Tag Archive | "User Interface"
Jon Whipple’s solution to OS X Lion’s invisible scrollbars – The “Scroll Compass”
By David Goldman: OS X Lion ushered in a number of significant user interface changes with one of the more controversial debates centering on Apple’s decision to reverse mouse scrolling so that scrolling downwards takes a user to the top of a particular window – which is exactly how it works on the iPhone and [...]
Continue reading...Dynamic Icons in iOS 5 – Concept Video
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Yet another intriguing concept video courtesy of Jan Michael Cart, a college student from the University of Georgia with a talent for interesting iOS concept videos. In the one below, he outlines how dynamic icons in iOS might be implemented. We can’t lie, it looks pretty cool and is clearly a blend between iOS’s standard [...]
Continue reading...iOS 5 introduces revamped notification center along with enhanced lockscreen
Monday, June 6, 2011
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Apple’s notification system over the past few years has been lambasted for being clumsy and downright antiquated. Today, Apple Senior VP of iOS software Scott Forstall unveiled iOS 5 and as was predicted, the update includes a significant and welcome change to the way iOS handles notifications. Gone are the obtrusive popups and in its [...]
Continue reading...The design process behind OS X 10.0 and Steve Jobs’ remarkable level of involvement
Friday, April 8, 2011
On March 24, 2001, after years of intense development, Apple publicly released the first version of OS X. OS X, based on the NeXTstep OS Apple acquired from Steve Jobs, marked a radical departure from the UI Mac users had grown accustomed to. There was the dock, the aqua interface, and of course, those red, [...]
Continue reading...Apple patent describes graphical implementation of contact lists for the iPhone
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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A new patent filing unearthed by AppleInsider last week suggests that Apple is exploring ways to improve browsing through and selecting contacts on the iPhone. In a patent titled “Segmented Graphical Representations for Recommending Elements”, Apple describes a more graphically engaging way for users to navigate through their list of contacts.
Continue reading...Apple revamps “About This Mac” section in OS X Lion; not too shabby!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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One of the more interesting UI changes we’ve seen in Lion thus far is Apple’s complete re-design of the “About This Mac” section found under the Apple icon on the upper left-hand side of the toolbar. The previous “About This Mac” section merely relayed information about the version of the OS, the processor, the memory, [...]
Continue reading...Two-finger trackpad scrolling in OS X Lion is backwards
Friday, February 25, 2011
With the beta of OS X 10.7 now in developers hands comes this video showing that the two finger trackpad scroll we know and love from previous iterations of OS X has been changed in OS X Lion. Users, though, can go back to the old two-finger scroll via system preferences, but this is undoubtedly [...]
Continue reading...RIM acquires TAT in efforts to improve Blackberry UI experience
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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After a number of failed, okay okay – lackluster, attempts to compete with the iPhone (Storm 1&2 anyone?), RIM is finally waking up and realizing that a capable email device is decidedly not enough to compete with the big boys. Sure, RIM still dominates the business market, but the iPhone is slowly but surely creeping [...]
Continue reading...Why Netflix uses HTML 5 for its UI
Sunday, December 5, 2010
If tech companies being completely forthright about the technologies they use and why, then we simply can’t get enough – and Netflix, more than most, seems to be completely open to explaining the rationale behind the technological road it travels. In a post from this past Friday, Netflix VP of Personalization Technology Jon Ciancutti explains [...]
Continue reading...OS X Lion preview hints at iOS style scrollbars
Monday, October 25, 2010
Apple’s somewhat brief sneak peak at Mac OS Lion hints at a revamped scroll bar UI for the upcoming iteration of OS X. During a presentation conducted by Apple VP of Mac OS X engineering Craig Federighi, we were able to see that Apple has, for the time being, abandoned the aqua scrollbars in favor [...]
Continue reading...The curious UI of iTunes 10
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Rever to Saved astutely points out a number of curious UI changes in the newly released iTunes 10. First and foremost, the grey shading on the left sidebar is particularly egregious. iTunes previously coloured its sidebar items. This enabled you to—without thinking—associate certain items with certain colours; even if you didn’t do this, each item [...]
Continue reading...RIM releases sneak peak of Blackberry 6 OS
Monday, July 12, 2010
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RIM writes on its official blog that Blackberry 6 is on track to launch later this Summer. Until then, peep the tweaked and much improved UI users can expect to see sometime soon. It’s no iOS 4, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction.
Continue reading...Android team “laser focused” on UI improvements
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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TechCrunch reports that Google’s Android team is committed to implementing UI enhancements designed to improve the broader Android user experience. The [Android] team more or less has the core features they want at this point, say our sources, although more tweaks are certainly coming. But Google wants to put an end to the desire of [...]
Continue reading...A look at the iPad Human Interface Guidelines
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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As a member of the iPhone developer program, one of the things you have access to is the iPad Human Interface Guidelines. Not a member? No sweat. UX Magazine has a sweet overview of them below. It’s an compelling read if you happen to be design minded, and an interesting look into Apple’s theory on [...]
Continue reading...The importance of realism in UI Design
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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A solid and enjoyable piece by Lukas Mathis on the importance of realism in UI design. A breezy and enlightening read on a Sunday afternoon.
Continue reading...Apple already has patent for more informative iPhone homescreen
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Not too long ago, the folks over at teehanlax provided some pretty compelling mockups of an overtly more informative and useful iPhone home screen (when locked). And some vertical scrolling action would also be a nice touch… Apple obviously isn’t going to let any third party developer screw with its homescreen, but don’t fear that Apple doesn’t see [...]
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Friday, September 2, 2011
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