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    Feb 23 2008, 15:46

Usability

A little definition of usability that I came up with after years of messing around with assorted gadgetry:

It’s not what you can do with a device, it’s what you can achieve by using it.


See Also

Kindle Fire Usability FindingsBrowse vs. Search: Which Deserves to Go?Microsoft 'Ribbonizes' Windows 8 File ManagerWindows Phone 7
SolarizediOS 4.3 beta arrives for devs, brings AirPlay video support to apps (update: personal hotspot and customizable iPad side switch, too!)iPhone vs Android AppsWhy Twitter 2.0's UI sucks
On Tab SwitchingThe Bada AnomalyHyperDockWelcome to the new (squeezed down) Office 2011 User Experience
Future ShockNetbooks, revisited but still found lackingMicrosoft and Nokia announce Office coming to SymbianNokia Ovi - 25 Mistakes
From time to accessibility, or lack thereofMobile Web 2009 = Desktop Web 1998Pre-ludeFirefox 3 'awesome bar' not (at all) awesome
Four examples of Internet anti-newsCan the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?The Joy of WebpadsAppropriate amounts of fun
Sniff browser history for improved user experienceOffice 2008 first impressionsThoughts on File ExplorersHumanized Messages for jQuery
Nokia S60 Threaded SMS BetaSearch in Google ReaderEase-of-use dogs MotoHow to redesign the Leopard dock so it sucks less
Martin Geddes realizes that VoIP isn't all that rosy.Gravitating Towards Some StuffLooking Forward to 2007

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