Usability Quote of the Day

May 23, 2012

There's something very odd going on here. If designers made completely unrealistic assumptions about the physical world when designing technology, then we would blame them (and likely sue them) for technical incompetence. Yet when they make grossly unrealistic assumptions about human nature... we don't blame the designers, we blame the unfortunate people who are just trying to do what the design requires. -- Kim Vicente, The Human Factor, p. 45.    (via interaction-design.org)

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Playing on the 'ooh' factor / Apple's new iPod Nano elicits consumer lust with its sleek, clever, touchable design

Creating a User Experience through simplicity ...

"Laverne Francis took one look at the sleek new iPod Nano and was smitten.

"This one is really thin, it's really sexy, it has color, it shows you pictures of the albums, and I want one,'' said Francis, 27, after checking out the display models inside Apple Computer's downtown San Francisco store.

"It really has become a product that has transcended technology,'' said Nicolas Aparicio, executive creative director for Landor Associates, a San Francisco design and branding consulting firm. "They've connected with their audience on an emotional level. Even the tactile feel of it is appealing."   continued ...   (Via SFGate)

iPod Nano - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

A new user experience.

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