On UX

Microsoft’s Future Vision

Benjamin Surkyn — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:25:10 +0000

Below some nice videos of how Microsoft sees the future. Even though the devices aren’t available yet, we can already learn some lessons about the usability of the interfaces.

Office

Healthcare

Retail

Banking

Car designing

No more tag clouds

Benjamin Surkyn — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:41:20 +0000

An interesting read about the death of tag clouds.
These clouds are a typical example of Web 2.0 user interface items. However they are frequently just used because of this and not to aid in the finding/browsing of information.
I don’t think they will die out completely, because they do serve a purpose, but I think we’ll see less and less of them.

A nice concept e-magazine reader

Benjamin Surkyn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:26:06 +0000

One of the best concepts for an e-magazine reader I’ve seen so far.

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Button labels on touch screens

Benjamin Surkyn — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:50:14 +0000

As more and more touch-enabled devices enter our daily lives, some attention should be given to the usability aspect of the interface as well.
Guifx has a nice 4-rule article on how to label touchscreen interfaces.

5 considerations when designing touch UI

Benjamin Surkyn — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:04:02 +0000

A great video from Punchcut, entitled Considerations for Designing Touch UI.

Their 5 considerations:

Design for immediate access
Keep gestures smart and simple
Leverage clear mental models
Design for real hand sizes
Touch feedback is key