useit.com - 2/18/2009
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Quote of the day: Alan Kay famously said that the Mac was “the first computer worth criticizing.” Similarly, the iPhone is the first mobile Internet device worth criticizing . It’s a starting point for mobile online-services access, not an endpoint. The whole thing ought to be ...
db.tidbits.com - 2/19/2009
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db.tidbits.com —
Still launching a Web browser every time you
need to do a quick Web search? There may...
be other, quicker ways to get the information you need, as Joe Kissell explains in this Macworld article. Copyright © 2009 Joe Kissell. TidBITS is copyright © 2009 TidBITS Publishing Inc. If ...
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External Link: Search the Web without a browser
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Usability Expert Jakob Nielsen Dubs iPhone ‘First Mobile Device Worth Criticizing”
Cult of Mac —
... Nielsen has finally delivered a new verdict on the mobile web (it’s been about nine years), and, to the surprise of no one, he hates it. Regular phones are “horrible,” smart phones are “bad,” and the iPhone is “impoverished.” He also says some fairly common sense things that are none-the-less often ignored, like, design a website that fits the strengths of the device that will view it. ...
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... Mobile Web Usability Stinks -- Let's be real. Browsing the Web on a mobile phone, even an iPhone, is a lousy experience in comparison with using a full-fledged browser on a Mac. Jakob Nielsen explains the problems and offers suggestions on how to improve mobile Web usability in his Alertbox column. (Posted 2009-02-17) ...
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