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Editor's Commentary - 10 March 2008
by Can Zhao
We can see the word – “innovation” almost at anytime and from anywhere nowadays, as people are ranting slogans such as “leading innovation”, or building “global networks of innovations”. It is trendy, shiny (simply because we got huge ad banners/boards everywhere…), and does remind us lots of similar adjectives like creative or breakthrough etc, though it is something completely different from those high street icons leading to a luxury and illusive feeling only. So here’s the question – what is hiding behind this buzzword?
iPhone Evaluation Report - 24 April 2008
by User Centric in Case-Studies
User Centric, a privately held usability consulting firm based in Chicago, has evaluated the long-term usability and user experience of the iPhone in 2007.
So… Does the iPhone live up to its hype? - 17 April 2008
by inUse in Case-Studies
At last. The usability test of the iPhone! Without doubt, the hype around the iPhone has managed to exceed most consumer devices in modern time. But… will it live up to the hype?
Toward a Model of Innovation - 4 April 2008
by Hugh Dubberly in Methods
For the past few years, innovation has been a big topic in conversation about business management. A small industry fuels that conversation with articles, books, and conferences.
Culture, Internationalisation and Usability - III - 4 March 2008
by SESUN Team in Case-Studies
The session allocated to discuss XUE process and methods continued with the same participants for the UE session since all of them have experienced different aspects product design and development for international markets.
Culture, Internationalisation and Usability - II - 2 March 2008
by SESUN Team in Case-Studies
The focus group conducted in Germany consisted of usability professionals with various backgrounds, e.g. from the automobile industry, web-design, the mobile industry or from usability consultancies. Participants invested their free-time and were not financially rewarded in any terms.
Culture, Internationalisation and Usability - I - 23 February 2008
by SESUN Team in Case-Studies
Although usability engineering as a profession has been developed in the western countries for over twenty years, its development in other parts of the world like China remains relatively unknown. The study reported in this paper seeks to compare the practice of usability professionals in the United Kingdom, Germany and China. It focuses on the development of interactive products for local markets and for the other markets. The major objective of this research is to have an initial understanding of usability practice for each country.
Five Rules for Communication between Machines and People - 28 January 2008
by Don Norman in Opinion
The Human Research Institute has conducted extensive studies of the proper form of Machine-Human Interaction (MHI). Most of our work has been summarized in our technical report series and was presented at the last global MHI symposium. This report summarizes the key findings in nontechnical language, intended for wider distribution than just the specialized designer machines.
The application of model matching principle in user interface design - Part 2 - 16 January 2008
by Liang Zhang in Opinion
For programmers, a programming language is a software tool. Its interface consists of its lexicon, grammar and semantic rules. From this view, using a language to do programming is actually using that tool to accomplish something. As we will see shortly, different languages vary greatly in the degree of how they get close to programmer’s conceptual model.
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