Usability Quote of the Day

March 14, 2010

The computer can be thought of from the perspective of its technology [...] from the field of computer science. Or it can be thought of as a social tool, a structure that will change social interaction and social policy, for better or for worse. It can be thought of as a personal assistant, where the goals and intentions of the user become of primary concern. It can be viewed from the experience of the user, a view that changes considerably with the task, the person, the design of the system. The filed of human-computer interaction needs all these views, all these issues, and more besides. -- Stephen Draper and Donald Norman. In "User Centered System Design" (1986) p. 1   (via interaction-design.org)

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Early Windows 7 screenshots

Usability of new Windows 7 questioned - see gallery of screen shots ...

"So, word on the street is that part of the first day of the All Things D conference tonight will be the unveiling of the first time of the Windows 7 operating system by Microsoft. To be clear, we shouldn’t expect Windows 7 any sooner than 2010. That said, what is shown is very much a work in progress. If you can’t wait for the video footage, which we are sure is soon to come, we also have a bunch of Windows 7 screenshots in our gallery.

We see a lot of concepts in these images. An expanded bar at the bottom of the screen, an OS X-like dock, some sort of disc-based nav system that reminds of the OLPC OS, etc. Still, nice to see that things are progressing."    (Continued via Gear Live)    [Usability Resources]

Windows 7 - Usability, User Interface Design

Windows 7

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