January 28th, 2011
Information Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience Design
Should users be able to customize their own interfaces and experiences? In a technology environment increasingly amenable to open collaboration, does “Open UX” have a place? (more…)
Jeff Young
January 20th, 2011
2010 brought us the iPad, Google Android 2.2, 3D Televisions, and Wikileaks. Twitter surpassed 20 billion tweets and Facebook surpassed 500 million users, so what’s next? We have our sights set on a groundbreaking 2011. Our team has some predictions of what is to come: (more…)
The NavArts Team
January 18th, 2011
Information Architecture, Internet Strategy, Technology, User Experience Design, Web Development
As developers, we strive to provide the best user experience on the web, priding ourselves on seamlessly enhancing or degrading the user’s experience depending on the capabilities of the user’s browser. But at what point do we stop catering to the few, so we can deliver a much richer experience to the many?
Many freelancers are openly refusing to develop for IE6, not because they can’t, but because of the fact that it hinders the innovation they would like to see throughout the web, in web applications, and on intranet portals and websites. With so many companies beginning to open up their sites to HTML5 and CSS3, it isn’t enough anymore to be cross-browser compliant. Web Applications and websites need to be highly interactive for users to truly obtain an experience that will stand out in their mind. Developers and organizations need to think about the web in a new way. No longer is it a place where everyone is entitled to the same experience, but it is a place where those with the right capabilities can have a truly amazing experience. (more…)
Matt Heiner
January 13th, 2011
Information Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience Design
This past weekend I participated in the UXcamp DC with several other members of the NavigationArts team. A discussion led by Jimmy Chandler focused on what user experience practitioners could learn from the design of restaurant experiences. Besides the food, restaurateurs must create the mood they want to set and determine the quality of service they provide. This unlikely comparison offers an interesting new way to think about UX web design. (more…)
Eloise Marszalek
January 7th, 2011
Application Development, Web Content Management, Web Development
Several weeks ago, Google released the Google Chrome Store, and the industry at large scratched its head trying to figure out what the implications of the store would really be. Users have been exploring what’s popular and trying to determine the actual “apps” versus bookmarks to web-based tools they can use in any browser, and so on.
Is this Google’s crushing blow? Is this, along with the Android Market and the coming Chrome OS, Google’s big stand against Microsoft and Apple? (more…)
Rob Cherny
