12 month ago
Linkorama : Google's "designer drain"- Adam Howell - Test driven design certainly has a huge place on the web — but it has to coexist with opinionated design. Otherwise you’re just giving the user what they think they need — and never creating something new and inspired that they couldn’t have other
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deusx : Aza’s Thoughts » Write the manual first. - "You don’t really know a subject until you’ve had to teach it. In the same way, you don’t really understand your interface until you’ve written a manual explaining how to use it. It can be a frustrating experience. Take for example the two ma
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18 month ago
Linkorama : Initial User Experience - Below are some of our favorite resources for companies that want to smarten-up quickly about User Experience.
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22 month ago
jonhicks : That design is money!
Andy Baio : Case study of redesigning the new Wells Fargo ATM user experience - Pentagram did nice work, though the buttons seem a bit too low contrast [via]
Rod Begbie : That design is money! - About the UI design of Wells Fargo ATMs. My decision to open a Wells Fargo account after moving to SF was largely influenced by the experience I had at one of their ATMs, so it's definitely a good design. [via] #
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33 month ago
43folders : Global Nerdy: The Lightswitch That Might Explain a Lot About Java - "The lightswitch design philosophy at Sun is quite clearly reflected in Java."
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54 month ago
WillPate : Webvisions 2005: BJ Fogg - Why Simplicity Matters (Podcast) - A most compelling presentation
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66 month ago
Richard MacManus : Jason Kottke: What happens when design(ers) has little to do with what's on the page? - And other great design qsts he'll be addressing at Web 2.0.
Paul Hammond : Design for Web 2.0 (kottke.org) - What happens when design(ers) has little to do with what's on the page?
plasticbag : Kottke's questions for "Design for Web 2.0" - This is an old one but really interesting. Lots of questions here that are worth asking
jkottke : A list of questions from a panel Jeff Veen, Jason Fried, and I did on Design for Web 2.0 - Rediscovered this while looking for something else last night: a list of questions from a panel Jeff Veen, Jason Fried, and I did on Design for Web 2.0 in Octobr 2004. Have we made any progress?
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72 month ago
doug : iTunes 4.5 released - Now includes embedded links within your own music library that link directly into the store via a smart search for artist, song, or album names. The store now integrates more QuickTime technology by allowing viewing of movie trailers and music videos dire
jkottke : Apple announces new version of iTunes - Apple announces new version of iTunes (iMix and Party Shuffle look interesting.)
Adam Gessaman : iTunes 4.6 is out - I can't find a changelog though.
plasticbag : iTunes 4.7 is a lifesaver! Now I can free up some space on my 40Gb iPod by getting rid of duplicate tracks - On the other hand, who in hell thought that using iTunes to sync your photos was a good idea? Surely iSync is the app for that? Except of course PC users don't have iSync - so now Mac design decisions are based on non-Mac users...
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