Tag ux

Dear Apple Inc.

Please fix the search UI in Safari on the iPhone.
I’ve been using the iPhone for some time now and overall, the interface is really slick. The buttons are consistently placed and this gives a really strong user experience. Everything appears to be in the obvious place.
The trouble is, I [...]

Portal UI Design Patterns

Here are the slides from a talk I gave at the European Luminis User Group in Nottingham last week.
Outlined are some thoughts behind reusable UI elements in the Luminis portal at the University of Nottingham.
Portal UI Design Patterns

Templating Confluence for enhanced usability

I love Confluence. It’s simple. It’s easy to use. It’s hierarchical, so you can build a nice structure.
But…
I hate Confluence. I can’t find anything. Ever. It’s hierarchical, but which branch in the hierarchy is my content located in? Damnit, the Lucene powered search doesn’t seem to be able to find what [...]