Stephen Fry (yes, comic actor of Blackadder, A Bit of Fry and Laurie amongst other things) has a passion for mobile devices, it seems.
“Letβs go back to houses. The sixties taught us, surely, that architectural design, commercial and domestic, is not an extra. The office you work in every day, the house you live in [...]
From the first chapter of Mobile Interaction Design, by Matt Jones.
“Perhaps, though, the real issue is not whether mobile devices should focus mainly on communication or information processing. There is a broader concern should one device try to do everything for a user or should there be specialized tools, each carefully crafted to support [...]
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Posted 13 April 2006
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Also tagged: book, controller, design, emotion, ethnography, handheld, hci, input, interactiondesign, interruption, ixd, lifestyle, mobile, mobility, navigation, pda, pervasive, phones
“The problem which PDAs will still face, even once they follow this trend and become cheaper and more simple, is that people are not going to want to carry multiple devices with them. Despite what the Z22 has to offer, many consumer will opt to use another product, despite it being a good deal more [...]
A short extract from the book “Designing for Small Screens”.
“Physical interaction Interaction with small-screen devices reveals the conflict of interests between creating the smallest physical size that will give the user unrestricted mobility and flexibility, whilst maintaining dimensions that are defined by the size and the motor functions of the human hand. The balance is [...]
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Posted 20 March 2006
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A wonderfully written essay on the PalmOS philosophy of design.
“Before we go, let’s review a minute. To design great Palm OS products you must set aside the instincts that you may have learned in the PC world. Avoid the siren call of “features for features’ sake.” It will lead you down the path of suffering [...]
Published by Gabriel White.