tag vs title attribute, usability, user experience design
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Saturday, March 7th, 2009
In my earlier post I mentioned that it is not possible to send multiple text messages from an iPhone 3G. I stand corrected. Sending SMS/Text messages to multiple contacts is possible on the iPhone. The user interface is not intuitive, leaving users perplexed when trying to send SMS/Text messages to multiple contacts.
Here is how you can send SMS/ Text message to multiple contacts/people:
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Tags: Apple iPhone, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone features, SMS, Text message, usability, user interface
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
The iPhone 3G and what it lacks for SMS/Text messaging:
- No Copy/Paste feature
- No SMS/Text Forwarding facility
- No facility to SMS/Text multiple recipients
- No Character count
- SMS Preview a privacy concern (can be turned off but a bit cumbersome to do so)
For the good parts, the iPhone 3G does have some pretty useful applications available. I have been using the Map application and Twitterific extensively. Also, the WiFi allows me to check emails, use Twitter, Facebook, download podcasts directly to my iPhone, all using my internet connection at home. This way I save on the data usage allocated by my service provider and can use it on the road the next time I’m lost again
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Tags: Apple iPhone, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone features, iPhone Privacy, SMS, SMS preview, Text message, usability, user interface
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Finally, after much deliberation, I got my iPhone 3G.
First impression? Awesome!!! The much talked about UI is really slick and unlike most phones available on the market.
Fun? Yes!!!
Intuitive? No!!!
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Tags: Apple iPhone, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone features, iPhone SIM, SIM, SMS, Text message, usability, user interface
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
It happened a few days ago and again yesterday afternoon.
A colleague was working on Microsoft Office Word 2007 for the first time and as I walked passed he asked, “I know this is a real dumb one, but do you know where the ‘Save as’ button is on this?”.
I could understand his confusion as I had been through it the first time I experienced Microsoft Office 2007 about a year ago. As usual, I used Ctrl + O to open a MS Word document and after modifying it a bit wanted to save it with another name.
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Tags: Google favicon, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office Word, MS Word, Office Button, usability, user interface, Word
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