Recently, I noticed that the GDS style guide advises using “eg” instead of “e.g.”. To me, this looks strange, but then again, I’m no copywriter. eg looks weird, and I’m sure screen readers would have difficulty understanding it too. Nevertheless, it started me looking into different abbreviations that have lost their dots, of which there… Continue reading Inspiration – copy/content
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Product Idea: Allowing people to ‘try-on’ furniture colours when buying online
I was recently trying to choose a new sofa and being ever indecisive I couldn’t quite make up my mind about what colour to choose (or sofa for that matter but let’s stick to colour for now). in the showroom there was one example sofa and hundreds and hundreds of colours and materials. I had… Continue reading Product Idea: Allowing people to ‘try-on’ furniture colours when buying online
Inspiration – useful implementation of parallax scrolling
Beautiful use and useful use of parallax scrolling by https://getbeagle.co/ Where the animation helps to tell the story
eBay letting users know about a change to their site
Sometimes sites change, and sometimes users don’t realise that a change has happened. The below example is from eBay and shows all screens used to inform users of the changes.
Psychological priming
Priming in the film Focus If you haven’t watched the movie Focus, the below post will be a bit of a spoiler – sorry. Will Smith against a high roller at a football game lays an outlandish bet. After losing several bets, Will Smith offers a double or quits bet where he allows the high-roller… Continue reading Psychological priming
Augmented Reality now
Augmented World Expo 2015 Disney Research – Augmented Reality Haptic technology that creates tactile sensations in free air Unbelievable bus shelter by Pepsi Max Design your own Vespa magazine advert
Inspiration – week 45, 2015
Fitts’s law states that things bigger and closer are more accessible to hit than at the edge of the screen. Why at the edge? Because your cursor has nowhere else to move, it’s impossible to overshoot past the corner or edge. However, with the prevalence of multi-screen desktop set-ups, this becomes less relevant. So, think… Continue reading Inspiration – week 45, 2015
Inspiration – An alternative online security method using type patterns, as we all type differently
I recently came across an example of an online security method I’d never seen before. The website (for an online course) asks that the user submits a typing test every time they submit an assignment to prevent cheating. I didn’t know this, but apparently, we all have a different type pattern, and by looking at… Continue reading Inspiration – An alternative online security method using type patterns, as we all type differently
Symbols in passwords – we all use the same ones without realising
Watching a TED talk recently, an analysis of of symbols in passwords revealed that the large majority of us choose the same symbol over and over again. The requirement to include a symbol in a password is meant to increase the strength and security of a users password. But if you’re pretty sure that someone will… Continue reading Symbols in passwords – we all use the same ones without realising
Inspiration – A nice example of simple profile completion
A humanistic robot Slack presents a very nice way of getting users to complete their profile by only asking for the minimum amount of information they need when registering. They then ask the user to fill in the remainder as they begin to use the system.