A walk down the memory lane at Microsoft explaining how Widows 95 UX was designed. Worth a read.
Designing Windows 95’s User Interface
Category: User Experience
The Complete Moral Bankruptcy of Manipulating Human Psychology To Turn Users Into Addicts
The “Morality Of Manipulation” Only Exists On A Spectrum From “Highly Immoral” to “Absolutely, Relentlessly Evil.”
An argument on the moral implications and the regulation in use of Psychology to manipulate users to have them complete / repeat a desired outcome.
Twitter.com User Experience viewing images is difficult
You are browsing Twitter.com and see an interesting image. So you just click on the image / media to view it larger. As you can see in the image, the size is 503 pixels by 510 pixels, above screen-shot was taken in Full Screen mode.
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Coursera Usability Problems
How people, learn ?
They view videos, take notes, research and they don’t do all of this at one go. There are breaks and most prefer to do it offline, not bound by the progress of a browser window limiting and dictating your pace. Continue reading Coursera Usability Problems
What does Microsoft think about Heuristic “User Control & Freedom”, they don’t
My recent exposure to Microsoft’s take on the heuristic “User Control and Freedom”, which essentially says, Don’t give users control and freedom. No control on updates and forced re-starts. Continue reading What does Microsoft think about Heuristic “User Control & Freedom”, they don’t