UXify US 2017 | Conference Recap Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Thu, Apr 13, 2017 What is UXify? Infragistics held its 5 th annual, US-based UXify event on Friday, 7 April 2017 at our global headquarters in Cranbury, NJ. UXify is our half-day user experience conference filled with...
McMansion Problems - Don’t Design for the Extras Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Oct 24, 2016 There is a blog that I love called McMansion Hell – you know those crazy monster houses built in bulk starting in the 1980’s? They are usually found in great clusters and sometimes on very small pieces...
The Stroop Effect and its Implications in UX Design Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Feb 8, 2016 What happens when your brain is trying to process conflicting streams of information? Let’s find out. Read this list of colors to yourself: Red Green Blue Purple Black Brown Yellow Red...
What’s new in iOS 7? Neither features nor functions, but user experience! Miao Wang / Tue, Jul 30, 2013 On June 10, 2013 Apple announced its new mobile operating system – iOS 7 . It gained a lot of attention with its new visual style but was also controversial. Many people felt uncomfortable with the...
User Experience Research & Motorcycle Racing Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Mon, Jan 28, 2013 I race motorcycles. I’m also a 20+ year veteran of user experience research. Believe it or not there are similarities. When I race, I have my knee on the ground as I lean the bike through the turns and...
Are You Design-Driven? Probably Not. Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / 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...
AVG’s new Windows 8 style UI (formerly known as Metro). Tobias Komischke / 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...
Remote usability testing: preparing for the worst-case scenario Miao Wang / 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...
More proof that UX matters Marshal Datkowitz / 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...
Notes from Interaction12 Conference in Dublin, Ireland Tobias Komischke / Wed, Feb 29, 2012 Several folks from Infragistics attended this year’s Interaction Conference which this time took place in Dublin, Ireland between 2/1-2/4/2012. Here are my notes Opening remarks from the Mayor of...