Archive for February 7th, 2010
UI Honeycombbig
Am observat in ultima vreme o greseala (amestecare, confuzie) pe care o fac multi oameni cand se refera la doua concepte cu asemanari semantice, dar total diferite in ceea ce priveste conceptul si aplicarea.
User Experience vs Usability
Aceste doua “industrii” au inceput sa creasca si sa fie din ce in ce mai cunoscute odata cu dezvoltarea rapida a RIA (Rich Internet Applications). Astfel ca odata cu popularitatea aplicatiilor web acesti doi termeni au atins cote inalte in agenda fiecarui dezvoltator, dar in acelasi timp sunt percepute sau intelese gresit.
Usability se refera la usurinta cu care un utilizator poate duce la bun sfarsit un task folosind orice tool. In general acest termen are la baza analizele factorilor umani si include ideei din multe domenii cum ar fi psihologia umana si statistica. In fundament termenul de Usability este calitativ, dar se bazeaza pe datele cantitative pentru analiza si identificarea slabiciunilor si generarea solutiilor de imbunatatire.
Studiul de usability se face in general prin teste foarte detaliate si amanuntite cu esantioane/grupuri mari de oameni pentru a determina cum interactioneaza utilizatorul cu interfata si zonele specifice unde el se pierde (cateodata se aplica metode care analizeaza miscarile ochilor pentru a determina zonele de interes majore).
“Highly usable interfaces” sunt intotdeauna acelea foarte intuitive, simple si extrem de usor de invatat.
IE6-Wanted
The War against IE 6 has a very log story behind it, but from my point of view is just boring and very unproductive to sit around and talk about it all day. In the same time I agree with the fact that you should develop your web-applications without worrying about compatibility inside a specific browser, so I personally just IGNORE this one and try to convince the user to switch to a more appropriate browser. You can find more about this issue all over the net and also here, here, here and here.
Now Google joins the armada announcing that they will drop support for IE 6, so I remembered some code snippets that will actually crash your browser 
if the page is opened in IE 6. In no particular order here are the crashers:
<style>*{position:relative}</style><table><input></table>
<script>for(x in document.write){document.write(x);}</script>
<html> <form> <input type crash> </form> </html>
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