Mobile Web Evolution

January 19th, 2010 by David Fisher

The total number of mobile web users exceeded the total number of desktop computer back in 2008 and growth of the mobile web usage has continued snowballing ever since. This unprecedented growth could scarcely have been imagined when you look back at how mobile web originally started.

Neuromarketing

January 11th, 2010 by Maria Shihadeh

HCI beyond usability

In recent years, we have seen a significant increase in research carried out to gauge affective aspects of interactive interfaces. This has become a key determinant of how successful many interfaces are, especially games and new innovative interfaces where a significant amount of effort is spent on creating highly-valued user experiences.

A Decade of Usability

January 11th, 2010 by David Fisher

Usability is still a relatively new term for a vast majority of non-techy people, but for those who are involved with technology, it is playing an increasingly important role in how we think about design. The importance of usability has come from many years’ hard work by a plethora of experts, the most famous of which are Jakob Nielsen, Don Norman and Bruce Tognazinni who collectively founded the Norman Nielsen Group (opens in a new browser window).