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:

• flat
• spacious
• colored tiles
• simple iconography
• focused on content rather than chrome

It’s amazing how much impact Windows new design language…

When I was in college many moons ago, our prof would take us to everyday machines like copy machines, vending machines, elevators, etc. for an ad-hoc design evaluation. Every time I see one of those Dyson Air Blade hand dryers I have to think back and picture a group of students standing in front of it and assessing its design. There are many aspects that can be considered, for example:

Dyson Airblade Design Assessment…

One quick and easy way of making any application or website more usable is to identify primary actions and secondary actions. Primary actions are the most frequently used that guide the user along an intended path to complete a task. Secondary action, while less used, offer the user ways of exiting / Modifying / restarting / Lableing /etc. a particular task. An example that all of us are familiar with are log in screens…