So, if people end up doing the same task faster, it’s good, right? Well, it would be if this solution was guaranteed to work correctly in all circumstances. In fact, Tesla warns against relying solely on lane assist for lane changes. Even barring sensor errors (which are more common than one
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Console games are often highly complex, with many context-dependent controls. In Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2), a western-style action/adventure game, players rely on horses to get around. (Note: users must find a horse or whistle to call their personal horse, as users aren’t always riding a horse
Split buttons are for presenting several related tools if one option is used most frequently. Making the most commonly accessed option a default lowers the interaction cost to use that option since it removes the need to open the menu before selecting the item. The obvious penalty is that accessing
A natural approach for describing a large group of people is to turn to demographic facts such as age, gender, occupation, and income. When recruiting participants for user research, it’s definitely good to have some demographic diversity. But these facts don’t usually describe what you should
For instance, the Glow Baby app visualized the history of tracked sleeping times, diaper changes, and feeding sessions with various colored bars or icons so users could detect possible patterns in baby’s behavior. Tapping on an individual event displayed detailed information, such as the exact
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For example, unskilled researchers often ask users to simply look at a page, rather than have them encounter it as part of a task flow. Users naturally look at things differently depending on the context. For example, if you want to know how users look at the elements of a form, you can't just present the form on a stand-alone page and ask them to
The popularity of responsive web design has led to a proliferation of single-column, long-page designs both on mobile and desktop. A consequence of these designs has been the Back to Top button, which is a shortcut that allows users to quickly navigate to the top of the page. When users get at the bottom of a really long page, they often will
For example, the Restaurant Explorer skill forced users to refer to the restaurants it suggested by saying “1”, “2” or “3” instead of allowing them to use the restaurant’s name. The Lonely Planet skill required users to say specific keywords such as “best time to go” and did not understand questions such as “What are the events
Scrolling and Scrollbars
When pages feature both vertical and horizontal scrolling, users have to move their viewport in two dimensions, which makes it hard to cover the entire space. For people with poor spatial visualization skills, it's especially challenging to plan movements along two axes across an invisible plane. (Typically, users score lower than designers on
10 Best Application UIs
But Xero might be a more interesting example, simply because it targets the traditionally dry domain of accounting. One of its main features lets users automatically reconcile bookkeeping entries with bank account transactions. As a match is made, the 2 matching entries are removed from the list of stuff to be reconciled. Users compared this
7 Tips for Successful Customization
Over many years of seeing customization tools implemented in a variety of systems in a variety of ways, we often find that users do not use them. The fact that customization relies on users’ actions means that the potential benefits of customization will reach fewer users than personalization can. Carefully consider why the tool is being
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability to damage portions of our internal infrastructure
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A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability to damage portions of our internal infrastructure
Crypto Micropayments: An Exciting Future of Blockchain Transactions
While cryptocurrencies have been a dominant force in newsrooms worldwide thanks in no small part to the meteoric rise of Bitcoin in recent years, blockchain has only just started to dominate the public consciousness. The cryptocurrency phenomenon may be in full swing, but we’re yet to see the decentralized digital currency successfully integrate
When to Use Which User-Experience Research Methods
While most usability studies should rely more on behavior, methods that use self-reported information can still be quite useful to designers. For example, card sorting provides insights about users' mental model of an information space, and can help determine the best information architecture for your product, application, or
Net Promoter Score: What a Customer-Relations Metric Can Tell You About Your User Experience
In your journeys across the web, you probably have encountered the now ubiquitous question “How likely are you to recommend this website to a friend?” It is the question behind the net-promoter score, a customer-loyalty metric that is often used as a gauge of your user experience. The net promoter score is a customer-loyalty measure obtained
When and How to Create Customer Journey Maps
Next, determine the specific experience to map. This could be an existing journey, where mapping will uncover positive and negative moments within that current experience, or a “to-be” experience, where the mapper is designing a journey for a product or service that doesn’t exist yet. Make sure to clarify the user’s goal during this
Modes in User Interfaces: When They Help and When They Hurt Users
Modal windows are a specific type of mode; they present as popups or slide-over panels and they restrict the user’s ability to interact with the content behind the modal, even though that content will remain visible (and typically darkened). Modal windows or dialogs demand that users interact with them before returning to whatever they were
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Creepiness–Convenience Tradeoff
When Facebook first introduced the ability to upload photos and create albums, we both remember friends who had mixed reactions. Some thought it was a great way to share their life and keep all of their friends and family up-to-date automatically without the need to explicitly email photos. Others were apprehensive. They were initially concerned
6 Ways Ecommerce Sites Can Compete With Amazon
Many items on Amazon have poorly written product names making it difficult for browsers to understand what an item is at a glance. The same user who was browsing daily deals said. “I’ll typically browse on Groupon instead. I don’t really like to browse on Amazon because I have a hard time knowing what these things are without clicking on
StudioPress Theme Spotlight: New Breakthrough Pro
As we continue to showcase a sample of the amazing StudioPress themes now available to WP Engine customers, we’re extra excited to bring you this new StudioPress Theme: Breakthrough Pro, which is the first new theme to be launched since our acquisition of StudioPress in June. Breakthrough Pro was built with today’s creative, digital agency
StudioPress Theme Spotlight: Academy Pro Theme
A child theme works in combination with the parent theme. With regards to Genesis, child themes serve as a sort of skin that can change the way a theme looks, while relying on the functionality of its parent theme (in this case, Genesis). Child themes offer users the added flexibility to customize and tweak according to their taste and
StudioPress Theme Spotlight: Altitude Pro .
What is a child theme? A child theme works in combination with the parent theme. With regards to Genesis, child themes serve as a sort of skin that can change the way a theme looks, while relying on the functionality of its parent theme (in this case, Genesis). Child themes offer users the added flexibility to customize and tweak according to
5 Expert Tips to Make Machine Learning Development Work for You
Сredit scoring is often used in alternative lending companies. If a person has got a thin credit history, a company creates their profile based on various data ( e.g personal data, payment history from utilities companies), uses data and credit scores of other people, and generates an alternative credit score based on all the aggregated and
Is Ukraine safe for software development offshoring? – Part One – Data protection and information security
We ensure the protection of intellectual property rights according to the legislative and contractual agreements. Our information security teams revise the security policies at planned intervals to guarantee they are suitable, adequate and effective. Also, we maintain appropriate contacts with relevant authorities, security forums, and interest
10 European IT Companies Partnering with Fintech Solutions Providers
This software development company serves clients from more than 30 countries across the globe. As for its fintech expertise, the company builds solutions for managing and organizing personal finances, monitoring expenses, reviewing savings forecasts and setting up financial goals. The company also develops solutions for billing and payment
Service Blueprints: Definition
Service blueprints are companions to customer-journey maps: they help organizations see the big picture of how a service is implemented by the company and used by the customers. They pinpoint dependencies between employee-facing and customer-facing processes in the same visualization and are instrumental in identifying pain points, optimizing
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Web Page Footers 101: Design Patterns and When to Use Each
For the footer to be helpful it needs to be present on all pages of the site. Some sites try to utilize the same footer for both static-length and dynamic-length pages. However, when users attempt to use these footers on sites with infinite scroll, it often becomes a frustrating game of “whack-a-mole” where users try to click on links as
Treemaps: Data Visualization of Complex Hierarchies
The size of each rectangle represents the market capitalization (value) of that stock, industry, or sector. At the lowest level of the hierarchy (individual companies), Google (E) has a larger market cap than Facebook (F), and so their relative rectangles are sized appropriately. One level up in the hierarchy (Industry), the entire Internet
Web Usability | Data Privacy Attitudes and Connected Cars: A Deeper Look
Data Privacy Attitudes and Connected Cars: A Deeper Look
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Not surprisingly, the consumers who participated in our recent consumer study on connected car data sharing expressed concerns. about sharing their data with various types of businesses and government entities. A full 66 percent of connected car owners and 64 percent of new car buyers say that at some point, they’ve chosen not to use an online
An Insider’s 11 Take-Aways from Companies Winning Industrial (IIoT) Cybersecurity
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Successful IIoT startups recognize that some of the most dangerous vulnerabilities aren’t just flaws in their code, but weaknesses in their supply chain. They know that any OEM that incorporates subassemblies made by others can potentially introduce tampered firmware into their system by accident. And they’ve learned the lesson from vendors
Data Privacy Attitudes and Connected Cars: A Deeper Look
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Demand for apps and services is still red hot even as consumers’ data privacy concerns have gotten warmer. This is borne out by our findings with respect to connected car data: Approximately 80% of those connected car owners and new car buyers who expressed interest in new services based on connected car data (including real-time alerts of
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
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A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
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Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
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Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The
The 4 Critical Challenges of Tech Startup PR
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To have the correct image in technology means businesses must have a thorough understanding of the field of public relations (PR). They must realize that the breakneck pace of innovation in the industry makes it difficult to differentiate themselves from competitors. Overcoming that obstacle requires some industry-specific tactics and knowledge
WP Engine Named the #4 Best Place to Work in Texas
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International Study by WP Engine Reveals Enterprise Investment Lags Today's Mobile-First Consumer
WP Engine Raises $30K for Central Texas Food Bank
