user experience

Special Fare on MakeMyTrip

by Vishal Mehta January 28, 2012 Just One Other Thing

Today I was hunting for some flight travel deals on MakeMyTrip. Upon search, I found an interesting offer (see below pic). The best price offer comes with an uncertainty – that of the airline and the exact time of the flight. How am I supposed to “plan” without purchasing the ticket? The terms of use [...]

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Inline Translation on Facebook Comments

by Vishal Mehta January 27, 2012 Just One Other Thing

Facebook comments on Wall or a Page has a nice little feature – of language translation if some comment is not in your set language. This inline translation translates into a good user experience. Check it out!  

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Persuasion Vs Manipulation

by Vishal Mehta December 24, 2011 Business

First published on Technorati. User behavior and hence user experience can be influenced by persuasion. PET design principles are very sophisticated and works wonders in driving home – the desired user experience. But it can be tricky – in that, adopting these principles carelessly might lead to the concept of manipulation. We certainly don’t want [...]

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Indigo Greets 6C

by Vishal Mehta December 13, 2011 Just One Other Thing

Just yesterday, a dear friend was narrating his recent in-flight experience with Indigo; it was really witty, at the same time being transparent such that most people would miss it! Not my friend – he has an eye for detail. I immediately decided his user experience as my next blog post. He boarded the plane [...]

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Prompt Help On ShutterStock

by Vishal Mehta December 9, 2011 Just One Other Thing

Shutterstock is one of the popular places from where I purchase images for online work. In a recent use, I did a search on the image theme, and after clicking through few “Next” search result screens – not finding the correct image, the platform prompted a non-intrusive pop-up message (see pic below), asking if I [...]

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Nokia Clicks In Hi-Res Sequence

by Vishal Mehta November 9, 2011 Applications

My brother recently purchased Nokia-C6. As in other phones, the camera quality is nice – which allows us to conveniently “forget” the digital camera at home, while going out places that are picture-friendly! In exploring further, he was pleasantly surprised by finding a “Sequence” mode option in Camera settings – this like most digital cameras [...]

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Attention Captcha’d By IMDB

by Vishal Mehta October 21, 2011 Just One Other Thing

IMDB, the Internet Movie Database site provides user verification Captcha code in form of name of a movie or an actor. Subtle way of engaging relevance!

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Forgot Password on Expensify?

by Vishal Mehta October 10, 2011 Just One Other Thing

Expensify makes an effort to pacify you while you reset your password; check out the simple message on their user interface.

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Cutting The Footer: KickStarter

by Vishal Mehta September 17, 2011 Just One Other Thing

If you happen to visit the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects, Kickstarter, try “cutting” the footer by clicking on the scissors. Thrice. Hmm…they are really cut out for some loyalty

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Your Facebook Status of Last Year

by Vishal Mehta September 6, 2011 Just One Other Thing

A tiny but interesting “recall” feature introduced by Facebook for better user experience – more of an emotional connect than a functional one. When you open up your “Messages”, on the right-bar, Facebook posts your status of today’s date of last year (with number of comments and likes!!). Well done.

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