Usability Quote of the Day

January 7, 2009

EASY TO INSTALL = Difficult to install, but instruction manual has pictures. -- Popular computer one-liner   (via interaction-design.org)
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Thursday, September 01, 2005

Philips unveils world's first 'Rollable Display' pocket e-Reader concept READIUS

A display like this might make the e-reading UX more acceptable to users ...

"Polymer Vision does not intend to commercialize this concept as a product in the market. Instead, it is demonstrating the fitness of its rollable displays for use in the mobile devices of tomorrow.

The Readius is the world’s first prototype of a functional electronic-document reader that can unroll its display to a scale larger than the device itself. With four gray levels, the monochrome, 5-inch QVGA (320 pixels x 240 pixels) display provides paper-like viewing comfort with a high contrast ratio for reading-intensive applications, including text, graphics, and electronic maps. Using a bi-stable electrophoretic display effect from E Ink Corp., the display consumes little power and is easy to read, even in bright daylight. Once the user has finished reading, the display can be rolled back into the pocket-size (100 mm x 60 mm x 20 mm) device.

“Making displays thinner and flexible will have advantages in power and weight. But the only way to add the key advantage of size—allowing larger displays in smaller, pocket-size mobile devices—is by actually making the displays rollable,” says Polymer Vision CEO Karl McGoldrick."   continued ...   (Via PhysOrg)

Philips e-Reader - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Potential for a good UX.

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