Most applications are designed to help people get their job done, so the success of an application often depends largely on how people use it. Many application development teams falsely assume that ...

PDC attendees received the Windows 7 "Pre-Release Preview" as part of the goodies Microsoft distributed Tuesday afternoon. I have already installed the new OS on a spare computer at home, though as I ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how designers employ User Interfaces (UIs) in business applications. As the shift toward AI as a tool for increasing business productivity continues, one ...

What's the difference between software and shelfware? Often, it's the user interface and user experience (UI/UX) associated with the solution. Do people dread a particular UI/UX, or do they find it a ...

Creative Director of ArtVersion, a Chicago design consultancy. We craft ideal user experiences for the world’s most innovative companies. As a designer and advocate for accessible and inclusive user ...

Ars was at FOSSCamp this weekend. Think of FOSSCamp as an "un-conference" without a set agenda where the minds behind open source projects get together and plot world domination (and, err, ways to ...

A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal the Mac maker has spent a considerable amount of time outlining a new multi-dimensional interface for Mac OS X that would make better use of ...

The kit also includes sample software and a library of graphical knobs, switches, LEDs, and other user-interface tools to aid in Web-page development. An interactive Web page tailored to the small ...

Those aren’t the worst things people could say about a user interface, but would you be confident that a “pretty” or “OK” user interface is capable of taking your organization to the next level? How ...