Introducing the Leap
A new way to control your computer. The comments are almost as interesting as the video.
Leap Motion represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen. For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand and finger movements.
Complex Internet Data Twice as Hard to Comprehend From Mobile Phone
When reading from an iPhone-sized screen, comprehension scores for complex http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-content-comprehension.html
Important Web-Site Priority
Web users spend 80% of their time looking at information above the page http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html
Russian security firm rails against responsible disclosure
A little known Russian security firm has taken the bold step of releasing details of zero-day exploits in business software every day for the rest of January, according to reports. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164630,russian-security-firm-rails-against-responsible-disclosure.aspx
Some Systems Suffer New Year Hangover
Some software systems across the world went haywire on 1 January because they were not programmed to handle the year 2010. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164632,systems-suffer-new-year-hangover.aspx#poll
The Jakob Nielsen Alertbox for September 14 is now online
Simple user testing with 5 participants, paper prototyping, and heuristic evaluation offer a cheap, fast, and early focus on usability, as well as many rounds of iterative design.http://www.useit.com/alertbox/discount-usability.html
How Little Do Users Read?
On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely. more
Type and Layout Design Principles
Here is a link to a web design expert’s usability site. This week’s article features a couple of points near and dear to my soul. here
They exactly mirror the advice in a book I purchased twenty years ago called “Communicating or Just Making Pretty Shapes” by Colin Wheildon. It is a must read for anyone having anything to do with creating marketing or promotional material.
Bridging the Channel
A reader writes: “I have four slots for DDR2 memory. How do you set up the system for dual-channel or single-channel? Which is faster?” here