How do routefinders find their routes?
May2011
Many now rely on satnav or online routefinders for directions – instead of paper maps – but how do these gizmos find their way? Once, you gazed at the map, remembered that cursed bridge on the old A30 near Bodmin where lorries got wedged, thought of a number, doubled it, gave up, guessed, set off [...]
H&M e-commerce launch disappoints #sitereview
Sep2010
H&M, one of the last big brands to sell online, launched its UK e-commerce site last week. The launch follows that of Gap and Zara, two other fashion brands late into e-commerce in the UK. So how does the new site shape up? Homepage If you arrive having searched for H&M in Google, you will not [...]
Is Pivot a turning point for web exploration?
Mar2010
Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online. Built on breakthrough Seadragon technology, it enables spectacular zooms in and out of web databases, and the discovery of patterns and links invisible in standard web browsing. View more From TED.com March 2010
How Much of Your Website Do People See? Google’s Got a Tool to Tell You
Jan2010
We already know that Google is obsessed with their own speed and efficiency, but the search giant is also trying to make everybody else faster on the web as well. Google Site Performance, for example, provides tips from Google on how to speed up your website, while Speed Tracer increases the efficiency of web apps [...]
We communicate with words…why don’t we design for them?
Jan2010
Words, Words, Words….We love them….We hate them…We fight over them. (We fight with them.) We celebrate them. We fear them. We embrace them. And we just don’t think about designing for them as much as we should. We are completely reliant on these assemblages of letters and spaces to articulate everything…to share what we think, [...]
Showcasing Modern Navigation Trends
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