Category Archives: User Interface Design

Website Blunders

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Lisa

It’s time for another bitch session.  This time, various ‘popular’ websites on the Interwebs are my target. Much as I could spend a lot of vitriol on them, I’m not going to spend time complaining about clickbait headlines (you won’t … Continue reading →

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EFTPOS Interfaces

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Lisa

As a shopper in the western world, I use EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale) pretty much every day.  I began using them back when they were trying to replace the old ‘run a roller over your credit … Continue reading →

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Battery Anxiety

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Lisa

There’s a phrase that’s come into use since electric vehicles became more mainstream: range anxiety.  Of course, those of us who have used phones ‘forever’ or, in fact, anything portable and battery powered, have known this anxiety for a long … Continue reading →

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Sightless Touchscreens

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Lisa

I’ve mentioned before how replacing normal, tactile controls with those on a touchscreen doesn’t work well because the tactile, position context portion is lost.  Matthaeus Krenn is experimenting with the idea of making a touchscreen ‘contextless’. It’s a sightly different take … Continue reading →

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Interwebs Banking

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Lisa

Since it became possible to do banking over the Interwebs (at least with the Banks I’ve used), I’ve usually signed up to do so.  At first it was because the Geek in me wanted to play with the new toy.  … Continue reading →

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Credit Card Expiry Dates

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Lisa

Here’s a quick thought for you.  Credit card expiry dates are always expressed on the cards themselves as digits – month followed by year.  For example 03 / 2012, or 12 / 2013.  So why would you ask for the … Continue reading →

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Touch Screen Game Controls

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Lisa

I downloaded Zenonia 2 for the Galaxy S and had a brief play with it.  It reminded me of a problem I’ve been aware of since the early days of the Nintendo DS: How to use a touch screen effectively … Continue reading →

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Those #@%# Cash Machines

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Lisa

Today I needed to use an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), otherwise known as Cashports, Cash Machines, Holes In The Wall or by any amount of swearing.  As usual, I muttered a few choice words about the person (or persons – … Continue reading →

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What I Want, When I Want It

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Lisa

What I want to talk about in this entry isn’t strictly User Interface, as it would need a lot of effort at other levels to succeed, but since the end result is a behaviour change in the User Interface, it’s … Continue reading →

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Android Connections

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Lisa

One area that I think the iPod/iPhone series of devices – herein referred to as an iDevice –  has got very right is that they all have a standard “dock” interface.  This interface has been taken up by stereo manufacturers, … Continue reading →

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