UI

Usability and Re-usability

by Vishal Mehta October 25, 2010 Business

Why Re-use? We are faced with the challenge of adapting to an increasingly complex software world with yesterday’s tool sets and standards. Internet, social media, e-commerce, supply-chain re-engineering, CRM, etc. are all contributors to the growing demands on today’s developer. Conceptually, the perfect system would be one in which we would reuse our software, describe [...]

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Paradigm Shift

by Vishal Mehta October 21, 2010 Usability Dimensions

Preamble. Recently, had this interesting discussion with one of my mentors, regarding how the focus has seen itself changing teams in a software landscape – observed over 15+ years. How Theoretical Innovation Would Kill Practical Usability? My mentor gave me a great example where he was the eye-witness. Many years back, he was involved in [...]

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UI a better world.

by Vishal Mehta May 5, 2010 Usability Characteristics

User interface. Imagine if everything in this world were as intuitive as a calculator or an ATM. Training departments and organizations would surely go out of business! Jokes aside, let’s try and extend the concept of UI to other things, by drawing parallels with the principles that UI (good one) uses. Whether “concepts of UI” [...]

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