Braun Citrus Press User Manual ~1960
The great functionalist designer Dieter Rams gave us ten provocative definitions for good design.
We finally have an alternative to Arial and Times Roman! Typekit could easily change the way we design websites because it provides designers with the ability to use “real fonts” to keep your corporate identity consistent across all media.
Mobile users polled by Keynote Systems for Adobe reported a preference for mobile browsers over virtually all mobile content. Games, music and social media were the only categories in which users would rather use a downloaded app than browse the mobile web.
When the Adobe survey asked about a preference for using regular or mobile-optimized websites on their mobile device, respondents preferred regular sites in both the consumer products-shopping and media-entertainment categories. According to the report, this preference suggests “a low awareness of optimized experiences for the mobile web,” but users could also be frustrated with the limited functionality many mobile-optimized sites provide.
The days of cluttering the studio with computers with multiple browser settings are over. Thanks to the Adobe Browser Lab we can now simulate user experience for common browsers and OS systems. Seeing what users see makes it much easier to design. It will also helps trouble-shoot new sites before bug reports show up. This is a huge step forward for our designers.
Sometimes you need a bit more information to make a decision especially when creating navigation systems for interactive products. Predictability and ease of use are the foundation of a great user experience.
