All posts from
April 2005

Advanced Handsets Need Advanced UIs

Added on 7 April 2005 Peter Bogaards
“As mobile phones become more capable, people are using them to store an increasingly wider variety and greater quantity of data. This raises a new problem for designers of handset user interfaces: how do you let owners find what they’re looking for in a coherent and friendly manner?” (Tom Hume – TheFeature) – courtesy of lucdesk

In Defense of Cheating

Added on 6 April 2005 Peter Bogaards
“In this essay, I focus upon changes to curriculum and instruction that would change the emphasis in school systems from that of competition to cooperation, from arbitrary grading on the curve to mastery assessment of a student’s accomplishments. But these changes are only part of the restructuring required of our educational systems. Many more changes are needed.” (Donald A. Norman – ACM Ubiquity)

Designing Intersection Flows

Added on 6 April 2005 Peter Bogaards
“Avoiding problems with forms where users have to choose between alternative ways to proceed. When forms give users the option to continue in two or more alternative directions, such as registering as a new customer or signing in as a returning one, unfortunate users will take the wrong turn if it isn’t unmistakably obvious which way they should go. In this article, we’ll take a look at a few intersection flows that have caused users problems.” (Henrik Olsen – GUUUI) – courtesy of webword