Archive for the ‘User Centered Design’ Category

Death of “Call for Actions” buttons!?!

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Prasant mailed in these cool AJAX based Online Dictionaries. Looks like the “Call for Action” buttons are no longer reqd. anymore in these scenarios. http://dictionary.sc/ | http://www.dictionary.hm/ | http://www.objectgraph.com/dictionary/

Next Gen Table on Google Calendar

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Google Calendar : The case of the missing vertical scroll bar on the Agenda Tab The vertical scroll bar is missing in the Agenda table. The rest of the tables in the other tabs have vertical scroll bar. Wonder why? Buttons with upward and downward arrows let the User navigate vertically, one ...

Bar Camp Chennai rocked!

Monday, April 10th, 2006

BarCamp Chennai held at Anna University did really rock! And How? Like a Hurricane!!! Camp at Anna University : Man, there’s something awesome about Chennai. Guess, its the PASSION with which the organizers, presenters and the audience interacted. Coupla demos did have some initial hangups, but hey what’s BarCamp without ...

Gmail Chat Review

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

#1 Observation : Security : Keeping my Inbox open all the time gives me security concerns. I dont want peers to see my inbox while am chatting. Guess this will also affect performance. Recommendation : A Minimize Inbox feature can be included. #2 Observation : “Quick Contacts”Top 20 Frequently Mailed ( Instant ...

UI Designer/ Usability Architect Jobs

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Usability Architect opening at Ilinois The UI Designer will be working within the Protection Architecture Group on the Next-Gen Release 2.0. This project is a large claims restructuring initiative. They are looking for a Usability expert with experience doing user tests, user studies, and UI inspections. This person will be attending ...