user interface

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Gadgets

Gadget Singularity: Let’s Ditch Our Buttons And Screens Forever

10:00AM Brian Lam | The past decade’s march towards better gadgets shows a trend line pointing towards ultra-powerful gadgets with UIs so seamless, they make Macs look like punchcard computers. But if you think about it, we — not hardware — are the limitation. More »
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Online

Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent

2:12AM Jesus Diaz | Engadget got a few screenshots of what may be the user interface for all Google web applications, from Gmail to Google’s search itself. As you can see in these images, they may adopt Google Wave’s look. More »
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Cameras

Click: A Visual Tour of Camera Interfaces

2:00AM Matt Buchanan | Digital cameras do more stuff than ever—detect smiles, track specific people, shoot HD video—but while some are adding dials and buttons to manage feature bloat, others are shedding buttons like dead, obsolete skin.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Phones

LG Arena KM900’s Wacky Cubic UI Fiddled With on Video

12:00AM John Herrman | Leaked photographs and vague marketing language hadn’t yet provided a clear idea of how LG’s new part-iPhone, part-Compiz UI actually works, but now a demo model has popped up on Swedish TV. It’s weird. More »
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007
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Nokia Develops Eyes-Free Touchscreen Controls

11:45PM Charlie White | Nokia has invented a way to let you use a touchscreen on a mobile device without looking at it. It’s done with this special lid that has a slot in it with slightly raised places on it that you can use as a guide. Working with the software on the screen underneath, certain spots of that slot coincide with various functions on the touchscreen, giving you eyes-free control of that user interface. Notice in the picture there’s also a version of the idea with a “rotator lid,” apparently with click stops to guide your fingers to certain locations on the touchscreen. These are some great ideas for those who insist on driving while dialing. [US Patent and Trademark Office, via Unwired View] More »
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