Interaction design » Interaction design http://www.interactiondesignblog.com The blog about interaction design and usability Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:51:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= What’s next? Getting married interactively! http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/11/whats-next-getting-married-interactively/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/11/whats-next-getting-married-interactively/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:48:41 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=894 [Continue reading...] Interactive wedding]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/11/whats-next-getting-married-interactively/feed/ 2 The future of microsoft or stupidity? http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/11/the-future-of-microsoft-or-stupidity/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/11/the-future-of-microsoft-or-stupidity/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:30 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=864 [Continue reading...] ]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/11/the-future-of-microsoft-or-stupidity/feed/ 26 Book review: Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/04/book-review-designing-for-interaction-creating-smart-applications-and-clever-devices/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/04/book-review-designing-for-interaction-creating-smart-applications-and-clever-devices/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:55:55 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=465 [Continue reading...] designing_for_interaction]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2009/04/book-review-designing-for-interaction-creating-smart-applications-and-clever-devices/feed/ 6 Interaction design a la minority report http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/11/interaction-design-a-la-minority-report/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/11/interaction-design-a-la-minority-report/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:43:23 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=433 [Continue reading...] ]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/11/interaction-design-a-la-minority-report/feed/ 10 Writing quicker messages with Swype http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/11/writing-quicker-messages-with-swype/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/11/writing-quicker-messages-with-swype/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:58:45 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=417 QWERTY history This reminds us about the QWERTY keyboard history. Originally Christopher Sholes developed another keboard layout for the first type writers. He had problems with the first designs however; typists were so fast that the key got stuck into each other, causing a jam. The solution was simple but with great consequences; reorder the layout in a less logical way to keep typists from typing too fast. Other systems such as the 'Dvorak keyboard' can type around 400 of the most common words in English without leaving the middle row while the QWERTY keyboard can only reach up till 100. Another statistic; the middle row of the Dvorak system do 70% of the work while QWERTY only does 32%. [Continue reading...] ]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/11/writing-quicker-messages-with-swype/feed/ 6 20 cool interaction design concepts http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/10/20-cool-interaction-design-concepts/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/10/20-cool-interaction-design-concepts/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:19:25 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=279 ]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/10/20-cool-interaction-design-concepts/feed/ 81 Motion to music with audiopad http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/09/motion-to-music-with-audiopad/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/09/motion-to-music-with-audiopad/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:42:44 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=290 Audiopad, a multi touch screen that transforms motion into music. On the touch screen different parameters can be controlled be by dragging and resizing which directly influence the music you hear. With traditional DJ sets and mixers the feedback is purely led lights that switch on or off while the audiopad also gives visual feedback on the touch screen. In our opinion this makes mixing / creating music is more intuitive as you don't only have audible feedback but also visual feedback.

How does it work? (from the audiopad site)

Audiopad has a matrix of antenna elements which track the positions of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop surface. Software translates the position information into music and graphical feedback on the tabletop. Each object represents either a musical track or a microphone.
[Continue reading...] audiopad_thumb]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/09/motion-to-music-with-audiopad/feed/ 3 When sound design fails http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/when-sound-design-fails/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/when-sound-design-fails/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:04 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=262 Unpressable buttons' has written a nice post about sound design in products. There are numerous examples where companies spend tons of money just to get the sound right. Volvo is known for testing endlessly just to get the typical Volvo sound for closing the door. A second example are the coffee machines that use beans. Nowadays the beans can be grind without any noise but that coffee machine would not sell at all. The customer wants to hear heas beans being grinded; it is part of the coffee brewing experience. Unpressable buttons use the example of artificially created shutter sound of a pocket sized digital camera which you still have with modern SLR's.These camera's work so silent that they use this sound for either enhancing the user experience or (more importantly) to give audible feedback to the user about the status of the product. [Continue reading...] sound_icon]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/when-sound-design-fails/feed/ 6 Microsoft surface at Sheraton Hotels http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/microsoft-surface-at-shariton-hotels/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/microsoft-surface-at-shariton-hotels/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:39:13 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=275 [Continue reading...] surface_at_shariton]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/microsoft-surface-at-shariton-hotels/feed/ 3 Brushing all you can see http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/brushing-all-you-can-see/ http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/brushing-all-you-can-see/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:50:56 +0000 admin http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/?p=267 [Continue reading...] brushing_thumb]]> http://www.interactiondesignblog.com/2008/08/brushing-all-you-can-see/feed/ 1