• Scalable High Definition Visual Design

    Recently, a colleague purchased a brand new iPad 3 and after some begging, I was able to make him show me his new toy right next to its predecessor so that I could see for myself just what Apple meant by "hi-res".  Surely enough, the retina display on the new iPad 3 did not disappoint. At first glance, the difference may have seemed fuzzy but upon further inspection, the iPad 3's resolution covers the…

    • Sat, Mar 31 2012
  • The curse of the cursor

    I think that one of the best things we will get with Windows 8 is that touch screen driven interaction will be more familiar to all users. It is time for this technology, contemporaneous with the first mouse prototype dated more than 45 years ago, to gain a place among users.

    Touching is a normal, intuitive, and often unconscious behavior that most users will just "do it". "Do not touch" sings are found in…

    • Thu, Mar 29 2012
  • Infragistics at DevWeek 2012 in London next week

    Next week, Monday 3/26 through 3/30, DevWeek 2012 will open its doors in London. It’s the UK's biggest software developer conference and Infragistics will be there with a booth and a session.

     

    The session is on Thursday, 3/29 @ 9:30am and will be about smartphone UX design:

    Smart UX design for smart phones
    Tobias Komischke, Director of UX @ Infragistics

    Designing for smart phones is not the same as designing…

    • Wed, Mar 21 2012
  • Infragistics at BASTA Spring 2012

    Last week Infragistics was at BASTA Spring in Darmstadt, Germany. We had 5 folks from Sales, Evangelism and UX Services at our booth where we had great discussions with attendees. I gave a talk about how the UX of products can be assessed. Like the past years both the booth and the UX talk were well attended. Developers appreciate the chance to learn about practical UX issues.

    Several talks revolved around Windows 8 and…

    • Fri, Mar 9 2012