Muthukumar Rajamani : Interaction Designer/Manager, Bangalore

Product Experience Management,User Reseach at Cisco Systems, India

Archive for the 'User Centered Design' Category

Death of “Call for Actions” buttons!?!

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/

26 June 2006 at 05:11 - Comments
I liked the 3rd one. It gives me the meaning of what i typed and also more than that. I ...
27 June 06 at 00:29
Hello Bala, nice to meet yet another Muthu in this field! Umesh, the 3rd one is the coolest.
27 June 06 at 00:53

Next Gen Table on Google Calendar

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 row at a time. Every [...]

21 June 2006 at 04:28 - Comments
May be a "next 12" or "next page" button which scrolls down agenda to the next set (a la google ...
27 June 06 at 00:32

Bar Camp Chennai rocked!

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 all these goof-ups. The Ramanujam Center [...]

10 April 2006 at 01:46 - Comments
hi muthu great post man . i wanted to attend BarCamp Chennai but can't manage to squeez enough time . ...
16 April 06 at 01:48
Vinu, Usability Daily! How cool. BTW, How does one get a OPML output ? Prasant, Catch you at Bangalore and congrats on your ...
17 April 06 at 04:25

Gmail Chat Review

#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 messages are considered to be [...]

22 February 2006 at 07:24 - Comments
Thats why they've provided a "popout" link at the bottom of the chat window. This allows the chat box to ...
15 February 06 at 01:52

UI Designer/ Usability Architect Jobs

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 project reviews. In addition, he/she [...]

21 December 2005 at 23:40 - Comments
Wish u a great New Year da!! :)
30 December 05 at 04:48
Hi Muthu... Ho w r u...? How is life...? Smile at the Past with Pride and Grace Live each today with Joy and Verve Look ...
31 December 05 at 06:56