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Task Centered Design: Optimizing UX
In my previous post on Task Centered Design, I have described what a Task Profile is and how to build one. Today I would like you to follow me, as I'll demonstrate how even a seemingly straightforward and easy workflow can be further optimized using Task Centered...
Task Centered Design: Task Profiles
One of the critical facets of UX is ease of use. And that is where Task Centered Design principles excel at analyzing and delivering a highly optimized User Experience.
Q 0.4 – A New Way Through jQuery
Countless web developers have struggled to understand the way jQuery handles its plugins. Many have attempted to write a plugin of their own, and many have failed or given up. Thanks to Q, a brand new library which not only extends existing jQuery features but brings...
Icons: From Bitmap to Vector And Back
Vector icons in the form of icon fonts have been around for quite a while, but there are still clients who, for some mysterious reasons, are unable to upgrade their browsers from whatever ancient technologies they use. It most often happens with government agencies,...
Task Centered Design: Introduction
We have succeeded in creating a race for a better User Experience. But in doing so, we have become bound and limited by the same ideas we have created to persuade everyone else.
Napoleons Can’t Design
Is it even possible to say “[Tom or Ted] is a bad designer”? Design is a matter of perception; it is deeply personal and emotional – how can anyone be a judge?
Ten Things Businesses Do Wrong In UX
Over the course of years I have observed the evolution of understanding of UX in several companies and it was rather easy to identify certain key decisions each of the companies had to make – sometimes even several times over …
Revisited – Big Words: Why Software Industry Is Choking
In March 2013, I have published the following post, titled "Big Words: Why Is Software Industry Choking", poking at IT industry's constant need to overwhelm us with big words, big promises, and (at that time) "Big Data". Many readers have believed that I was simply a...