Archive for the 'method' Category

Endangered OS specie: Microsoft Windows

Filed under UI, method, opinion

After watching this video, I felt sad. Windows bashing leaves a bitter taste in my mouth now, I’d like to help.
Come on Microsoft, what are you doing? What we see on the video is just a lame copy of an Apple demo, the passage with the piano is so embarrassing. Your engineers are brilliant — [...]

Industry cries out for a new approach of user experience design

The way usability specialists are commonly involved in projects proves not to be adequate in some cases, but the needs are HUGE, and the architectural approach to interface design can really fullfill them. Here is how interface architecture should find its way accross the development process of a web service, a software or a device:

Wii optimized web sites, part 2

A few days after posting “Wii optimized web sites“, I’ve been contacted to sketch out a proof of concept to port a very popular service to the Nintendo Wii.
I have some experience in TV interfaces, here are my basic recomandations to build a nice user experience on TV:

What’s an interface architect ?

… and how he can help to get more satisfaction from cable TV.
Oddly enough, one of the biggest challenge I face when meeting prospects is to explain concisely what I really do. Depending on their background, they see an interface specialist either as a graphic artist, or a programming guy. Actually I work closely with [...]