Interfaces and Usability

9 years, 10 months ago

Winning the Information War with Mobile

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Guest Post by Hemant Ramachandra We’ve all heard the saying that information is power and that’s never been truer. Today’s consumers are now often armed with more information than the sales teams that serve them. As a result, the sales force is often at a disadvantage—needing to scramble to make sure they remain relevant to their customers. Take the car buying experience as an example. One of my most vivid early memories was accompanying my […]

10 years, 11 months ago

The Value of Visualization

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Recently I was discussing a history project with my son.  He was writing a paper about the inconsistencies in access to clean water in all parts of the world and their causes.  In researching the history of urban water access, he came across the story of the outbreak of cholera in the mid-1800′s in London and the impact it had on modern medicine. A young doctor, John Snow, proposed that cholera was carried in contaminated food […]

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11 years, 5 months ago

Will the Mobile User Interface Overtake the Desktop?

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In the October 2011 Wired, Steven Levy writes about how the scroll bar has disappeared in Apple’s latest desktop operating system, code-named Lion.  Instead of using a mouse to point and drag to move the page up and down, Lion changes the metaphor into a two-fingered multi-touch movement, similar to the move used on your smartphone or tablet.  Is this the beginning of a fundamental change in the way we interact with office based computers? […]
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12 years, 1 month ago

3 Things CIOs Need to Know About HTML5

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Print PDF Guest post by Henry Hwangbo If you don’t read any further, these are the 3 things you need to know about HTML5: HTML5 simplifies web development, expedites delivery, and improves the customer experience across multiple platforms and channels – there is little to no downside HTML5 is not the future – it’s here right now so don’t wait to build up your organization’s experience and expertise – it’s a natural evolution Like anything […]

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