April 2013
1 post
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Give iPad users full websites as default...
There is currently a lot of work going on with responsive design and mobile versions of websites. This is great and responsive design is no doubt a benefit to the user. However if any of the content or functions are missing from the mobile version or responsively viewed website there starts to be a problem. Please give tablet devices the full content.
For some mobile environments it can be a...
October 2012
1 post
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Design flaws for thought...
To install/remove the SIM card you have to take the battery out or you need a tool to get to it. These are two clear situations where the design contradicts what the user wants to do. Nobody wants to remove the battery to take a card out of the device and you certainly don’t want to carry a special tool around with you. One solution, for SIM cards at least, would be virtual SIMs - nothing to...
August 2012
1 post
7 tags
Don't forget the user.
Please Google, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook and others: do not forget the user in your business battles.
Twitter are getting personal with Facebook over Instagram using their API and Apple looking to reduce their promotion of Google. There is a big risk of removing the features that really allow the user to enjoy and use their services. Striving to dominate online with an all inclusive...
July 2012
3 posts
1 tag
Be receptive.
Here is a great quote from Robin Linda 2003 in Marc Silver’s book Exploring Creative Design:
“BEING RECEPTIVE If you’ve ever worked with or lived with a stubborn person, then you know the value of a person who is flexible, open to suggestions, other opinions, constructive criticis, and different schools of thought”
Couldn’t agree more!
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"Often the solution to one problem causes a...
This quote from Marc Silver in his book Exploring Interface Design is so true. Not more apparent is it than in Twitter’s latest iOS app update. The app overall is more smoother and has some improved functions (although searching is just as pointless as it was before).
It is in this update that, without thinking, you can easily identify two examples of causing a different problem.
The first is...
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There are three iOS browsers to try before Google...
I notice a lot of Apple users are switching blinding to Google Chrome based on it’s reputation on the desktop platform. Personally I advocate the use of a number of different browsers as just the one simply doesn’t always work. This was the same on desktops (I used both Safari and Chrome) and is even more relevant on mobiles.
A lot of websites are not fully tested or designed for mobile and so...
June 2012
1 post
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Google has failed with first attempt at Chrome and...
So Google Chrome and Google Drive apps for iPhone and iPad have just be released. They are both at the top (or near) of the the free downloads on the App Store. This must surely make them superior products and an immediate success?
Wrong!!
They both lack some fundamental functions that will leave you using Safari and Google Docs (in Safari!) instead. Yes my first impression of Chrome’s...
