Archive for January, 2009

The $300 Million Button

Posted by dhammy0110 on January 30th, 2009 filed in UX Interaction Design

A short article explaining the virtues of usability testing.  Forcing new users to register to complete a purchase resulted in an astounding abandonment rate.  Great quote: “I’m not here to enter into a relationship. I just want to buy something.”.  From the article:

The designers fixed the problem simply. They took away the Register button. [...]

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5 Best Data Visualization Projects of the Year

Posted by dhammy0110 on January 26th, 2009 filed in UX Interaction Design

Data visualization continues to grow online and in the real world. Itexists as masterful art pieces and amazingly useful analysis tools. Inboth cases though it brings data — which is oftentimes cryptic — tothe masses and shows that data is more than a bucket of numbers. Datais interesting. As we collect more and more data [...]

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Del.icio.us Bookmarks for December 20th through January 6th

Posted by dhammy0110 on January 6th, 2009 filed in UX Interaction Design, mobile / iPhone

diller scofidio + renfro – 3D card navigation scheme
3D card navigation scheme
Inference Group: Dasher Project: – Zooming predictive text input system Zooming predictive text input system
How to Use a Gmail Account with Multiple Email Addresses in iPhone Mail – About Email
Welcome to Avego – iphone transportation / ride sharing app
iClarified – [...]

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