That is, I believe in the potential of natural user interfaces (NUIs) to push us toward a new era of computing. NUI principles—such as make content the user interface; enable direct interactions with content not chrome; and reduce visuals that are not content—drive us toward a more direct way of interacting with digital information and media.
If you’re holding a mobile device in your right hand and using your thumb to operate it, getting to the upper left corner is a stretch. It’s uncomfortable and you have to work for it. It’s perfect for making you think twice about deleting all the hard work you just did.
A simple anchor link in the site’s header jumps people to navigation options at the bottom of the page.
Used this solution on our recent redesign of unicef.se, I think it works really well.
I highlighted the same passage. Thought it was pretty clever. Checking out unicef.se now!
When reflecting on a lot of mobile usage patterns, I like to imagine people as “one eyeball and one thumb.” One thumb because they are likely to be holding their mobile in one hand and using a single thumb to control it; one eyeball because in many locations where mobile devices are used we only have people’s partial attention.
Fundamentally, there’s just one World Wide Web, but it can be experienced in different ways on different devices.
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Used this solution on our recent redesign of unicef.se, I think it works really well.
I highlighted the same passage. Thought it was pretty clever. Checking out unicef.se now!
Damn right.
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