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By:
DevToolsGuy
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In:
Marketing
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Posted On:
Wed, Feb 20 2013
Fire up the all new Office 2013 and there is one thing you can’t help but notice. Everything looks different! Or rather everything looks a bit like Windows 8 . One of the biggest features of this new wave of Microsoft applications is the adoption of a...
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By:
DevToolsGuy
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In:
Marketing
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Posted On:
Mon, Feb 4 2013
2013 would seem to be the year of the TV. Last year saw a sort of awakening for many manufacturers, with the likes of Samsung and Sony releasing some really quite smart devices. But this year, if January is anything to go by, looks likely to be something...
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By:
DevToolsGuy
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In:
Marketing
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Posted On:
Wed, Jan 30 2013
The Modern UI “Modern” is the new name for what we used to call “Metro.” But this being a 2013 Microsoft product, it of course sports the new standard Microsoft user interface. Does it work better in SharePoint than other Microsoft...
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By:
DevToolsGuy
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In:
Marketing
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Posted On:
Fri, Jan 25 2013
Here at Infragistics we offer lots of exciting UI products , products that we think really help our customers build beautiful interfaces. But did you also know we offer a UX consultancy service ? We offer training in all areas of product and interface...
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By:
Marshal Datkowitz
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Wed, Jan 23 2013
What is Responsive Web Design? Ethan Marcotte first used the term Responsive Web Design in his article in A List Apart in May of 2010. Marcotte explains that designing for every screen size and device is not practical, there are simply too many devices...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, UX Critique, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, Layout, Visual Design, UX Services, UX Visual Design, technology and history, Html5, UI, User Interface
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By:
Kevin Richardson, Ph.D.
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Fri, Jan 18 2013
The phrase “design-driven” seems to be used a lot these days. From design blogs to books on building corporate culture to marketing campaigns, everyone either thinks they are “design-driven” or need to be “design-driven.” I think it’s fantastic that the...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, UX Critique, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, UX Theory, Interaction Design, UX Services, UI, User Interface, Designer
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By:
Miao Wang
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Thu, Jan 3 2013
Besides the big release of Microsoft Windows 8 OS , another potential hit at the beginning of 2013 must be BlackBerry 10 . With glimpses at some of their key features from developer previews, I've tried to compare it with Blackberry’s current...
Tags / UX Patterns, UX, UX Critique, Multi-Touch, User Experience, Design Thinking, Layout, Interaction Design, Visual Design, UX Visual Design, UI, User Interface
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By:
Jeffrey Smith
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Tue, Dec 11 2012
Whether you’re a developer or designer, 3 rd party tools can improve productivity and just make life easier. Here you will find my top 5 tools I use on a day to day basis. Hopefully you will find them as useful as I do! Fireworks to XAML I’ve been using...
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By:
Tobias Komischke
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Mon, Nov 26 2012
I was doing research for a project recently where I needed to calculate quarterback ratings off from 35-year old scanned in records. The records were produced with type writers back then, just trying to read them was quite some experience. We found a...
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By:
Tobias Komischke
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Wed, Sep 19 2012
AVG is an anti-virus software. In anticipation of the upcoming Windows 8, they’ve just modernized their UI to look like Windows 8 style UI – what was formerly known as Metro. It used to look like this: Now it looks like this: Typical Windows 8 style characteristics...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, Multi-Touch, Gestures, User Experience, Best Practices, Layout, Interaction Design, Visual Design, UX Services, technology and history, Windows, UI, User Interface, Designer
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By:
Miao Wang
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Fri, Aug 31 2012
One project I’ve been working on lately has involved a remote usability testing session that accommodates all the challenging resources: multiple channels (live screen tracking + audio recording + a test guideline + few data input paper forms),...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, UX Critique, Multi-User, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, Interaction Design, UX Services, UI, User Interface, Designer
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By:
Kevin Richardson, Ph.D.
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Thu, Aug 9 2012
Traditional usability firms (or usability groups within large companies) tend to focus on evaluation, and their design process typically ends at the Discover phase with workflows and application screens created by researchers. For companies that tout...
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By:
Marshal Datkowitz
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Thu, Jun 21 2012
I found this article in the New York Times that highlights the detrimental effect of bad user interfaces on the user experience and as a consequence on the rating of Ford. Executive summary: • In the J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Study...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, UX Critique, Multi-Touch, User Experience, Best Practices, UX Theory, Interaction Design, UX social impact, UI, User Interface, Designer
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By:
Tobias Komischke
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Fri, May 11 2012
Accounting programs don’t have the greatest reputation when it comes to user experience. They tend to be functional. UX? - Hmmm. Are people proud working with their applications? - *silence*. I actually heard someone explaining: “Accounting is not that...
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By:
Marshal Datkowitz
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Thu, May 3 2012
The heart of User Centered Design (UCD) is to listen to users. By "listen" I don't mean just hearing their words but using all the methods of observation to understand what users want from a product. I need to see what users are doing with...
Tags / UX, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, UX Theory, UX Services, ARCast, UI, Architects, User Interface, Designer, Architecture
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By:
DevToolsGuy
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In:
Marketing
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Posted On:
Wed, Feb 20 2013
Fire up the all new Office 2013 and there is one thing you can’t help but notice. Everything looks different! Or rather everything looks a bit like Windows 8 . One of the biggest features of this new wave of Microsoft applications is the adoption of a...
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By:
DevToolsGuy
-
In:
Marketing
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Posted On:
Mon, Feb 4 2013
2013 would seem to be the year of the TV. Last year saw a sort of awakening for many manufacturers, with the likes of Samsung and Sony releasing some really quite smart devices. But this year, if January is anything to go by, looks likely to be something...
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By:
DevToolsGuy
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In:
Marketing
-
Posted On:
Wed, Jan 30 2013
The Modern UI “Modern” is the new name for what we used to call “Metro.” But this being a 2013 Microsoft product, it of course sports the new standard Microsoft user interface. Does it work better in SharePoint than other Microsoft...
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-
By:
DevToolsGuy
-
In:
Marketing
-
Posted On:
Fri, Jan 25 2013
Here at Infragistics we offer lots of exciting UI products , products that we think really help our customers build beautiful interfaces. But did you also know we offer a UX consultancy service ? We offer training in all areas of product and interface...
-
-
By:
Marshal Datkowitz
-
In:
Round Edges
-
Posted On:
Wed, Jan 23 2013
What is Responsive Web Design? Ethan Marcotte first used the term Responsive Web Design in his article in A List Apart in May of 2010. Marcotte explains that designing for every screen size and device is not practical, there are simply too many devices...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, UX Critique, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, Layout, Visual Design, UX Services, UX Visual Design, technology and history, Html5, UI, User Interface
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By:
Kevin Richardson, Ph.D.
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Fri, Jan 18 2013
The phrase “design-driven” seems to be used a lot these days. From design blogs to books on building corporate culture to marketing campaigns, everyone either thinks they are “design-driven” or need to be “design-driven.” I think it’s fantastic that the...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, UX Critique, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, UX Theory, Interaction Design, UX Services, UI, User Interface, Designer
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By:
Miao Wang
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Thu, Jan 3 2013
Besides the big release of Microsoft Windows 8 OS , another potential hit at the beginning of 2013 must be BlackBerry 10 . With glimpses at some of their key features from developer previews, I've tried to compare it with Blackberry’s current...
Tags / UX Patterns, UX, UX Critique, Multi-Touch, User Experience, Design Thinking, Layout, Interaction Design, Visual Design, UX Visual Design, UI, User Interface
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By:
Jeffrey Smith
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Tue, Dec 11 2012
Whether you’re a developer or designer, 3 rd party tools can improve productivity and just make life easier. Here you will find my top 5 tools I use on a day to day basis. Hopefully you will find them as useful as I do! Fireworks to XAML I’ve been using...
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By:
Tobias Komischke
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Mon, Nov 26 2012
I was doing research for a project recently where I needed to calculate quarterback ratings off from 35-year old scanned in records. The records were produced with type writers back then, just trying to read them was quite some experience. We found a...
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By:
Tobias Komischke
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Wed, Sep 19 2012
AVG is an anti-virus software. In anticipation of the upcoming Windows 8, they’ve just modernized their UI to look like Windows 8 style UI – what was formerly known as Metro. It used to look like this: Now it looks like this: Typical Windows 8 style characteristics...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, Multi-Touch, Gestures, User Experience, Best Practices, Layout, Interaction Design, Visual Design, UX Services, technology and history, Windows, UI, User Interface, Designer
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By:
Miao Wang
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Fri, Aug 31 2012
One project I’ve been working on lately has involved a remote usability testing session that accommodates all the challenging resources: multiple channels (live screen tracking + audio recording + a test guideline + few data input paper forms),...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, UX Critique, Multi-User, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, Interaction Design, UX Services, UI, User Interface, Designer
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By:
Kevin Richardson, Ph.D.
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Thu, Aug 9 2012
Traditional usability firms (or usability groups within large companies) tend to focus on evaluation, and their design process typically ends at the Discover phase with workflows and application screens created by researchers. For companies that tout...
-
-
By:
Marshal Datkowitz
-
In:
Round Edges
-
Posted On:
Thu, Jun 21 2012
I found this article in the New York Times that highlights the detrimental effect of bad user interfaces on the user experience and as a consequence on the rating of Ford. Executive summary: • In the J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Study...
Tags / UX Strategy, UX, UX Critique, Multi-Touch, User Experience, Best Practices, UX Theory, Interaction Design, UX social impact, UI, User Interface, Designer
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By:
Tobias Komischke
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In:
Round Edges
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Posted On:
Fri, May 11 2012
Accounting programs don’t have the greatest reputation when it comes to user experience. They tend to be functional. UX? - Hmmm. Are people proud working with their applications? - *silence*. I actually heard someone explaining: “Accounting is not that...
-
-
By:
Marshal Datkowitz
-
In:
Round Edges
-
Posted On:
Thu, May 3 2012
The heart of User Centered Design (UCD) is to listen to users. By "listen" I don't mean just hearing their words but using all the methods of observation to understand what users want from a product. I need to see what users are doing with...
Tags / UX, User Experience, Design Thinking, Best Practices, UX Theory, UX Services, ARCast, UI, Architects, User Interface, Designer, Architecture
