Usability and Modern Visual Design: An Effective Harmony
Usability and Modern Visual Design: An Effective Harmony
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Does Your User Experience Deal with Connectivity Failures Gracefully?
Users find it frustrating and reluctantly accept the fact that connection to the Internet sometimes has glitches. Wait times are the norm.
Internet of Things: Content Strategies Require Innovation
Digital signane (DS) is one of the emerging Internent of Things (IoT) technologies that are invading our lives, forbetter or worse.
It’s All About the (Customer) Experience
“The Times They Are a Changin’” – Bob Dylan, 1964
Internet of Things: Living in the Periphery of User Attention
When designing a user experience, we usually assume we are engaging a user's center of attention, albiet short.
Internet of Things: Should Designers Focus on Devices First or Services First?
Internet of Things: Should Designers Focus on Devices First or Services First?
Internet of Things: Context of Use Just Became More Important
Internet of Things: Context of Use Just Became More Important
2014 and the Expanding Internet of Things
During 2014, the user experience (UX) group at ICS worked on our usual fare of mobile and desktop apps, but we also saw a large expansion of embedd
User Experience Design Principles of a Natural User Interface (NUI)
In a previous blog post (Defining a Natural User Interface) I explained how finding a clear and concise definition of a Natural User Interface (NUI) was not easy.
Applying Scrolling and Eliding Text in a Natural User Interface
We recently made a presentation at the Qt Developer Days conference in San Francisco, entitled Make Your Content Shine: Design Choices for a Qt Touch Kiosk.
Report from Qt Developer Days 2014 San Francisco
Report from Qt Developer Days 2014 San Francisco
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The Idea of a Natural User Interface is Not Naturally Easy to Grasp
Natural User Interface (NUI) is a concept that sounds simple enough at first but then it defies a simple, one-sentence definition.
Kiosks and Learnable Interfaces
When a person encounters a kiosk or computer device in a public space, such as a sales or museum kiosk, they can only benefit from it if they can f
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User Attention and Duration of Engagement in Public Kiosks
Common user experience (UX) wisdom says that you have a short period of time (approximately 3 seconds to 3 minute
Rapid Development of an In-Vehicle Infotainment System (IVI): A UX Perspective
In-vehicle systems have recently been pulled from relative obscurity into the limelight.
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Is That a Kiosk? How to Best Position Your Public Touchscreen Display for Use
At Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS), we recently have begun marketing a touchscreen kiosk product that we call ViewPoint (www.viewpointkiosks.com).
