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Why most UX is shite

momorgan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:12:49 +0000

Now, there are plenty of ways you can make a user’s experience of your product rubbish, but in my experience, there are a handful of serial offenders. These are not things you can add to the backlog and bug fix …

Did we lose track of the big picture?

momorgan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:53:38 +0000

It seems to me that we are slowly switching from publishing content for the Web, to making content accessible to Screen-Readers (SR) – from targeting users, to focusing on devices and modern browsers. We write about new techniques without considering …

Remote Tilt

momorgan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:41:51 +0000

Testing motion events was never going to be easy task. You have two options, both of which suck. If you decide to use a mobile device equipped with an accelerometer you’ll be left stranded without your favourite debugging tools. Alternatively, …

ESPN Deems Mobile ‘First Screen’

momorgan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:38:23 +0000

As a pioneer in the mobile media space, ESPN has long seen the value of reaching fans on-the-go with sports scores, video highlights and specialized apps to feed their passion. But rather than view mobile as the oft-described “third screen,” …

The mobile question: Responsive Design

momorgan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:12:39 +0000

With Government making rapid progress towards a single domain, we’re presented with a fantastic opportunity to start from scratch. So… GDS is turning to responsive design – a solution that we think can offer a high quality user experience that …

Iconic Icon Set

momorgan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:08:31 +0000

Iconic is a minimal set of icons consisting of 177 marks in raster, vector and font formats free for public use. Some Random Dude: Iconic Icon Set

The Colour Bookmark

momorgan — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:54:24 +0000

Drag the Colour Bookmark link to your toolbar to find out the colour palette of the website you’re currently on. Then simply: copy, paste and use the colours you choose. Alternatively, enter a website into the form to retrieve its …

Mobile App Usage

momorgan — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:44:24 +0000

As the number of native mobile applications keeps growing, it’s worth looking at how they get used. To that end, here’s a few stats about people downloading apps and what what they do with them afterward. LukeW: Mobile App Usage

Google Wraps Internet Explorer in Chrome Clothing

momorgan — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:54:59 +0000

IE7 is significantly slower than the newest versions of IE, Chrome, Firefox, and other browsers, and it cant handle the latest technologies used by today’s online applications, including then fledgling HTML5 standards. But there’s a way for Zovko to work …

Competing With an Archetype

momorgan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:04:02 +0000

The iPad is an archetype for a touch tablet and it is a very elegant solution to the problem of making a 10-inch touch tablet. The problem is that this is exactly what the competition are doing they are competing …