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Firefox 3: A Few of the UI Improvements

The Mozilla Foundation is to browsers what Apple is to computers. Mozilla has learned how to question existing paradigms and improve upon existing designs. I’ll admit that I thought Firefox 2 was nearly perfect from a UI perspective (from a performance perspective, not so much).
Here are a few examples on how Firefox 3 continues to [...]


Cooper: Let’s Step Up and Create a Partnership with Developers

The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) held its first annual conference last month at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). While I did not attend, I’ve been watching some of the talks from the conference via Perpetual Productions on Brightcove. One of the most inspiring talks at the conference was by Alan Cooper (author [...]


Wii Want to Go Home!

Last Sunday morning I stood in line for 1.5 hours at Toys”R”Us in Cary to get my hands on my very own Nintendo Wii. I was #18 out of a line of what amounted to at least 60 people. Only the first 28 got Wiis. It was fun standing in line, and a kid behind [...]


Jakob Nielsen T-shirt

I am not a big fan of shirts that have messages, but this one is just too funny to pass up. Don’t go to your next conference or local UPA/SIGCHI/HFES/IxDA chapter meeting without your very own Jakob Nielsen T-shirt! There are only 100 of these, so make sure to get yours ASAP.
For those that don’t [...]


Ambient Forecasting Umbrella

Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ideas.
From ThinkGeek, this is an ambient umbrella ($99) that will flash when it’s going to rain. Personally, I use two umbrellas (one for the car, and one for my apartment). I could get a third umbrella to keep at work and I might never get caught unarmed [...]


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