It's an interesting read and I'm not about to disagree with someone like him.
Thanks for the link; your right - he has come up in an hci module I've just finished. On 11/05/2010, olivia norman <olivianor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting, I've heard of him, but haven't read his work previously. > Thanks for sending. > Olivia > On May 11, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: > >> Thanks for the article. While he makes some valid points, I get the >> feeling he just doesn't like the iPad. That's ok, but the first thing he >> complains about is the dock. I had no problem noticing it myself. I >> think that anyone would be inclined to study the whole screen, and not >> just the top, and I'd bet that people would read reviews where they talk >> about it. Also that "Tab Bar" is called a Dock. The rest of the review >> just sort of follows this complaint. Also, he didn't even review the >> built in apps at all. What about ibooks? I'm sorry, I still get the idea >> he just wants to hate the iPad and for that matter probably hates Apple's >> way of doing things. >> >> On May 11, 2010, at 3:53 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I don't know if many on this list will be familiar with the work of Jacob >>> Nielsen. For those who don't know him, he's one of the foremost minds in >>> the field of interaction design. Those who took (or are taking) computer >>> science at University may have encountered his work during courses in HCI >>> or >>> User-Interaction design. He is well-known for the famous "Nielsen's 10 >>> heuristics" which play a major part in interface design. >>> >>> Anyway he's done some testing on the iPad. I don't have one myself, and >>> don't have a personal interest in getting one (though I may get one for >>> my >>> lab to do some projects on), but I thought the link below might interest >>> some people on the list. >>> >>> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad.html >>> >>> Enjoy, >>> >>> Dónal >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) >> Pete Nalda >> http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda >> http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
