Category: User Experience
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DRM free ebooks!? It is going to happen …
Last year I wrote about J.K. Rowling, author of the immensely successful “Harry Potter” series, breaking out of the traditional publishing mould by offering Harry Potter ebooks through her own site. Another interesting recent development within the ebook world is digital publishers slowly starting to drop digital rights management (‘DRM’) from their ebooks. The main…
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Being able to say “sorry” – a great example by Balsamiq
I guess people’s (in) ability to say “sorry” is not unique to the digital landscape. However, you do not have to be a rocket scientist to see that the web and social media have made mistakes and public relations disasters a lot more public and transparent. I am always particularly interested in one’s ability to hold…
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Cadillac and the promise of its new infotainment system
Not that I ever would be able to afford one (or be able to properly reverse park it), I got very excited about driving a Cadillac this week. Not because of its great looks, slick interior or amazing rims, but purely since Cadillac just announced Cadillac User Experience (CUE). These are the main things worth…
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Starting to learn about mobile UX design
Especially with the rapidly growing popularity of tablet computers, there seems to be an increased focus on getting the user experience (UX) of mobile users right. I’ve quickly come to the realisation that mobile UX design is quite a vast but very specific area, differing quite significantly from designing for the web. My starting point…
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Mozilla is trying to make our (sign-in) life easier
How convenient would it be if you did not have to have different login details for a range of sites? And if you could store your user data more securely? Mozilla has started to look into this and has just launched BrowserID, an experimental tool that stores your identity information inside your browser. Mozilla claims…
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