Neat interactive UX process visualization
(via http://uxbasis.hellogroup.com and http://userpathways.com)
Last summer i worked at Yahoo! as an interaction design intern and my major summer project was to design the new Information Architecture for the Pattern Library. Today the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library was relaunched with a new face – more open and social. It includes 10 new Social Patterns, a reorganized category-structure, cleaner URLs for easier bookmarking and much more.
Come and check it out at http://design.yahoo.com
I have been struggling with adding more apps to my iphone because of the limited capabilities to browse, explore and discover helpful add-ons. Beyond the limitations of the app store on the phone as well as in itunes the actual rating of iphone apps is another weakness for two reasons.
The collection of ratings happens either in itunes upon downloading an application as well as on the phone after removing the application. This creates a very biased environment for rating applications. Most ratings will be the result of uninstalling an app and not necessarily give a realistic representation of votes as it does not capture or distinguish between a crappy app or an app that just did not meet the user’s expectations. To solve this issue i suggest to make it more clear that the collected rating is reflecting the quality of the application rather than maybe just downloading it with the wrong expectations.
On the other hand i suggest that Apple uses quantitative data about application usage to generate more accurate ratings. The following metrics could be used to verify the quality and usefulness of applications assuming that frequency of use is a major characteristic and contributing factor for users to decide if an installation is worth it.
Interesting visualization from the National Geographic on the Carbon Footprint of Wine consumption in the US based on numbers from a study by “Dr. Vino“.
Larry Page’s speech at the University of Michigan graduation ceremony addressing the class of 2009 to “be lazy and get a little crazy“. There is also a transcript available.
Check out Quince a new ux pattern explorer by Infragistics.
There are no good tools that make these patterns usable, and there isn’t much community to speak of around them. We at Infragistics thought that we could help and fill the gap – helping to make UX design patterns more findable, more discoverable, more usable, and, we hope, more communal and social.
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