Redesigning the browser window.
A wonderful exploration from Henrik Eneroth on the limitations of the current standard Web browser layout (tabs across the top, running left to right) when used on hi-res, wide screens.
Jonathan Ive, Senior VP of Industrial Design at Apple.
From Five Low-Hanging UX Tips.
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OSX Lion: Form over function highlights.
The two skeuomorphic apps which ship with OSX Lion, iCal and Address Book, offer some frustrating form over function compromises which obscure content.
iCal has relegated your list of Calendars to a recessed button top left. Clicking this pops up a semi-transparatent overlay with a list of your calendars which you can then toggle on/off, but there’s no way to make this list of calendars viewable at all times.
For the general user, this won’t be a concern, but in the office we’re all synced up to our iCal server so we have a handle on vacation schedules, meeting scheduling, and so on.
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Mike Monteiro talking about simplifying a user interface so the differences in your content stand out, rather than trying to make every element look different.
Making every element look different inherently makes it more difficult to discover new content since you destroy easy to scan visual patterns. That, and you inevitably decrease the density of your content, which makes it more work for you to gather the information you need or want.
He’s got a great example in the article comparing Twitter to Google+ with comparative screen shots. Dig in!
Making searches more convenient on touch screens.
Here’s a fantastic new interaction Microsoft’s just introduced with their updated Bing app for the iPad.
The skinny:
From our research, we know that many searches are inspired by things people see on the web. Today, it can be somewhat painful to search on a tablet when you’re engaged in reading something; just copying and pasting pieces of text from a webpage to a search box can take up to nine steps on the iPad. With Lasso you can circle and search in just two steps.
More about this update from the Bing Team here.
And you can download from the App Store here.
(Source: daringfireball.net)
Startup apps and competition from heavy hitters.
For a startup the biggest problem is almost never a competitor. The biggest problem is typically non-adoption.
Dan Moral rightly points out at StartupNorth that Apple introducing iMessage to the iPhone should help companies like Kik who up until now have been serving a space that only a small percentage of people likely knew or cared about, private messaging.
Nobody knows there is something better than texting available. Nobody knows that Kik exists. Well, Apple & iMessage are about to blow up the “private messenger” space. In an ideal world, as the market grows, Kik goes along with it.
This is a sound point of view contrasting the assumption that when Apple (or anyone with weight behind them) enters a market they destroy the incumbents. This jives with what we’ve heard from other app developers.
Now when the parental units ask “what do you do at work all day?” I will just send them this link.
Here’s a quality video from Santa Monica’s DKNG Studios showing them working from inspiration to Illustrator to screen print for their Black Keys poster.
Some weekend inspiration for everyone enjoying Canada Day tomorrow and Independence Day on Monday.
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We’re hiring! We’re looking for a hyper organized marketing and project support person.
Things are happening at Say Yeah that are making the business development and creative director’s heads spin.
So much on the go, so many projects with so many emails to sift through, blog articles to write, and people to connect with.
If you’re the kind of person who has a passion for design and loves playing with apps, while slightly OCD about being organized, we want to hear from you.
