Why We Test
The 2 buttons in the above picture are for a toilet flush. One button does a big flush using lots of water; the other does a smaller flush using less. Using a small flush when that’s all that is...
View ArticleCall to Action vs Mental Models
After reading John Gruber’s post An Ode to DiskWarrior, SuperDuper, and Dropbox over at Daring Fireball, I decided to give Dropbox a go. So I went over to their site for a look: Nice and clean looking....
View ArticleReducing Damage Through Usability
I spent my weekend installing a new central heating system. When I unpacked one of the radiators (the largest one at 1.2m x 0.5m ) it was damaged. Most of the radiators had the odd dent in the grills...
View ArticleThe Invincible QWERTY
My old friend and Usability Friction reader Omar Ikram sent me a link to 3 Ways the iPad Could Kill Qwerty. It’s an interesting read. But I can’t help thinking the author has got the wrong end of the...
View Article5 Bare Minimum Usability Checks Before Releasing an App
After reading 14 bare minimum security checks before releasing a rails app over at RailsInside, I got thinking and wondered what are the bare minimum usability checks for an app before releasing it?...
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