I just tried to install and use the Nostalgio iPhone application.
Here is one of the first info/notification/request you get:
How serisously can this application be trusted?
Reminds me of:
This is what I want for Christmas: Google Chrome Beanbag Lounger
December 21, 2011 by Romain
Tested and Approved in Google France office. I’ don’t know it it’s V8-powered/filled inside, but it matches your body just perfectly.
You can order it online, here are some facts about it:
The beanbag lounger is completely custom-made to look like the Google Chrome logo. With a height of 30cm and diameter of 140cm, it can be used as a seat bag or ground cushion. Water-resistant, durable, and easy to clean, they’re a great looking addition to the home, office, or outdoors.
Price: £162.20
I HATE TILT SHIFT
April 19, 2011 by Romain
Tilt-shift photography refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene.
Example:
The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo.
Discrete arrow
January 26, 2011 by Romain
A nice way to show both a direction and a stair level using just an arrow.
Misused Flash Ad overlay
December 18, 2010 by Romain
Not much to comment on this one..
Flash overlay can sometimes be fun and (positively) surprising. But they also may be (negatively) surprising and misused regarding website’s content. Especially news websites, where news updates may be automatically extracted from a wide range of information sources. And of course ads being 180° away from the right direction to choose.
Who is to blame for that?
iPhone overloaded apps folders
November 8, 2010 by Romain
What is the user supposed to do with so many apps in folders? Explore all of them to find the right app? Not using folders at all?
The difficulty is that apps are not all visible at the same time. Some are hidden within folders and not visible on the icon. Those icons are quite small, making them difficult to recognize and their text bellow is barely readable.
Furthermore, Apps notifications are tied to folders, making hard to guess which app is concerned by updates or new messages.
My life saver is the text search interface. But then I need to know exactly what I’m looking for, and if so, no room for spelling mistakes..
Youtube’s New Player Annoying Overlap
February 20, 2010 by Romain
YouTube has recently updated its video player, and replaced the HQ button with a Multi-Resolution (MR) button that displays a selection list with available resolutions (360p, 480p, 720p, etc.).
What really annoys me is the overlap between the MR list and the volume range when I quickly hover the MR button to acquire the volume button. This situation is very common when the mouse is on the right of the video and you want to change its volume. Here is screenshot of such a situation:
Overlap is annoying in general, and in this situation it makes me not to see the volume level or I need to wait the MR list to disappear (~couple of hundreds of milliseconds) to change the volume. Enough to be distracting.
A few simple design alternatives would overcome this annoying design flaw:
- Restrict the MR list to its vertical space delimited by the MR bottom (360p) button (no more overlap with vicinity)
- Add a (very small) waiting time before the MR list rolls out
- Require users to click on the MR button to roll out the list
- Change the button order (put the MR button leftmost)
The first alternative would be the simplest and quickest to implement. Other alternatives would require extra actions from users or change their habits. But would prevent any overlap.
I am astonished that such a flaw can appear on a major website (and even more suprised that it is not fixed, yet). This design flaw is also discussed in YouTube’ Bug Reports & Technical Issues forum thread. But don’t worry it won’t prevent you from watching a good NASA parody from The Onion 