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		<title>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 4)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah seri penilaian web usability Lion Air.  Bagian-bagian tersebut adalah:
1. Pendahuluan dan Sekilias Lion Air
2. Kriteria evaluasi dan penilaian heuristic 1-5
3. Penilaian heuristic 6-10
4. Kesimpulan, Penutup, dan Referensi</p>
Kesimpulan
<p>Situs Lion Air yang bertindak sebagai company profile dan costumer service dirasa sudah memenuhi tingkat usability yang baik. Pengunjung pertama kali dapat langsung menggunakan website dengan baik walaupun mempunyai learning curve yang besar karena banyak ketidak konsistenan dalam hal layout dan kurangnya petunjuk atau tips penggunaan website.</p>
Penutup
<p>Walaupun website Lion Air termasuk usable dan pengguna masih dapat melakukan tujuannya, perlu ada perbaikan-perbaikan kecil dalam hal layout dan struktur website. <p>Continue reading <a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-4/">Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 4)</a></p>


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 3)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 3)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 2)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 2)</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah seri penilaian web usability </em><a href="http://www2.lionair.co.id/default.aspx" target="_blank"><em>Lion Air</em></a><em>.  Bagian-bagian tersebut adalah:<br />
1. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/"><em>Pendahuluan dan Sekilias Lion Air</em></a><em><br />
2. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/"><em>Kriteria evaluasi dan penilaian heuristic 1-5</em></a><em><br />
3. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-3/"><em>Penilaian heuristic 6-10</em></a><em><br />
4. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-4/"><em>Kesimpulan, Penutup, dan Referensi</em></a></p>
<h1>Kesimpulan</h1>
<p>Situs Lion Air yang bertindak sebagai company profile dan costumer service dirasa sudah memenuhi tingkat usability yang baik. Pengunjung pertama kali dapat langsung menggunakan website dengan baik walaupun mempunyai <em>learning curve</em> yang besar karena banyak ketidak konsistenan dalam hal layout dan kurangnya petunjuk atau tips penggunaan website.</p>
<h1>Penutup</h1>
<p>Walaupun website Lion Air termasuk usable dan pengguna masih dapat melakukan tujuannya, perlu ada perbaikan-perbaikan kecil dalam hal layout dan struktur website. Tentu saja penilaian web usability ini tidak mencakup seluruh point, tetapi ini akan cukup membantu pihak yang terkait untuk meningkatkan kualitas website mereka.</p>
<h1>Referensi</h1>
<p>1. <a title="http://www.useit.com" href="http://www.useit.com">http://www.useit.com</a></p>
<p>2. Web Usability Guide &#8211; <a title="http://www.webcredible.co.uk" href="http://www.webcredible.co.uk">http://www.webcredible.co.uk</a></p>
<p>3. Web Usability: Principles and Evaluation Methods &#8211; <a title="http://www.webml.org" href="http://www.webml.org">http://www.webml.org</a></p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 3)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 3)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 2)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 2)</a></li>
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		<title>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah seri penilaian web usability Lion Air.  Bagian-bagian tersebut adalah:
1. Pendahuluan dan Sekilias Lion Air
2. Kriteria evaluasi dan penilaian heuristic 1-5
3. Penilaian heuristic 6-10
4. Kesimpulan, Penutup, dan Referensi</p>
6. Recognition rather than recall
<p>Tidak ditemukan</p>
7. Flexibility and efficiency of use
<p></p>
<p>Masalah Ditemukan: Pengguna harus memilih negara dan bahasa pada setiap kunjungan melalui splash page.</p>
<p>Tingkat Masalah: Medium</p>
<p>Solusi Masalah: Dengan menyimpan pilihan pengunjung, sehingga pada kunjungan berikutnya tidak perlu memilih negara dan bahasa kembali.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p>Masalah Ditemukan: Banyak halaman yang mati dan dalam tahap “Under Construction”</p>
<p>Tingkat Masalah: High</p>
<p>Solusi Masalah: Lakukan pengecekan berkala pada halaman-halaman yang mati. Jangan mempublish halaman yang hanya menampilkan <p>Continue reading <a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-3/">Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 3)</a></p>


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 2)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 2)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 4)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 4)</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah seri penilaian web usability </em><a href="http://www2.lionair.co.id/default.aspx" target="_blank"><em>Lion Air</em></a><em>.  Bagian-bagian tersebut adalah:<br />
1. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/"><em>Pendahuluan dan Sekilias Lion Air</em></a><em><br />
2. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/"><em>Kriteria evaluasi dan penilaian heuristic 1-5</em></a><em><br />
3. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-3/"><em>Penilaian heuristic 6-10</em></a><em><br />
4. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-4/"><em>Kesimpulan, Penutup, dan Referensi</em></a></p>
<h5>6. <strong>Recognition rather than recall</strong></h5>
<p>Tidak ditemukan</p>
<h5>7. <strong>Flexibility and efficiency of use</strong></h5>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image11.png" border="0" alt="image" width="606" height="383" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Pengguna harus memilih negara dan bahasa pada setiap kunjungan melalui splash page.</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah: </strong>Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Dengan menyimpan pilihan pengunjung, sehingga pada kunjungan berikutnya tidak perlu memilih negara dan bahasa kembali.</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image12.png" border="0" alt="image" width="606" height="242" /></p>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image13.png" border="0" alt="image" width="508" height="327" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Banyak halaman yang mati dan dalam tahap “Under Construction”</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: High</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Lakukan pengecekan berkala pada halaman-halaman yang mati. Jangan mempublish halaman yang hanya menampilkan pesan “Under Construction”.</p>
<h5>8. <strong>Aesthetic and minimalist design</strong></h5>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image14.png" border="0" alt="image" width="548" height="194" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Halaman Pop-up dan penggunaan Javascript</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Penggunaan Javascript untuk sendiri sebaiknya dihindari ditambah dengan halaman pop-up. Halaman popup mengakibatkan pengguna kehilangan orientasi. Hindari penggunaan halaman pop-up.</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image15.png" border="0" alt="image" width="444" height="267" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Penggunaan grafik dengan kualitas gambar rendah</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Low</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Gunakan grafik dengan kualitas sedang dengan tetap memperhatikan ukuran gambar.</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image16.png" border="0" alt="image" width="305" height="194" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Tidak ada icon pada link file pdf</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Low</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Berikan ikon pada file-file pdf</p>
<h5>9. <strong>Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors</strong></h5>
<p>Tidak Ditemukan</p>
<h5>10. <strong>Help and documentation</strong></h5>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Tidak ada Sitemap</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: High</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat halaman khusus sitemap. Sitemap berguna untuk menolong pengunjung dan bot <em>search engine</em> untuk menemukan halaman pada sebuah website.</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>:Tidak ada halaman <em>Help</em> atau FAQ</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat halaman khusus untuk menampilkan fungsi Help atau bisa dengan membuat halaman <em>Frequently Asked Question </em>(FAQ).</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Tidak ada petunjuk bagaimana pengunjung memesan tiket</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat semacam petunjuk di halaman awal bagaimana pengguna dapat memesan tiket.</p>


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<li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 4)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 4)</a></li>
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		<title>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah seri penilaian web usability Lion Air.  Bagian-bagian tersebut adalah:
1. Pendahuluan dan Sekilias Lion Air
2. Kriteria evaluasi dan penilaian heuristic 1-5
3. Penilaian heuristic 6-10
4. Kesimpulan, Penutup, dan Referensi</p>
Kriteria Web Usability
<p>Pada evaluasi web usablity kali ini akan menggunakan Nielsen heuristic untuk perancangan antarmuka dan evaluasi (http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html).</p>




Heuristic


Description



Visibility of system status
The system should always keep users informed about what is going on, through appropriate feedback within reasonable time.


Match between system and the real world
The system should speak the users&#8217; language, with words, phrases and concepts familiar to the user, rather than system-oriented terms. Follow real-world conventions, making information <p>Continue reading <a href="http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/">Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 2)</a></p>


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 3)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 3)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 4)'>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 4)</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah seri penilaian web usability </em><a href="http://www2.lionair.co.id/default.aspx" target="_blank"><em>Lion Air</em></a><em>.  Bagian-bagian tersebut adalah:<br />
1. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/"><em>Pendahuluan dan Sekilias Lion Air</em></a><em><br />
2. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/"><em>Kriteria evaluasi dan penilaian heuristic 1-5</em></a><em><br />
3. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-3/"><em>Penilaian heuristic 6-10</em></a><em><br />
4. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-4/"><em>Kesimpulan, Penutup, dan Referensi</em></a></p>
<h1>Kriteria Web Usability</h1>
<p>Pada evaluasi web usablity kali ini akan menggunakan Nielsen heuristic untuk perancangan antarmuka dan evaluasi (<a title="http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html" href="http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html">http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html</a>).</p>
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<td width="200" valign="top">
<h5>Heuristic</h5>
</td>
<td width="200" valign="top">
<h5>Description</h5>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Visibility of system status</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">The system should always keep users informed about what is going on, through appropriate feedback within reasonable time.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Match between system and the real world</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">The system should speak the users&#8217; language, with words, phrases and concepts familiar to the user, rather than system-oriented terms. Follow real-world conventions, making information appear in a natural and logical order.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>User control and freedom</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">Users often choose system functions by mistake and will need a clearly marked &#8220;emergency exit&#8221; to leave the unwanted state without having to go through an extended dialogue. Support undo and redo.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Consistency and standards</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">Users should not have to wonder whether different words, situations, or actions mean the same thing. Follow platform conventions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Error prevention</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">Even better than good error messages is a careful design which prevents a problem from occurring in the first place. Either eliminate error-prone conditions or check for them and present users with a confirmation option before they commit to the action.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Recognition rather than recall</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">Minimize the user&#8217;s memory load by making objects, actions, and options visible. The user should not have to remember information from one part of the dialogue to another. Instructions for use of the system should be visible or easily retrievable whenever appropriate.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Flexibility and efficiency of use</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">Accelerators &#8212; unseen by the novice user &#8212; may often speed up the interaction for the expert user such that the system can cater to both inexperienced and experienced users. Allow users to tailor frequent actions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Aesthetic and minimalist design</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">Dialogues should not contain information which is irrelevant or rarely needed. Every extra unit of information in a dialogue competes with the relevant units of information and diminishes their relative visibility.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">Error messages should be expressed in plain language (no codes), precisely indicate the problem, and constructively suggest a solution.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="200" valign="top"><strong>Help and documentation</strong></td>
<td width="200" valign="top">Even though it is better if the system can be used without documentation, it may be necessary to provide help and documentation. Any such information should be easy to search, focused on the user&#8217;s task, list concrete steps to be carried out, and not be too large.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h5>1. Visibility of system status</h5>
<p>Tidak ditemukan masalah</p>
<h5>2. <strong>Match between system and the real world</strong></h5>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image.png" border="0" alt="image" width="644" height="135" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Metode pembayaran yang tidak sesuai dengan tempat asal pembeli tiket. Disini contohnya seseorang yang berangka dari Singapura, ditawarkan metode pembayaran melalui ATM Bank di Indonesia.</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Hilangkan metode pembayaran yang tidak sesuai dengan tempat asal pengguna.</p>
<h5>3. <strong>User control and freedom</strong></h5>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image1.png" border="0" alt="image" width="244" height="191" /> <img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image2.png" border="0" alt="image" width="644" height="148" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Penggunaan Javascript yang berlebihan. User yang mematikan fungsi javascript di browsernya tidak dapat melakukan navigasi dengan baik dan memesan tiket.</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Tinggi</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Kurangi penggunaan Javascript pada fungsi-fungsi utama website. Buat secondary navigasi berbasiskan text pada bagian footer.</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image9.png" border="0" alt="image" width="234" height="81" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Penggunaan Breadcumb yang tidak sesuai dengan standar. Breadcumb tidak dapat di klik untuk mengizinkan pengguna kembali pada halaman sebelumnya berdasarkan tingkat hirarki.</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat Breadcumb dapat di klik untuk memudahkan kembali ke tahap sebelumnya. Tanpa harus menekan tombol kembali pada bawah halaman.</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Tidak ada fungsi pencarian.</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat fungsi pencarian untuk memudahkan pengguna.</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<h5>4. <strong>Consistency and standards</strong></h5>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image4.png" border="0" alt="image" width="644" height="93" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Penempatan logo yang tidak sesuai dengan konvensi</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat gambar header baru dengan logo di pojok kiri atas</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: inline; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image10.png" border="0" alt="image" width="224" height="93" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Pada beberapa halaman, mengklik logo tidak membawa pengguna ke halaman awal</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Low</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat logo link back ke homepage</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><img style="display: inline; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image6.png" border="0" alt="image" width="644" height="303" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Text link yang tidak berubah warna ketika telah dikunjungi</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: High</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat setting di css, jika sebuah halaman di kunjungi maka text link terkait berubah warna</p>
<p><strong>&#8212;</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: inline; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image7.png" border="0" alt="image" width="644" height="163" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Pada beberapa halaman tombol tidak highlight jika sedang berada di halaman tersebut.</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah</strong>: Medium</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Perbaiki code pada sistem navigasi bar.</p>
<h5>5. <strong>Error prevention</strong></h5>
<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/image8.png" border="0" alt="image" width="644" height="186" /></p>
<p><strong>Masalah Ditemukan</strong>: Input format kartu kredit tidak jelas</p>
<p><strong>Tingkat Masalah:</strong> Low</p>
<p><strong>Solusi Masalah</strong>: Buat deskripsi jelas mengenai format input atau berikan layout text box yang baik sesuai dengan yang tertera pada kartu kredit.</p>


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		<title>Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah seri penilaian web usability Lion Air.  Bagian-bagian tersebut adalah:
1. Pendahuluan dan Sekilias Lion Air
2. Kriteria evaluasi dan penilaian heuristic 1-5
3. Penilaian heuristic 6-10
4. Kesimpulan, Penutup, dan Referensi</p>
Pendahuluan
<p>“Make it as simple as it needs to be. But no simpler. “ – Albert Einstein</p>
<p>Web usability adalah segalanya mengenai perancangan dan pembuatan website yang membantu pengunjung untuk menyelesaikan tujuan nya dengan cepat dan efisien. Dengan website yang usable, lembaga atau perorangan dapat mendapatkan keuntungan yang besar. Menurut IBM setiap £1 yang diinvestasikan untuk meningkatkan usability akan mengembalikan £10 sampai £100. Bahkan penelitian useit.com merombak ulang usability web dapat <p>Continue reading <a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/">Mengukur Web Usability Lion Air (Part 1)</a></p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari sebuah seri penilaian web usability </em><a href="http://www2.lionair.co.id/default.aspx" target="_blank"><em>Lion Air</em></a><em>.  Bagian-bagian tersebut adalah:<br />
1. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-1/"><em>Pendahuluan dan Sekilias Lion Air</em></a><em><br />
2. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/uncategorized/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-2-2/"><em>Kriteria evaluasi dan penilaian heuristic 1-5</em></a><em><br />
3. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-3/"><em>Penilaian heuristic 6-10</em></a><em><br />
4. </em><a href="http://rendy.org/human-computer-interaction/mengukur-web-usability-lion-air-part-4/"><em>Kesimpulan, Penutup, dan Referensi</em></a></p>
<h1>Pendahuluan</h1>
<blockquote><p>“Make it as simple as it needs to be. But no simpler. “ – Albert Einstein</p></blockquote>
<p>Web usability adalah segalanya mengenai perancangan dan pembuatan website yang membantu pengunjung untuk menyelesaikan tujuan nya dengan cepat dan efisien. Dengan website yang usable, lembaga atau perorangan dapat mendapatkan keuntungan yang besar. Menurut IBM setiap £1 yang diinvestasikan untuk meningkatkan usability akan mengembalikan £10 sampai £100. Bahkan penelitian useit.com merombak ulang usability web dapat meningkatkan sales/konversi sampai 100%.</p>
<p>Pada dasarnya Web Usability mempunyai empat point penting:</p>
<h4>1. Website anda harus mudah di navigasi</h4>
<p>Seiring waktu pengunjung sudah terbiasa dengan suatu layout atau frase di internet, contohnya:</p>
<ul>
<li>Logo berada di pojok kiri atas dan <em>link back </em>kehalaman <em>home</em></li>
<li>Terminologi “About Us” digunakan untuk informasi organisasi</li>
<li>Navigasi berada pada tempat yang sama pada setiap halaman dan berdekatan dengan isi</li>
<li>Segala sesuatu yang berkelap-kelip atau ditempatkan diatas logo biasanya iklan</li>
</ul>
<p>Diatas merupakan contoh yang umum. Masih banyak contoh lainnya untuk meningkatkan website usability. Pengembang web sebaiknya jangan melihat dengan sebelah mata konvensi ini karena semakin lama pengguna terbiasa dengan suatu hal. Melanggar konvensi ini anda mungkin mendapatkan website dengan usability yang rendah dan pengguna yang tidak puas.</p>
<h4>2. Halaman dapat dibuka dengan cepat</h4>
<p>8.6 detik adalah waktu maksimum pengguna mau menunggu suatu halaman terbuka (weboptimisation.com). Pada september 2006 sekitar sepertiga pengguna internet di Inggris terkoneksi ke Internet menggunakan Dial-up(statistics.gov.uk). Jadi sangat penting sebuah website memiliki waktu load yang cepat untuk memenuhi usability yang baik.</p>
<h4>3. Informasi harus mudah didapatkan</h4>
<p>Kita  membaca halaman web berbeda dengan media cetak. Secara umum kita membacanya dengan teknik skimming daripada kata-per-kata. Ketika kita membaca halaman web beberapa hal harus mencolok, seperti:</p>
<ul>
<li>Heading</li>
<li>Link Text</li>
<li>Bold Text</li>
<li>Bulleted List</li>
</ul>
<h4>4. Jangan halangi pengguna</h4>
<p>Jangan halangi pengunjung web dari navigasi dengan cara yang ia inginkan:</p>
<ul>
<li>Disable right click</li>
<li>Disable back button</li>
<li>Penggunaan frame</li>
<li>Kewajiban untuk sign up terlebih dahulu sebelum dapat melihat suatu informasi</li>
</ul>
<p>Banyak cara website menghalangi penggunanya, sehingga merusak usability-nya.</p>
<h1>Sekilas Lion Air</h1>
<p><a href="http://www2.lionair.co.id/" target="_blank">Lion Air</a> adalah sebuah perusahaan penerbangan swasta lokal yang berbasiskan di Jakarta. Selain melayani penerbangan lokal, Lion Air juga melayani penerbangan Internasional, seperti ke: Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, dan Saudi Arabia. Lion Air termasuk perusahaan penerbangan yang cukup sibuk melayani 42 rute dengan 226 penerbangan setiap harinya.</p>
<p>Sudah semestinya Lion Air memiliki sebuah website (<a title="http://www2.lionair.co.id/" href="http://www2.lionair.co.id/">http://www2.lionair.co.id/</a>) yang melayani kebutuhan pelanggan nya. Mulai dari korporat yang mencari informasi perusahaan hingga individu yang ingin memesan tiket. Sehingga website Lion Air bertindak sebagai company profile dan costumer service. Untuk memenuhi kebutuhan tersebut sudah sewajarnya web Lion Air mempunyai web usability yang baik dan dapat diandalkan. Sehingga dapat memuaskan pelanggan dan profesionalitas di mata korporat dapat terjaga.</p>
<p>Tetapi sayangnya banyak temuan yang mengurangi usability dari web lion air. Sehingga perlu adanya suatu pengukuran dan testing terhadap usability web Lion Air. Tentu saja, temuan-temuan dalam penelitian ini hanya permulaan dan tidak mencakup seluruh point dalam penilaian web usability. Bagaimanapun juga, sebagai salah satu pengunjung setia website tersebut, saya rasa perlu adanya perbaikan-perbaikan dalam beberapa hal. Rasanya ini akan membantu pihak terkait untuk mengevaluasi kembali website mereka dalam hal usability.</p>
<p>Bersambung ke Part 2</p>


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		<title>Apple VS Adobe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 01:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Well, I have been living under the rock lately because I just aware Tech war is on between Apple and Adobe a couple days ago, which in fact have been going around for quite sometime. </p>
<p>The problem can be traced back to lack of Flash on Apple mobile devices. The &#34;war&#34; is officially on by Steve Jobs when he published his Thought on Flash on Apple website. According to him Apple decision to abandon Flash is based on technology issues. He claims there’s reliability, security, performance, and technical issue. For starter according to Apple, Flash is the number one reason Macs <p>Continue reading <a href="http://rendy.org/news/apple-vs-adobe/">Apple VS Adobe</a></p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I have been living under the rock lately because I just aware Tech war is on between Apple and Adobe a couple days ago, which in fact have been going around for quite sometime. </p>
<p>The problem can be traced back to lack of Flash on Apple mobile devices. The &quot;war&quot; is officially on by Steve Jobs when he published his <a href="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/" target="_blank">Thought on Flash</a> on Apple website. According to him Apple decision to abandon Flash is based on technology issues. He claims there’s reliability, security, performance, and technical issue. For starter according to Apple, Flash is the number one reason Macs crash and according to Symantec in 2009 Flash had the worst security records. For technical issue Flash has proven not performed well on mobile devices and to save power mobile devices&#160; must decode video in hardware, decoding it in software simply drain much power which mobile devices simply don’t have much. More over current Flash is not playing nice with touch interface.</p>
<p>Adobe co-founders responded in an <a href="http://www.adobe.com/choice/openmarkets.html" target="_blank">open letter</a> that was published in newspaper ads as well as their website. Adobe responded Jobs claims:</p>
<p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="clip_image001" border="0" alt="clip_image001" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/clip_image001.jpg" width="768" height="242" /></p>
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<li>Adobe Flash Player runtime originally created as a technology for tablets with touch interface. Existing content that developed with mouse input in mind, Flash Player will automatically convert touch events to mouse events. For new content that specifically developed for touch input, Flash 10.1 will provide a complete set of multitouch and gesture APIs. </li>
<li>Flash Player 10.1 will include support for hardware-accelerated video playback from mobile devices to desktop environments. This translate to better battery life. </li>
<li>Flash player is part of a rich ecosystem of both open and proprietary technologies. </li>
</ul>
<p>To read full article: <a href="http://www.adobe.com/choice/flash.html" target="_blank">The Truth about Flash</a></p>
<p>While I’m not big fan of Flash, I believe HTML5 and Flash will play along their parts in the future. I believe there’s place for Flash so with HTML5.</p>


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		<title>How to make a panorama picture using only cellphone camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 05:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It’s been long time since my last post. I’m quite busy lately with my college work. But finally I have sometime off, now I want to share some knowledge. Being poor college student and can’t afford $1000 camera doesn’t mean you can’t make a good panorama picture. I will show you how to make one with just cellphone camera (any camera will do) and two software (Windows Live Photo Gallery and Photoshop CS5). Photoshop CS5 is optional, but if you want to fix the picture with relative ease, there’s new feature in Photoshop CS5 called Content Aware Fill.</p>
<p>Okay, first you need <p>Continue reading <a href="http://rendy.org/tutorial/how-to-make-a-panorama-picture-using-only-cellphone-camera/">How to make a panorama picture using only cellphone camera</a></p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s been long time since my last post. I’m quite busy lately with my college work. But finally I have sometime off, now I want to share some knowledge. Being poor college student and can’t afford $1000 camera doesn’t mean you can’t make a good panorama picture. I will show you how to make one with just cellphone camera (any camera will do) and two software (Windows Live Photo Gallery and Photoshop CS5). Photoshop CS5 is optional, but if you want to fix the picture with relative ease, there’s new feature in Photoshop CS5 called Content Aware Fill.</p>
<p>Okay, first you need several pictures of same location in different angle. In my example I take pictures inside of my university mosque.</p>
<p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Image012" border="0" alt="Image012" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Image012.jpg" width="244" height="184" /> <img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Image013" border="0" alt="Image013" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Image013.jpg" width="244" height="184" /> <img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Image014" border="0" alt="Image014" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Image014.jpg" width="244" height="184" /> <img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Image015" border="0" alt="Image015" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Image015.jpg" width="244" height="184" />&#160; <img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Image017" border="0" alt="Image017" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Image017.jpg" width="244" height="184" /> </p>
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<p>Nice picture right? <img src='http://rendy.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  FYI this picture taken with Nokia 6288 with 2 Megapixel camera. A very outdated phone, but still do it’s job.</p>
<p>We need to stitch the picture together to make a panoramic looks. Open Windows Live Photo Gallery, it’s freeware courtesy of Windows Live.</p>
<p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="create-panoramic-photo" border="0" alt="create-panoramic-photo" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/createpanoramicphoto.jpg" width="644" height="280" /> </p>
<p>Select the picture you want to stitch together, and from the toolbar choose <strong>Make</strong> and <strong>Create Panoramic Photo</strong>. Wait several seconds till your picture ready and save the results.</p>
<p>&#160;<img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="alhur panoramic 3" border="0" alt="alhur panoramic 3" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/alhurpanoramic3.jpg" width="644" height="255" /> </p>
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<p>You’re almost done!.&#160; The black corner is the angle that is not included in source picture. You can fix that by take the picture of that angle or just let Photoshop CS5 fill the blank.</p>
<p>Open your panoramic picture with Photoshop CS5</p>
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<p>Select the black section with <strong>Magic Wand Tool</strong>, go to <strong>Edit</strong> and choose <strong>Fill</strong> (Shift+F5).</p>
<p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="content-aware" border="0" alt="content-aware" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/contentaware.jpg" width="244" height="194" />     <br />Make sure you use <strong>Content-Aware</strong> and click <strong>OK</strong>. Let’s Photoshop do it’s magic. <img src='http://rendy.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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1. Ease of Use 
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<h1>1. Ease of Use </h1>
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<p>One of the great thing about Windows Phone 7 is easy to use. Phone divided into several parts of the main menu: People, Pictures, Games, Music + Video, Marketplace and Office. The menu is like a big application with broad panorama, which is not enough on one screen so the user must shift to the right and the left to see the whole application.</p>
<p>Windows Phone 7 has big, oversized, beautiful, bold, clear, and interactive icon, unlike every other phone in the market the menu filled with square arranged in a pattern like 4&#215;4 or so. So it made this phone made easier to use, with big clear icon you no longer need to navigate carefully where you want to go, just a simple look at the screen and a touch. Moreover, the icon is dynamically updated according the application. So for instance, you have three new messages, you’ll be presented with number ‘3’ at top of the icon.</p>
<p>What makes Windows Phone 7 is interesting is it is integrated with live, real-time data seamlessly integrated, with smooth and more natural interface. The start screen is live, meaning it will dynamically updated with fresh content like weather, status updates, photos from facebook and you can totally customize it. So, you don’t have to open separate application just to see what your friend up to, just a simple glance at the screen. This is dream comes true for social networking geek.</p>
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<h2>Office and Email</h2>
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<p>Yes, there will be an office application on Windows Phone 7. It will be connected to Cloud and can be synced to corporate server. So that means business people can read, create and edit their work while on the go.</p>
<p>The Outlook email is stunning, according to some people it’s much better than reading email on a BlackBerry. Text is huge, gorgeous, readable, and support Microsoft Exchange. Business people should be happy.</p>
<p><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/img_4651_01.jpg"><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_img_4651_01.jpg" width="500" /></a></p>
<h2>Browser</h2>
<p>There will be Internet Explorer. Although the rumour says it’s going as fast as Mobile Safari. But at least it support multitouch. Bing and Bing Maps are built into the phone as default search engine and map provider.</p>
<h1>3. Easy to Navigate</h1>
<p>Microsoft radically upgraded the look and feel Windows Phone 7 from previous Windows mobile series. Gone the day when you need stylus to navigate the phone. Now it featuring unusual interface element that found on other phone in the market: Interface elements that run off the screen, oversized dynamically updated icon, fresh start screen. Although integrating unusual aspect, yet it’s still easy to navigate.</p>
<h1>4. Easy to Learn</h1>
<p>“Cognitive load” is one of the criteria to rate user interface. To use sophisticated programs like Windows Phone 7 users must drop all their OS concept, because Windows Phone 7 is all new experience for them. It’s necessary to provide smallest learning curve for users, because most of the time users don’t have necessary time to read manual. Human have limited capacity of working memory, users can only hold five to nine chunks of information simultaneously. Users may feel overwhelmed by numerous options that increase the cognitive load.</p>
<p>Thankfully, Windows Phone 7 provides original and what one Nike designers calls an “authentically digital” and “chromeless” experience. The whole looks is oversimplified which is good thing for this phone since the previous windows mobile series is famous for absurd menu and hard to use.</p>
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<h1>5. Information Representation</h1>
<p>Microsoft has done a good word to put many features in Windows Phone 7 is an understandable form. The interface is elegantly designed to show as much information as possible to users. Users certainly able to find all the information they want in single screen.</p>
<p><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/windowsphone7peoplehub.jpg"><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_windowsphone7peoplehub.jpg" width="500" /></a></p>
<p>For example, ‘people’ screen you not only can see your contacts but also their status update and photos from social networking sites. </p>
<p><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/windowsphon7musicvideohub.jpg"><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_windowsphon7musicvideohub.jpg" width="500" /></a></p>
<p>In Music+ Video you’ll be able to see all your collection of music, video, podcast. More over you can opt to listening to radio or visiting a integrated marketplace where you can buy music or video.</p>


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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>After beaten by Apple and Google in mobile operating system arena, Microsoft finally reveal their new Operating System for smart phone which inevitably called Windows Phone 7. Although technical details is still sparse and Microsoft didn’t reveal much about what changes except the obvious glossy new user interface. Let’s not talk about technical details, new kernel, the next SDK, or developer policies. Let’s just admire the new user interface which I admit looks very much alike Zune/Zune HD.</p>
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<p>After beaten by Apple and Google in mobile operating system arena, Microsoft finally reveal their new Operating System for smart phone which inevitably called Windows Phone 7. Although technical details is still sparse and Microsoft didn’t reveal much about what changes except the obvious glossy new user interface. Let’s not talk about technical details, new kernel, the next SDK, or developer policies. Let’s just admire the new user interface which I admit looks very much alike Zune/Zune HD.</p>
<p>In my opinion the interface is much more better than current iPhone and basically every other phone in the market where thumbnail-sized glossy-looking icons arranged in a pattern. Instead Microsoft developer opt to using oversized set of bright squares that fill the screen. Beautiful user interface combined with crisp wide screen made this phone aesthetically pleasant yet very practical. It’s combining unusual practices like big size text, interface elements that run off the screen, oversized text and graphics, flipping, panning, scrolling, zooming from screen to screen. This made iPhone user interface feels conservative by comparison.</p>
<p>Overall it’s very fun and playful phone to use, yet it’s still maintain “corporate fell” since there will be a new Office and app store.</p>
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<p>I found out one of my favourite IDE in Windows that support JAVA programming is also available on Linux, it is NetBeans. Netbeans is free Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that supports a lot of languages, including Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, C/C++ and more. NetBeans is written in Java and runs with Java Virtual Machine (JVM) installed. For Java development functionality you must install JDK first, but for other languages you can just install JVM.</p>
<h3>Install JDK/JRE Ubuntu Linux</h3>
<p>Okay, let’s start with installing JDK and JRE. There are two ways Installing JDK and JRE, the easy way is from Synaptic Package Manager and the hard way is install from .bin file. Installing from Synaptic Package Manager is the best way when you have internet connection or any access to repository (DVD, server, etc). But if your computer don’t have any access to repository server, you can download .bin file from <a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp" target="_blank">Sun Website</a> from other computer and install it on the computer that you want.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Option 1</span></strong><br />
First lets start with the easy way, install from Synaptic. Make sure you have the Multiverse repository enabled.</p>
<blockquote><p>System &gt; Administration &gt; Software Source &gt; Select Multisource &gt; Close</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ubuntulinuxmultiverse.png"><img style="display: inline; border-width: 0px;" title="Enable Multiverse Repository Ubuntu Linux" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ubuntulinuxmultiverse_thumb.png" border="0" alt="Enable Multiverse Repository Ubuntu Linux" width="244" height="90" /></a></p>
<p>Open your terminal and type the following command to install JDK and JRE</p>
<blockquote><p><code>$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk</code></p></blockquote>
<p>Wait till it download and install, depend on your connection it should take several minutes.<br />
Make sure the correct version is used by using this command</p>
<blockquote><p>$ sudo update-java-alternatives –s java-6-sun</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Option 2</span></strong></p>
<p>For those who want to install the hard way, first download JDK and JRE from Sun. You will get .bin file.</p>
<p><a href="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DownloadJDKbinfile.jpg"><img style="display: inline; border-width: 0px;" title="Download JDK bin file" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DownloadJDKbinfile_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Download JDK bin file" width="244" height="89" /></a></p>
<p>Open your terminal, then go to directory where the download file is, and make sure the file is executable.</p>
<blockquote><p>cd /directory/where/you/download/file<br />
sudo chmod +x filename</p></blockquote>
<p>Install the file with this command</p>
<blockquote><p>sudo ./filename</p></blockquote>
<p>Make sure the correct version is used by using this command</p>
<blockquote><p>$ sudo update-java-alternatives –s java-6-sun</p></blockquote>
<h3>Install Netbeans Ubuntu Linux</h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Option 1</span></strong><br />
Download Netbeans from <a href="http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html" target="_blank">here</a> and save it to your computer. Let’s say the file is called “netbeans-6.8-ml-linux.sh”. Run your terminal and change directory to where you download the file.</p>
<p><a href="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/downloadnetbeans.jpg"><img style="display: inline; border-width: 0px;" title="download netbeans" src="http://rendy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/downloadnetbeans_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="download netbeans" width="244" height="128" /></a></p>
<blockquote><p>$ cd /direcory/where/you/download/file</p></blockquote>
<p>Make sure the file is present by using ls command. Finally execute the following command</p>
<blockquote><p>$ sudo ./netbeans-6.8-ml-linux</p></blockquote>
<p>After completing command, you will see installer that will install NetBeans into /opt directory. Finish!.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Option 2</span></strong><br />
Alternatively you can also install using Synaptic Package Manager, just execute the following command.</p>
<blockquote><p>$sudo apt-get install netbeans</p></blockquote>
<p>Finish!.</p>


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		<description><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Information stored in a mass storage system is conceptually grouped into large units called files. A typical file may consist of a complete text document, a photograph, a program, a music recording, or a collection of data about employees in a company. We have seen that mass storage devices dictate that these files be stored and retrieved in smaller, multiply byte units. For example, a file stored on magnetic disk must be manipulated by sectors, each of which is a fixed predetermined size. A block of data conforming to the specific characteristics of a storage device is called a physical <p>Continue reading <a href="http://rendy.org/data-storage/file-storage-and-retrieval/">File Storage and Retrieval</a></p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Information stored in a mass storage system is conceptually grouped into large units called <strong>files</strong>. A typical file may consist of a complete text document, a photograph, a program, a music recording, or a collection of data about employees in a company. We have seen that <a href="http://rendy.org/data-storage/mass-storage/">mass storage</a> devices dictate that these files be stored and retrieved in smaller, multiply byte units. For example, a file stored on <a href="http://rendy.org/data-storage/magnetic-systems/">magnetic disk</a> must be manipulated by sectors, each of which is a fixed predetermined size. A block of data conforming to the specific characteristics of a storage device is called a <strong>physical record</strong>. Thus, a large file stored in mass storage will typically consist of many physical records.</p>
<p align="justify">In contrast to this division into physical records, a file often has natural divisions determined by the information represented. For example, a file containing information regarding a company’s employees would consist of multiple units, each consisting of the information about one employee. Or, a file containing a text document would consist of paragraph or pages. These naturally occurring blocks of data are called <strong>logical records</strong>.</p>
<p align="justify">Logical records often consist of smaller units called <strong>fields</strong>. For example, a logical record containing information about an employee would probably consist of fields such as name, address, employee identification number, etc. Sometimes each logical record within a file is uniquely indentified by means of a particular field within a record. Such as identifying fields is called a <strong>key field</strong>. The value held in a key field is called a <strong>key</strong>.</p>
<p align="justify">Logical record sizes rarely match the physical record size dictated by a mass storage device. In turn, one may find several logical records residing within a single physical record or perhaps a logical record split between two or more physical records. The result is that a certain amount of unscrambling is associated within a retrieving data from mass storage systems. A common solution to this problem is to set aside an area of main memory that is large enough to hold several physical records and to use this memory space as a regrouping area. That is, a blocks of data compatible with physical records can be transferred between this main memory area and the mass storage system, while the data residing in the main memory area can be referenced in terms of logical records.</p>
<p align="justify">An area of memory used in this manner is called a <strong>buffer</strong>. In general, a buffer is a storage area used to hold data on temporary basis, usually during the process of being transferred from one device to another. For example, modern printers contain memory circuitry of their own, a large part of which is used as a buffer for holding portions of a document that have been received by the printer but not yet printed.</p>
<p>Further Reading:   <br />1. Wikipedia : <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_retrieval" target="_blank">Information Retrieval</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_storage" target="_blank">File System</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database" target="_blank">Database</a>    <br />2. <a href="http://ir.dcs.gla.ac.uk/wiki/" target="_blank">Information Retrieval Wiki</a></p>


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