User Experience Design, Pop Culture, Etc.
- Using Shadows to Improve the Usability of Menus and Windows
Application window and menu shadows have been around for a while on the OS desktop. These are the subtle shadows you have around the edges of active and inactive windows, as well as menus. Active windows also normally have stronger shadows to indicate that they are closer to us.usabilitypost.com | Using Shadows to Improve the Usability of Menus and Windows
- That design is money! - physical interface
Wells Fargo hired Pentagram in the fall of 2005 to begin work on a new user interface for their ATMs. Wells Fargo was in the process of upgrading their ATMs with touchscreen monitors. This was a relatively slow process, since there are about 7,000 ATMs in the field, and any upgrades are expensive. But with the vast majority to be converted during 2007, this was the perfect time to create a fresh UI that would fully utilize the touchscreen capability.
- blink design library: Filter controls with keyword search
We’ve tested a number of search interfaces and in general we’ve found that people often neglect refinement options. It could be that people are conditioned to the web search experience (particularly Google) and therefore are less inclined to take refinement steps as part of entering their search.The search function at iStockphoto encourages visitors to refine by displaying the controls dynamically when the cursor is in the keyword search field:12istockphoto_2
- Song of the Day
Stan Getz & Antonio Carlos -
Ãguas de MarçoStan Getz & Antonio Carlos, Their Greatest Hits (2007)
- How Little Do Users Read? (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely.
- Song of the Day
The MFA - The difference it makes (Original Mix) [MP3]
(Balance 005 : James Holden / 2003)