It was long back that i worked on a website on Drupal and had to implement a specific functionality which i was unable to execute with the standard methods and modules. In simple terms, i was stuck on the problem and had tried few things which did not work. As for anyone seeking help, i posted this question on Drupal StackExchange. (more…)
Read an interesting and insightful article on how and why the telephone keypad was designed the way it is today. Surprisingly its simple, these guys at Bell Labs actually did create multiple versions prototypes and tested with people. The outcome was to be seen in the phones coming further.
Extract:
The answers to these questions can be found in a fascinating piece of research performed by AT&T in 1960. I strongly encourage you, if you have time, to read their entire publication on the subject. A summary of this work was published in the July 1960 edition of the Bell Systems Technical Journal.
The article was entitled: Human Factors Engineering Studies of the Design and Use of Pushbutton Telephone Sets. You can download a copy of the article here [PDF].
Visit below link to read detailed article.
Imagine you are building a web application and you are tasked to create a flow for the Forgot Password Use Case. What would your ideal use case be ?
An Alternate Use Case would be that:
However, Disqus actually sends the password reset instructions to a non-existing account, for ? Just because this is an Opportunity for Disqus to have yet another user.
Password Reset Use Case for Disqus:
Just recently, i had to reset my password for Disqus account, i did not remember the email id i used for my Disqus account what i did remember is that i have an account with Disqus, so…. I tried to reset the password and voila, Disqus sent me a password reset email. Then in my inbox, i saw that i had earlier email from Disqus which had reference for original email linked to Disqus.
So effectively Disqus knew that i do not have an account with X email ID but proceeded further and sent me an email with instructions on how i can reset the password, the email did not mention that i do not have an account there at disqus.
Rather, it allowed me to go to Disqus Dashboard and setup a new password, amazing….
The only visible hint in the interface i had was that i was asked to verify the email id. During this whole story, Disqus did not say a negative word about non-existing account, but quietly guided me through and in the hindsight creating an account.
I assume Disqus follows this because when someone tries to reset password at Disqus their intent is definitely to be with Disqus. But really a smart strategy indeed.
Communicating with the user is important, and when you can not talk to your users. Your website does, the tonality and the wordings used in your site indicate, how rude you are, how friendly you are or How indifferent you are to your users.
When i reset my password for Disqus, i was given this short and friendly System Alerts – Success Message., and the language actually says it all.
OK. We’ve sent you an email describing how to reset your password.
Not sure if this is how it should be, but strangely it is…
Where blog posts, infographics, and webinars were once marketing gold, websites, apps, and tools are taking over.
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X PlusOne The Hybrid Fixed wing drone has come up with some Simple innovation to make Drones more and more faster.
I think the inspiration has come from Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. But instead of having a tiltrotor here, we have the alternating speeds of brushless motors to tilt the drone 90 Degrees and effectively put in a flight position.
They are on Kickstarter trying to raise funds and have managed to reach 86% funding till now.
My only concern is, how can these be used for commercial purposes like, transporting stuff Or mounting cameras for shooting ?
Something that the team should think about.
Kickstarter Campaign Link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/137596013/x-plusone-your-ultimate-hover-speed-aerial-camera