Comments on: ‘I can’t work this!’ - iPhone’s cameo in Sex In The City Movie http://www.disambiguity.com/i-cant-work-this-iphones-cameo-in-sex-in-the-city-movie/ pretty design pending Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:42:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: car insurance quote http://www.disambiguity.com/i-cant-work-this-iphones-cameo-in-sex-in-the-city-movie/#comment-148755 car insurance quote Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:41:38 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/?p=535#comment-148755 check this out! check this out!

]]> By: Michael http://www.disambiguity.com/i-cant-work-this-iphones-cameo-in-sex-in-the-city-movie/#comment-108082 Michael Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:12:51 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/?p=535#comment-108082 In a rushed or hurried state, I can imagine it would be difficult to grok how to use a lot of devices you're unfamiliar with. The touch interface so radically alters the experience with a phone, that the reaction is not surprising. But on the other hand, it alters the experience in a way that is almost immediately understandable and intuitive once you've been properly introduced. The first time I showed my 7 year old how to use it, he immediately understood the scrolling and pinching behaviors and went to town playing with it and trying out all its features. There's no fear of the new with kids though. In a rushed or hurried state, I can imagine it would be difficult to grok how to use a lot of devices you’re unfamiliar with. The touch interface so radically alters the experience with a phone, that the reaction is not surprising.

But on the other hand, it alters the experience in a way that is almost immediately understandable and intuitive once you’ve been properly introduced. The first time I showed my 7 year old how to use it, he immediately understood the scrolling and pinching behaviors and went to town playing with it and trying out all its features. There’s no fear of the new with kids though.

]]> By: Dave Ferguson http://www.disambiguity.com/i-cant-work-this-iphones-cameo-in-sex-in-the-city-movie/#comment-101445 Dave Ferguson Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:56:15 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/?p=535#comment-101445 One thing that gets lost in the voice-mail hell of design: the designer gets to call things features, but only the customer gets to call them <i>benefits.</i> As Maurice Hamoy of Inset Systems said years ago, "Watching a videotape of a user interacting with your product can be excruciating. It's like watching a horror movie you've seen before....You know they're heading for big trouble. You want to be able to yell at them, No, no, don't go in there! You'll never get out!" One thing that gets lost in the voice-mail hell of design: the designer gets to call things features, but only the customer gets to call them benefits.

As Maurice Hamoy of Inset Systems said years ago, “Watching a videotape of a user interacting with your product can be excruciating. It’s like watching a horror movie you’ve seen before….You know they’re heading for big trouble. You want to be able to yell at them, No, no, don’t go in there! You’ll never get out!”

]]> By: Ivanka Majic http://www.disambiguity.com/i-cant-work-this-iphones-cameo-in-sex-in-the-city-movie/#comment-100138 Ivanka Majic Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:52:02 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/?p=535#comment-100138 hehe So, my decision to wait until one evening when the film is out on DVD and I have nothing better to do still stands :) Maslow's hierarchy; whatever you are designing meeting people's basic needs can't be ignored. I was sitting with a client watching a participant using his product last week. Head in hands, barely able to watch: “I have to make the whole team watch this session!” They have lots of lovely cool stuff in their interface but seem to have lost the basics along the way. Let Carrie make her urgent call and then she might be inspired to ‘engage’ and ‘explore’! hehe So, my decision to wait until one evening when the film is out on DVD and I have nothing better to do still stands :)

Maslow’s hierarchy; whatever you are designing meeting people’s basic needs can’t be ignored. I was sitting with a client watching a participant using his product last week. Head in hands, barely able to watch: “I have to make the whole team watch this session!” They have lots of lovely cool stuff in their interface but seem to have lost the basics along the way.

Let Carrie make her urgent call and then she might be inspired to ‘engage’ and ‘explore’!

]]> By: Ambrosiality.com http://www.disambiguity.com/i-cant-work-this-iphones-cameo-in-sex-in-the-city-movie/#comment-99191 Ambrosiality.com Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:57:04 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/?p=535#comment-99191 LOL I loved that SJP comment. & c'mon she's been using her old phone since the series,so even a regular pda would have been harder, but c'mon you gotta crawl before you walk lol. LOL I loved that SJP comment. & c’mon she’s been using her old phone since the series,so even a regular pda would have been harder, but c’mon you gotta crawl before you walk lol.

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