Dan Markham

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Posts Tagged ‘UI’

7.3

UI Nightmare

Palm developer Steven’s Creek Software vomited out this app for the iPhone/iPod Touch.

The question is: will this app be “accepted” by Apple for inclusion in the AppStore or is UI design going to be a deciding factor in which apps get in and which don’t?

As leery as I am of having one gate-keeper giving the thumbs up or the thumbs down to every app I would be just as leery of having to wade through crap like this to get to the good stuff. Time will tell …

Update: pilkycrc says “no”

Original linkage, as well as the screenshot of this train wreck of a UI, courtesy of Mr. John Gruber.

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6.25

Our Handheld Future

Two articles from WIRED — one on the acquisition and open-sourcing of Symbian, the other on the (continuing) story of Google’s Android — centered on the inevitable “mobilization” of the computing experience.

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8.10

A Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts

A Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts I failed. @Ask Tog. Via…I forget.

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