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UI Design Lessons: Are You Driving Your Application Usability Off A Cliff?

Posted: Jul 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment

If I had a million dollars for every time a client asked me to add more features, or more appropriately stuff and jam more features into an already bulging application, I would have published a book, bought a mansion, and maybe a small island somewhere in the South Pacific....

When is it the Right Time to Use Icons?

Posted: Apr 2nd, 2008 | No Comments

When is it appropriate to use icons in your application? This is a decision I always have to make when creating a complex application. There are several key factors that you can use to support your reasoning for utilizing icons. It’s important to know why to use icons over some other method....

Features In The Front Usability Get To The Back

Posted: Feb 15th, 2008 | No Comments

Almost daily I face this this challenge. In fact it is infuriating about how many times in the day a usability concern is locked into the backseat. New features almost always seem to win versus making a new product better simply by improving the usability of an application. Think of it like Jenga....

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SXSW 2009 – Day 2 Last night was my little get together of UI Designers. It was smaller than I had hoped but there was still a lot of interesting conversation. This morning I was working in the hall when I stopped Robert Hoekman to say hi. I figure I should, since in about 1 hour I’m heading off to his panel... Mar 14th, 2009 | no responses

UI Design Challenge: Redesign A Filter Widget So I am bringing back the UI design challenge and wanted to try this a bit different. I want this to be an interactive experience. If you listen to my audio blog posts: http://boo.fm/b29310. I talked about recent research I was conducting to locate a new house. ... Jun 10th, 2009 | one response

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