by Theo Mandel | May 5, 2012 | Product Design, Real-World Usability, Technology, User Centered Design (UCD), User Experience, Web Usability
KISS – Keep it Simple, Stupid! This has historically been a top-level goal for user experience professionals . However, as this blog post describes, achieving simplicity is not a simple exercise. There are many aspects to simplicity. It’s not as easy as...
by Theo Mandel | Jan 5, 2012 | Accessibility, Prototyping, Technology, User Centered Design (UCD), Web Usability
As a user experience designer and prototyper, one of the painful aspects of creating websites is checking browser compatability. With the demise of IE6, there’s one less browser version we have to worry about! Hooray! Check out the article on BBC Technology...
by Theo Mandel | Dec 28, 2011 | Technology, User Centered Design (UCD), User Experience, Web Usability, World Usability Day
“To the heart of design” is a phrase that best describes the largest and most successful World Usability Day (WUD) event produced in Phoenix, Arizona, since its first event in 2007. PayPal hosted and sponsored the event, kicked off with a multimedia...
by Theo Mandel | Sep 27, 2011 | Application Usability, Product Design, Product Development, Technology, Usability Consulting, User Centered Design (UCD), User Experience
As an independent user experience (UX) consultant, this year has been very busy, with more and more companies and clients realizing that user experience and usability is a critical component of any product or device’s design and and development process. Want to...
by Theo Mandel | Sep 27, 2011 | Marketing Usability, Technology, Usability Bloopers, Web Usability
I love it when journalists don’t let big companies get away abusing their customer’s experience. Here’s the latest user experience blooper, pointed out by Scott Davis at Forbes Magazine: Any time you mess with the user experience, you’re going to...
by Theo Mandel | Sep 19, 2011 | Application Usability, Technology, User Centered Design (UCD)
I was recently interviewed by Beth Stackpole for DesignNews magazine on how traditional CAD and design tool software is being made over to deliver a more natural and compelling user experience for engineers and designers. Here’s my section of the article: Beyond...
