Category: User Experience
Tapbots Blog – Tweetbot 1.2.1, 1.3 and the State of Push Notifications
Following the footsteps of the awesome team at 37Signals, have an opinion, which helps explain why Tweetbot is #winning in my opinion.
NYTimes.com – Capital One’s Response to Outrage Over ING Direct Purchase
Not much here to read, but it interests me.
Shawn Blanc – Cloudy With a Chance of Music
Ownership and total control over the experience is almost paramount for how I listen to music.
Signal vs. Noise – It just doesn’t matter
Totally true, the user experience should focus on making what matters better not on adding in features that don’t add anything.
NYTimes.com – Google’s Digital Music Service Falls Short of Ambition
This doesn’t bode well for what we all really want, stream our already owned music collection without having to upload it, wonder if Apple will have any better luck with the record labels.
carpeaqua – We’ll Fix Our Platform In Post
It’s one thing to come out with a product half finished, it’s another to come out and say you’ll finish the product and never do.
Chris Coyier – Loyalty Cards
Some excellent points here for building a loyalty/reward system.
NYTimes.com – Amazon to Sell Cheaper Kindle Supported by Ads
Uggh, really Amazon, not only is advertising not really your thing but only 25 dollars off.
Design Shack – UI Design: Should We Really Be Afraid of the Uncanny Valley?
Good points, a little bit of realism isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but just don’t take it too far.
ericbieller.com – What makes iOS user experience so much better than Android?
In a nutshell these were more or less my main issues with the experience of using an Android phone.