Article Idea:
Usability Challenge 2008
suggested by Darren Menachemson on 2008/06/14
G’day, wonderful people at BoxesandArrows
On 1 August 2008, we are asking anyone with a passion for usability to solve a usability problem…any usability problem at all…and help make the world a better/safer/less annoying place.
We’ve called it Usability Challenge 2008 – and we would be absolutely over the moon if Boxes and Arrows thought that it was an idea worth talking about.
Note that this is a 100% non-profit idea – the only people who benefit from this are the people who wind up with an improved user experience of some sort.
Thanks for any help you can give,
Darren Menachemson
Usability Challenge 2008
http://usabilitychallenge.webnode.com/
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Chris Sainsbury
1 Reputation points
Posted 2008/06/17 @ 09:29AM with
Sounds like a great idea! Does this have to be a digital product, though? Or can we submit suggestions for all kind of products a la ‘the design of everyday things’?
Darren Menachemson
3 Reputation points
Posted 2008/06/23 @ 07:15AM with
Thanks, Chris :)
To answer your question, all kind of products or services can be included – it’s not limited to the digital world. Interestingly, most of the Usability Challenge 2008 posts I’ve seen have been about improving the usability of physical things – from train doors to can openers. Personally, I can’t wait to see what they come up with in this space!
Spectate Swamp
0 Reputation points
Posted 2008/10/19 @ 09:43AM with
Usability is My Desktop Search. It enables me to do everything I need on my computer from video to text. It was used to catalogue the numerous (screen captured) steps in telephone billing conversions. Also 36 maxed out excel files were combined and searched for the customer toll billing records at 20,000,000 CPS. There is no need for video editing at least with mpeg2 files and this program. Start and stop anywhere in a mpg file. Slow motion extends the playback. Freeze frame and more. Random allows you to sample your video, music and pics with easy. Usability is fast. Start the program and view your most current notes and exit out in under 3 seconds. Usability is using inset keypads for those of us that can type. Multiple repeat keys are way quicker than Ctrl/Alt/anything. Usability is simplicity and speed.