Category Archives: User Experience

Finding bugs through exploratory testing in WolframAlpha

[This post is part of a series. To see the previous, click here. To understand the context, click here] The Bing search decision engine got lots of attention these days, as being able to double Microsoft’s market share in the … Continue reading

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[echo] Unveiling the sixth sense / Revelando o sexto sentido

(versão em Português abaixo) Since Minority Report, the concept of “gestures” has taken UIs to the next level. While gestures are already enabled today in software by frameworks such as WPF, the presentation below shows we’re not too far away … Continue reading

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[UX Pitfalls] What you see is not what you get

[This post is part of a series. To see the previous, click here. To understand the context, click here]   Now that’s an interesting error to see in your Pocket PC:     If SkypeForPocketPC.exe is not valid Pocket PC … Continue reading

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[UX Pitfalls] Map services: swimming across the Atlantic Ocean

[This post is part of a series. To see the previous, click here. To understand the context, click here.]   I’ve been meaning to blog this for ages. I believe the bug is already fixed but the fun remains.   So … Continue reading

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[UX Pitfalls] Inconsistent information

  [This post is part of a series. To see the previous, click here. To understand the context, click here.] I bought online credits for my mobile phone. Just after competing the purchase, I’ve received a SMS: "transaction succedded, you … Continue reading

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[UX Pitfalls] Compactless/unsorted information display and liar links

  [This post is part of a series. To understand the context, click here.] Today’s User Experience (UX) Pitfall goes to Yahoo Groups. In the past, I was able to see all my groups in a single page, in a … Continue reading

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Far away from “informaticity”

  In a previous post, when this blog was still written in portuguese, I’ve started (actually, tried to start) a series of posts presenting real-world examples of how end-users’ life in our IT world… sucks. The point in which I … Continue reading

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