Beyond Usability

Great iPod GUIs

fwimmer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:59:22 +0000

More and more, we’re seeing iPhone GUIs upstage their desktop cousins. For pure eyeball joy, certain iPhone GUIs appears to be unrivaled by anything offered in even the coolest RIAs and Mac apps.

Highlighted in 30 iPhone Apps with Sexy Interfaces at MacAppStorm, here are my favorites of the bunch…

Weightbot from Tapbots offers a great looking UI, coupled with beautifully animated interactions.

Beats from Bjango offers a clean, polished front end to a DJ utility app. The subtle lighting effects and coloring really elevate the appearance of a simple and uncluttered design.

Twitterific from Iconfactory provides a clean and simple gateway into Twitter.

Adobe Thermo Gets a New Name

fwimmer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:54:04 +0000

The design tool that had been code-named “Thermo” is now “Flash Catalyst”.

Check out Ryan Stewart’s blog for details.

You’re Either a Part of the Solution or You’re… Jakob Nielsen

fwimmer — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:24:22 +0000

Nielsen did good things for usability many years ago. Unfortunately, he’s failed to evolve along with the rest of the industry. Here’s a nice little discussion about the fugliness of Nielsen’s site…

Timothy Uhl’s blog entry on the “Aesthetic Usability Effect”

Zombie Hamsters

fwimmer — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:25:16 +0000

Halloween just come fast enough to suit my new-found fascination with zombie hamsters.

Twitterpated

fwimmer — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:11:06 +0000

Got invited to Twitter last week and decided to give it a try. I found it to be pretty appealing right away, but assumed that, like most of ADD-driven compulsions, I’d be over it in a day or two.

Ten days later and still getting sucked in more each day.