When I was working on a travel-related start-up idea last year, I had a call with a senior executive from a major web travel company. What she said really surprised me - that the majority of America still decides on where to go based on the following technique: when they see a compelling destination [...]
Category Archives: UI
Google Chrome and domain name squatting
For the longest time, I have been particularly irritated about domain name squatters (many have talked about the associated issues, so I won’t rehash).
Given that users who are not tech savvy often type search queries into the URL bar, I always wondered what the value was of the URL bar. Clearly, their intention was [...]
UI innovation at the gas pump
For the longest time, I have wondered why credit card readers at super markets, gas pumps, parking garages, and just about everywhere else require you to insert the credit card only in a single orientation. Well, finally, the Mobil gas station down the street from us has all new gas pumps where the magnetic stripe [...]
Inline commenting on the web
I recently started reading up on the Django framework. The creators of Django, Adrian Holovaty and Jacob Kaplan-Moss, recently finished publishing a book that describes Django and how best to use it. They published both an online version of their book as well as a print version.
The online version has a UI innovation [...]
UI improvement for Google Maps / Google Local
I noticed a nice UI improvement for Google Maps / Google Local today. I looked up a restaurant and was presented with the usual maps / results page:
I noticed the little ‘+’ link in the upper right-hand corner of the pop-up (something that I haven’t noticed before). That click resulted in a much larger [...]