Category Archives: user interface

Nokia Says Windows Phone 7 Will Make iOS and Android Outdated

By Joshua Lay | Published: August 11, 2011

Nokia Says Windows Phone 7 Will Make iOS and Android Outdated When you want to contact someone, rather than deciding first whether to launch the Twitter app, the email app, the SMS app, or the Facebook app, you just tap the person and then decide how to reach them. This approach has much less friction, [...]

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I hate ATM’s

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 31, 2010

Harsh words I know. Sure they do their job, but do they do it well? I think ATM’s (Automatic Teller Machines) are almost a symptom of function forcing a design. There’s not that much of a complex nature for ATM’s, but you could almost say the same for websites. These aren’t new things, they’re around [...]

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Taking a look at the help page

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 5, 2010

working out what help pages work and those that don’t

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The customer is always right?

By Joshua Lay | Published: April 20, 2010

Recently I read an article @52weeksofux.com, it’s titled Design for delight. I think it’s like a throw back to the notion that in the end, the customer is always right. Or to break it down even more; income. A lot of pain can be suffered in web design and development. You’re always wanting what is [...]

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jQuery – inline validation

By admin | Published: April 9, 2010

Recently I read a great article about inline validation using jQuery. @position-absolute.com. I think it’s awesome and you should check it out!! Inline validation is another way to user experience so much better. Reasons why I think you should use it You are providing instant feedback to the user You don’t have to come back [...]

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jQuery – each – visual feedback

By admin | Published: February 19, 2010

Another useful feature of jQuery is the each command. This allows us to iterate through an Array which can include a set of elements in a page. A situation If I had a form i wanted to have the input fields highlighted if a user didn’t populate it after selecting it. I want to be [...]

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password conditions – jQuery

By admin | Published: February 12, 2010

Given the power of javascript there’s a lot we can do to help with the user experience. What’s this all about then Continuing on with my love affair for passwords; say we have 3 conditions to match before we’ll accept someone’s password. Must contain lowercase and uppercase characters Must not contain all digits Must contain [...]

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