Google, whoever the designer(s) for Google Currents are, fire them. No, seriously. They do not get to pass go, they do not get to collect $200. The UI decisions for this application are so blatantly poor, you have to question the abilities of those involved. What The FITTS! Lets assume for a moment that every [...]
A few days ago, redditer Peter-W posted an application design on /r/android. He wanted to know what people thought of his design, and if they had any suggestions for him. I took a few minutes, and redesigned his UI, which ended up getting a lot of praise. In this post, I’ll discuss how I came [...]
When Android first came out, there was no way of quickly skipping down a really long list. For instance, if you had a really large amount of songs on your phone, you would have to tediously fling your finger over and over to scroll to the ‘T’s to listen to The Toasters. Later versions of [...]
My Nexus One Car Dock came in last week, and I’ve forced myself to use it over the last few days. Unfortunately, the experience surrounding the dock isn’t good. What I expected from the car dock: To hold and charge my phone To make and receive phone calls To act as a navigation device To [...]
Recently, someone on YouTube posted a video of how your hand effects the signal strength on the Nexus One (via Engadget article). Based on the comments that came out of the article, I don’t think it illustrated just how terrible of an issue this is. As my video illustrates, all it takes to lose two [...]
Google’s bread and butter has always been it’s simplicity, speed, cohesion, and reliability. While this has worked wonders on their search engine and services, it has not always translated well to their Android phone operating system. This breakdown is never more apparent than in their recent release of the Nexus One Desktop Dock. The key [...]
Two years ago, I went to the NNG Useability Conference. While I was there, I had the opportunity to see a session with John Pruitt and Tamara Adlin on the Persona Lifecycle. Ever since that session, I’ve been a big fan of Tamara’s, and had followed her blog “Corporate Underpants” (which has since moved here). [...]
Brenton Klik is an Interaction Designer in the Washington DC area. He designs interfaces and experiences for web, mobile, and desktop platforms.
Over the years, Brenton has worked for Carrier Corporation, SAP America, and others to create rich instructional applications, project management solutions, and web based applications. Recently, he has perused interactions in the mobile space, such as data entry and communication tools.
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