January 2011
14 posts
The Electronic as Post-optimal Object →
vikramkansara:
“The most difficult challenges for designers of electronic objects now lie not in technical and semiotic functionality, where optimal levels of performance are already attainable, but in the realms of metaphysics, poetry, and aesthetics, where little research has been carried out:
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Wishlist for the iPhone5
While its fantastic to hear that the iPhone will finally support NFC (thank you, thank you) and face recognition (for login maybe, bye bye stupid security code), there are three improvements I hope the Apple will implement soon.
Universal Back Navigation
There are two kinds of back operations, within the same applications and across applications. Within a single application this is typically...
iPhone Simulator Automation with Sikuli
One software developer task is to validate changes you applied to an application. Ideally this is done with repeatable unit tests where certain initial scenarios are created and a certain final scenario are expected. This approach works well for a many application aspects but not well for user interface testing. This is because of problems in simulating user behavior such as clicking. Developers...
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