Monthly Archives:
July 2011
MEX Notes: Redesigning UK rail tickets
- Redesigning UK rail tickets – Steve Cable of CX Partners has written an interesting blog on the usability of UK rail tickets, with a particular focus on those reserved in advance. Although the medium is printed paper, the lessons about visual p…
MEX Notes: AT&T’s New ‘4G’ Gear Runs At Different Speeds With Same Branding
- AT&T’s New ‘4G’ Gear Runs At Different Speeds With Same Branding – AT&T's use of a single '4G' moniker to describe products with very different data throughput capabilities is a recipe for poor user experience. Consumer expectations are set by …
Russell Davies’ essays on secondary attention
Russell Davies has written an interesting series of articles on designing for secondary attention, a subject which has been consistent theme in the MEX community for some years, most recently with MEX Pathway #2. In the first article, entitled ‘T…
MEX Notes: Mobile is primary internet device for 25% of US subscribers – Pew
- Mobile is primary internet device for 25% of US subscribers – Pew – Pew's survey identifies a significant trend: a quarter of the US mobile phone users interviewed now rely on their device as their primary internet access point. To understand w…
MEX Notes: Apple seeks patents for 3D and 'physics metaphor' gesture controls
- Apple seeks patents for 3D and 'physics metaphor' gesture controls – One of the insights resulting from MEX Pathway #4 (initiated in July 2010 and entitled 'Identify ways 3D input and output enrich the user experience) has been that the experien…
MEX Notes: Retailers, cash rich, to spend on IT: report
- Retailers, cash rich, to spend on IT: report – Technology aimed at facilitating short range wireless transactions, such as NFC for mobile payments, is slowly making its way into mobile devices, with Nokia, HP, HTC and Samsung all starting to bui…
MEX Notes: Google plays catch-up with offline mapping
- New Google Maps Mobile App Offers Downloadable Maps For Offline Navigation – Google Maps may be the most frequently used mobile service in the UK (see yesterday's post on ComScore's stats), but the user experience is compromised by the requireme…
MEX Notes: A surprising snapshot of the UK’s most used mobile services
- GSMA Mobile Media Metrics Report Issued on UK Mobile Applications Usage — LONDON, June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — – These data provide insight into the actual usage trends among the UK population, using anonymised data sourced direct from operato…