No New Mail – Updated!
I had a specific experience with Gmail lately that left me craving some character and delight. Now I consider character and delight to be two very different aspects of user experience design. Delight is the cherry on top of a good…
Digging into Design Details
Interface design is a complicated process. Designs are rarely created in an ah-ha moment so much as they are the result of a process that takes lots of time and thought. Designing interfaces involves lots of analysis, many conversations and…
Is the Save Disk Icon Dead?
I was recently posed with the question of whether the save disk icon should be removed from software as a majority of software users have never actually used a floppy disk. Not to mention that save these days usually takes…
UX Tidbits – July
This month I have been getting back into graphic and web design a bit more, and wanted to explore some of the basics. Here are some nice reference articles on the basics of visual and interaction design. Design Links 11…
UX Tidbits – May
I’ve been writing a lot and publishing a little lately as I’ve been working on fine tuning some ideas. In the mean time, I’ve also been reading a lot and decided to start sharing some of the tidbits that I…
AOL’s new Alto Mail
A came across an article today by Fast Co Design regarding AOL’s ALTO email program. I’m not sure what rock I’ve been under during the holidays that I haven’t heard of this yet, but it has definitely got my interest. If you’re…