If you’re making a highly visible change in the operating system UI that affects every running application, it seems fair to ask that it’s done for a good reason and that there is empirical data that supports it. Or, if no empirical data is available, that the change is made to make the transition to [...]
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Some ideas for the mobile Firefox UI
This post is also available in Belarusian thanks to Marcis G. Thanks for the translation!
Following up on my post yesterday about my impressions with web browsing on the N900, I wanted to elaborate on one of the points I was making: Firefox’s UI model of showing controls (a.k.a. chrome) on two sides of the [...]
My impressions with web browsing on the N900
I’ve recently had the pleasure of testing Firefox on the brand new Maemo based Nokia N900 phone (which I blogged about previously), and I have to say I’m impressed. Of course, I’m biased — I love Firefox. I’ve been using it since the Phoenix days and it’s almost part of my DNA [...]
Another poor website UX example: expressen.se
My blog post a couple of days ago about DI.se’s poor website UX was really just one example of websites that make use of “modern” features while failing to actually make them useful. expressen.se is another example, but for other reasons.
Similar to DI.se, they have a toolbar section for each article with functions like changing [...]
User experience and houseflies
As I mentioned previously, user experience (UX) design is one of my specific computer interests, and as the project lead for Mozilla’s Firefox support website, I obviously care a lot about website UX in particular.
One thing that keeps annoying me is how many websites are designed to make use of some “modern” features of the [...]
Nothing to see here, please move along
I regard myself as geeky enough that I should be able to solve computer problems myself, or at least with the help of some self-service online searching. However, there are times when I simply can’t figure it out. I don’t know if I’m slowly getting dumber as I’m getting older, or if I’m just getting [...]
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