December 7, 2007
Adobe.com today got a new look and I like it a lot. The color palette used is very similar to that of Adobe Developer Connection (the new devnet) that was unveiled at MAX. I personally really liked the Developer Connection design when it came out, but there were many who did not care much for it. I think the accordion approach was really neat as it made finding things extremely simple.
I like the new adobe.com design as well but ….. “Adobe, what’s with the left align? Why is your search box so important and needs to be the only thing to the right?” … please center align the site, it will look and feel a lot better. read more
December 6, 2007
I was on IM with Abdul Qabiz yesterday and during our discussion he pointed me to the below video. It’s a Google Techtalk delivered by Prof. Barry Schwartz who is an expert on Social Theory and Social Action. You may be wondering why am I talking about social theory on a blog about RIAs.. well, listening to his talk I was amazed at how relevant his findings were to Software in general and User Interfaces in particular. read more
May 12, 2007
I was at the Adobe Creative Suite 3 launch in Bangalore on Thursday (Yes, it took them so long). I liked the event, there was nothing extraordinary about it but it was nice …. I really liked how they had put an Indian touch to the whole event (music demos and stuff) and did not just present their International campaign, this shows they are really interested.
The Creative Suite 3 of course is just Awesome!! The demos were awe inspiring and well presented (especially the ones by Rajesh Patil) … great job guys! … One interesting thing that I noticed about these products was the intelligent use of some really innovative UI Components/Controls. Adobe has put a lot of thought/research into what the users really want and need and this effort truly deserves appreciation. read more
April 13, 2007
Jeff Atwood over at his blog Coding Horror (which is one of my favorites) recently posted an article Usability is Timeless where he presents an extract from Jacob Nielsen’s latest book Prioritizing Web Usability. The extract shows how Nielsen thinks web usability issues have evolved from the time he wrote his first book on web usability… read more
