Posted by Kris Colvin | Jun 17th, 2008

Imitating the Best: Firefox 3 vs. Safari 3 Design

Today Firefox 3 was released, and after reading the news, I eagerly rushed over to download it, especially because one article I read touted its complete redesign and must-have functionality. I was a bit disappointed to discover just another copy of an Apple product. At least the older version of Firefox I was using felt uniquely different than either Safari or Internet Explorer. I preferred it, over this design and...

Posted by Kris Colvin | Jun 8th, 2008

User Experience Planning

Holger Maassen, Senior IA + XP in Germany, has written an excellent article on some of the pitfalls companies are now experiencing when they don’t have enough coverage across a project for comprehensive user experience, or adequate planning. I was especially taken by some graphics he developed at the end of the article that compare people’s expectations of how a software project or web site is planned...