Aza Raskin demos a nice, simple concept for Firefox Mobile. My favorite quote: “Trying to type on mobile is like trying to remove a contact lens with a cotton ball; it’s just not fun.” It looks like a strong concept, though I’m not sure of the value of the ‘tab’ space like he describes – [...]
Cool stuff.
“I wanted to try to take advantage of spatial reasoning and spatial memory to make it easier to find and navigate stuff. Let the user see the scope of information available. Start by showing the big picture. When it makes sense, let it behave more like real-world objects. You can normally pick up [...]
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Posted 06 May 2008
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Also tagged: cell, concept, design, interactiondesign, ixd, mobile, music, nextgen, phone, player, spatial, ui, userinterface
Marek Pawlowski discusses some of the UI paradigm shift that’s happening with more capable handsets and greater function sets.
“ZenZui’s approach, where users navigate objects themselves, as opposed to lists and icons describing objects, is part of a growing trend in mobile interface design. It is being driven by an an increase in processing power and [...]
Published by Gabriel White.