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Ui

Apple UI Counting Fail

I was just updating my Airport Express settings and noticed this rare Apple UI fail. Bad number sorting.

Windows UI is so broken

Windows UI is so broken. Look at the hoops developers have to jump through to get people to just install a plug-in.

Amazon Ass

Unfortunate but amusing combination of the subject line and Mail.app shortening the sender name from Amazon Associates.

Interview and profile of Dan Saffer

Core77 have just posted an interview and profile I wrote on Dan Saffer and hhis new book, Designing Gestural Interfaces. Dan talks about his vision for future …

Homeland Security - Worst Alert Box Ever

I’m on the interactive jury for the Art Directors Club Awards this year, which I am very chuffed about. Not least because I get the chance to go to New …

Amusing Fenec Preferences

Thought I had posted this weeks ago and found it loitering in my scheduled posts. Entertaining set of preferences descriptions for Fenec, Mozilla’s new …

Amazon Christmas Checkout

Just spotted Amazon’s Christmas-themed shopping cart. Sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference.

G-Speak - Back to VR Gloves Again?

It’s the gloves again. Part of me wants to believe G-Speak is really is a fantastic “spatial operating environment”. The mouse and keyboard …

Sprint's Now Machine Data Overload

In keeping with the seemingly American obsession that more data one has the better (especially on TV), Sprint have launched a viral campaign called the Now …

LinkedIn's Weird UI Shadows

Is it just me or does anyone else find LinkedIn’s new design tweaks weird on the perspective front? This rounded-corner box has a couple of random shadows …

Design is Money - ATM Design

ATMs in Germany are lame, I have to say. They’re slow and clunky and appear to be designed by software engineers rather than UI designers. So I wish …

Why Good Looking Error Messages Matter

Almost anything involving computers falls over once in a while, but it’s how you handle it that makes all the difference. I spotted this in Newcastle …

OLPC versus Nintendo DS

Alexander Stojanovic makes an interesting comparison between the Nintendo DS and the OLPC. Having bought both for his five year-old daughter at Christmas he has …