I liked how the design team focused on making the content the priority instead of the UI in Google Chrome. When you first launch Google Chrome you notice right away the minimalist interface. At first I wasn’t sure about the UI in Chrome, but the more I use it the better the experience I’m having [...]

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On the launch of Facebook’s new home page users are first given an introduction to the home page and it’s new features with simplified graphic and instructional text. Written text simplifies the intro into three easy steps using action verbs “see”, “access”, and “manage”. The introduction is a good way to ease the user into [...]

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An article on CNET News by Brooke Crothers gives us a preview of multitasking on a device that uses Intel’s Moorestown chip and asks the question is multitasking on tablets important to users? Pankaj Kedia, director of Intel’s Global Ecosystems Program for Mobile Internet Devices and Smart Phones, responded to an email question:  “Consumers want [...]

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Walter Apai from Webdesigner Depot has an exclusive interview with web usability expert Jakob Nielsen. The article discusses how Nielsen started in the field of usability and ways to test it. Nielsen is a leading web usability consultant who worked at Sun Microsystems (1994 to 1998) to make enterprise software easier to use. He is [...]

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