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)

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Web browsing getting better on cell phones

Mobile devices finally getting better with Web interfaces ...

Browsing the Internet on conventional cell phones -- like the ones that come free with a service contract -- has not exactly been a user-friendly experience. Dealing with clunky browsers, long download times and page after page of text menus is just no fun.
But getting online with those inexpensive cell phones is getting better.

Software companies are developing better applications that make mapping, searching and e-mailing easier. Networks are getting faster and more reliable. And the phones themselves are getting easier to customize.

"Usability is hugely important," said Gartner analyst Van Baker. "If it's too cumbersome, too complex, then people will reject it as they've done earlier."   continued ...   (Via Charlotte Observer)

Mobile Web Browsing. - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Mobile Web Browsing.

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