Six norwegian news websites homepages: a visual comparison
This post is more about the visual attached than anything else. I have many opinions on norwegian news websites: I am used to Italian newspapers, where the “tabloid factor” is not so important, and politics dominate the content (well, someone may argue that italian politics IS entertainment suited for tabloids….but that’s another story…..).
Let’s give the [...]
Finn.no bits: dine funn
Today I want to quickly comment on the “dine funn” (your stored items) function on finn.no. Firstly, I must say it has improved substantially with this new UI and, especially, with some new interaction. In particular, the interaction for deleting and for commenting, which is now Ajax-based, avoids lengthy page reloads, and works much better. [...]
Finn.no bits: ordering criteria puzzle
I am a long-time and heavy Finn.no user. I have bought 2 cars through finn.no, 1 apartment, and just recently a wonderful second-hand Stokke Balans chair. In the last few months Finn has begun to “redesign” (if what they are doing can be called a redesign) the service, adding - timidly - a new feature [...]
The “click here” nightmare
I am absolutely astonished that there still are so many websites which label links with a resounding “click here”. It is, so far as I can recall, one of the oldest usability rules that a link label should provide users with a clue as to what happens if one clicks: what content one will access, [...]
Which kind of design does the web talk about?
I got a bit curious the other day, and decided to check what of the “usability” and “user experience” skills and expertise profiles were more popular. The curiosity is the fruit of a certain widespread confusion as to what kind of design skills are needed when in a development project. Many times I found that [...]
A good pizza experience
A friend of mine gave me and my wife an interesting present some time ago:
And this pizza wheel cutter proved to be an excellent pizza tool. Even more interesting though, I tried it with other types of food, and in particular with beef. It worked even better than on pizza, as the force applied to [...]
Toyota.no: did I manage to order a service?
I have just visited the Toyota.no page to order online a service for my car. The form is alright enough, and anyway it is not the focus of this short post. I have filled in the form in its entirety and I have appreciated the interaction of the type of service specification (especially the visual [...]
Why couldn’t Dell keep the usual keyboard layout on the Vostro series?
When changing computer, there’s always a number of adjustments one has to make. New hardware, new software, results, new habits. Sometimes though the adjustments required are significant, and may have a long learning curve, with a bothersome (and long) transitional time. Like in the case of my last laptop, and its new keyboard layout.
Unusual user experience in Selinunte
A short experience report from my honey moon, back in July 2007. I had it in my sleeve for a while.
We were visiting the Archeological Park of Selinunte and it was really, really hot! We had been walking for a very long time all around the ruins under a scorching sun. We had no more [...]
Bad experience with POS payment terminals
I am inaugurating vdl Labs with a post on POS payment terminals. They have been bugging me ever since I moved to Norway (now over 8 years ago). The reason is not so much linked to anyone terminal, even though some of those are badly designed. The real bad thing about them is that there [...]