Bing Advertisement strategy
I was looking for desktop configurations in google. Landed on a page. It showed me a Bing ad, with the same search words I had used in Google. So the flash file of the ad picks up the search query …
Tag: UX
Pouches and Bottles
I saw Crocodile Dundee recently. It is a good movie. Based in Australia, it somewhere had this mention of a walkabout. Here is how walkabout is defined at UrbanDictionary A spontaneous journey through the wilderness of one’s choosing in an …
Internet Coma – Vodafone UX bug
Vodafone prepaidhas many different internet packs, with different data limits and day validities. I was using a 1GB pack with a one month validity. This was not an unlimited plan, and once the 1GB data was used, the plan gets …
Importance of Permalinks
HFI is a leading usability and human factors consultancy. So I was a little surprised when I came across a small blunder. An example which illustrates the importance of permalinks. Also the importance of experience design. The page I am …
Why companies need UX designers – Ex 1
While I was freelancing, I would get lets of work proposals for UI interface designing and UI development. Frankly I took them only if they paid really well or if I needed work badly. When people asked me what exactly …
Linkedin – I don’t know!
Linkedin is designed quite nicely, and doesn’t have many loose ends. But like proofreading, nothing is 100% foolproof. I stumbled on a designers profile who was a freelancer and liked to travel. I wanted to add the user as a …
Gtalk – Disappearing Friends Problem
If you have used Gtalk, then you might have experienced this scenario. You see a friend who is online and you double click on that friend which opens the chat popup. As soon as you start typing your message, the …