UX/Design Practices App Usability: Just Because It’s “Polish” Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Important Here are a few examples of details that are often classed as "polish" but that are important for improving app usability.
Evolving the Industry UX Lessons from Ford’s MyFord Touch Fiasco I think there are plenty of lessons for the rest of us to learn from the way Ford introduced and then evolved the MyTouch system.
Evolving the Industry UX Fail – Are Safety-Minded UIs Making Cars Less Safe? With all the features in automobiles these days, safety has come to the forefront, but manufacturers are ignoring the role of UX in the safe operation.
UX/Design Techniques Test(ing) Kitchen: Assembling the Ingredients for Your Next Usability Test In usability testing, you put together some great ingredients, follow the necessary steps carefully, and – voila! – a greater design emerges.
Development Practices Bias in Computer Systems, and Beyond Software can be biased in many ways. Friedman and Nissenbaum do an excellent job of describing a framework for classifying unfair bias.
UX/Design Tools How to Improve Your Site’s Search Results Practical tips for improving the user experience of searching for content on your website.
Designing for Users Designing Complex Applications: Before Asking “Is it useable?”, Ask “Is it useful?” Usability testing assess the ease of completing a task—usefulness testing addresses if the task is valuable or a better alternative to what exists.
UX/Design Tools Fitts’s Law and Why it Matters for Tablets The history of Fitts’s Law, clues to its continued relevancy, and some ways to apply it in the new world of touch interaction.
