Tag: User experience

New experiences in digital magazines on Apple ipad

A recent presentation from Adobe Max 2010 to know how Adobe’s Digital Publishing Platform is creating some new experiences in digital magazine on apple ipad

“They describe the process of working with WIRED magazine to design a new user experience for digital magazines. Learn how content informed the interface decisions, how WIRED is making use of the new possibilities for interactivity”

Another example from Condé Nast magazine which is also interesting and have similar pattern.

If you are interested in process how Adobe in Design can help you achieving this. Watch the above video. i would like to experiment with this and will share some examples.

vivek

HTC’s user-centric approach to the HD2’S AD campaign

I am impressed with the way they’ve approached this ad. Well i feel it does an excellent job supporting the gestalt of their You campaign. Showing the phone’s view of you is a really simple way of showing how a mobile device fits intimately into all the different aspects of your life.

“A mobile is a very personal object. You keep close to you at all times — whether in your bag or tucked into your pocket.” “It is more than just a piece of technology.”

vivek

Three Mobile User Experience Trends to Watch in 2009

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An interesting article published by Rachel Hinman, adaptive path “Three Mobile User Experience Trends to Watch in 2009”
“One of the most notable shifts in 2008 was a new found enthusiasm around the topic of mobile user experience. What are the trends to watch in 2009? Here are three edges I think are worth tracking:

  • Sexy User Interfaces for All!
  • The emergence of interfaces that anticipate intent
  • The Internet will begin to shape-shift

vivek

Cool flash lite mobile application video on adobe

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Via Bill, Adobesetup a new mobile demos page on the Adobe site which has 8 different video walk throughs of Flash mobile applications that have been created by various companies. They are:

  • Bacardi
  • Mightyverse
  • SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Finetune
  • Nasdaq Retail
  • Sony Pictures
  • Johnny Walker
  • Nasdaq Executive

Have a look to these video and hear the User experience they are talking about. Really intresting application i saw these demo in Forum Nokia Widgets and Flash Lite Code Camps, Bangalore.

vivek

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Mobile communication in the developing world – a design challenge

Neil Clavin has written the latest contribution in the ongoing series of emerging markets articles that are on a weekly basis being published Vodafone Receiver’s magazine.
In his paper for receiver Clavin argues that for better design, we must first of all understand different user needs around the world. The prime design challenges he sees are: richer communication, social tools and reconfigurable interfaces.

“Current mobile interfaces and services are not designed for the developing regions of the world – many users have problems reading and writing, some services are not relevant and native languages not always supported. Many users complete only the basic functions of dialling a number or answering an incoming call.” […]

“The current mobile experience is designed for a literate section of the world who can expect interfaces in their native language. Another section of users have problems navigating text-based interfaces and need to reinforce links with the families they have left behind.

For successful mobile experience design we must provide alternative interfaces, social tools and better native language support. The mobile experience for developing regions will be rich with audio-visual communication, genuinely useful social networks and reconfigurable interfaces.

Designing for these user needs creates better experiences also for advanced countries. Simpler audio-visual interfaces will benefit children, elderly people and users with learning difficulties. Social networks will mature from hipster hangouts into tools for achieving meaningful and progressive goals. Touchscreen devices will become cheap enough for anyone to afford and the languages of cosmopolitan populations fully supported.”

Neil Clavin is a design manager for Vodafone Group User Experience. He worked as a user experience designer for BBC New Media & Technology and as a research assistant for Interaction Design at the Royal College of Art, London, before joining the Vodafone User Experience Concept Development Team based in Düsseldorf, Germany. There, he leads concept design for mobile communication, information and entertainment experiences.

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vivek

Adobe Pitches New Flash Streaming Platform as iPhone Killer for Mobile Operators

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Adobe unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a new client/server streaming media delivery platform with a new mobile profile built to Adobe’s server backend is designed to enable personalize-able user interfaces (UIs) that can be branded by operators and delivered over the air to subscriber phones.

The new mobile profile client software empowers mobile operators to monetize the UI “in the way that ringtones and wall papers are monetized,” says Anup Murarka, director of technical marketing for Adobe’s mobile and devices unit. “You can make the entire UI brandable and we think there is a revenue opportunity there. For operators, we also can elevate key data services to the top of the UI, so you don’t force users to drill down to discover hot new services.”

It’s intresting that people are talking more about mobile experiences and “The evolution of mobile has changed with the iPhone” how it can be improve more or give a another great user experiences to mobile users. Intresting! 🙂

Read here

vivek

Yahoo! Launches Yahoo! Go 3.0, Extends Leadership and Sets New Standard for the Mobile Internet

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Yahoo today announced the launch of the all-new, Yahoo! Go 3.0, Yahoo!’s flagship all-in-one mobile offering, in early beta at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008. Yahoo!’s leadership position in delivering leading-edge mobile experiences to consumers worldwide.

This new product is designed to deliver more of what consumers want, wherever however and whenever they want it. Yahoo! Go 3.0 takes mobile services to the next level with an upgraded and feature-rich user interface, a truly personalized!

It offers an intuitive and rich design that makes efficient use of the phone’s small screen and speeds consumers’ ability to find the information they need on the mobile Internet. This enhanced experience is both visually stunning and highly functional, enabling consumers to easily navigate Yahoo! Go 3.0 through a choice of two views – either the traditional carousel or the new icon layout.

I like this new User interface and it looks good.

vivek