Archive for the ‘User Centered Design’ Category
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Here’s the executive summary of usability test findings conducted on 3 next-generation smartphones: the Nokia N95, the HTC touch, and the Apple iPhone.
Users with no smartphone experience conducted a series of 8 tasks on each device in order to determine how the devices fared in terms of overall usability. ...
Posted in User Centered Design, User eXperience Design, Usability, Mobile Phones, Apple iPhone Tricks,Bugs,Hacks | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Interesting read, on how Nokia used ethnography to design for BOP among other stuff like using ethnographers as user emissaries instead of brand emissaries.
“”This sort of on-the-ground intelligence-gathering is central to what’s known as human-centered design, a business-world niche that has become especially important to ultracompetitive high-tech companies trying ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Often, credit card charges are duplicated erroneously by merchants . While some banking websites like Citibank, Amex lets you dispute these duplicate charges online, i was thinking more on the lines of a new feature that would alert the merchant and the credit card holder, through e-mail and/or SMS, ...
Posted in User Centered Design, Voice of the User - VOU | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Thanks to “eye wink” interfaces, users can bat their eyelids to play their favorite song or even play video games. Users need not use their hands to perform tasks , the system can serve as “a third hand” for caregivers, rock-climbers, car/motorbike drivers and astronauts, as well as people with ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Parking : The other day, a friend of mine and me took about 25 mins to commute from Point A to Point B , we used his GPS gadget to find the location, the shortest route et all. We also spent additional 15 minutes looking for an empty parking lot. ...
Posted in User Centered Design, Voice of the User - VOU, Usability | 4 Comments »