Information finding on Oyyy.co.uk
Posted by Peter | Filed under Interface and Usability, Websites
On a recommendation from my dad, I decided to try shopping at Oyyy.co.uk — it’s an online shop for various computing and other technological things. The experience was good and I had no trouble finding the products I wanted. However, there was an apparent lack of information in one key area.
Before I go into this, please don’t read this as any kind of criticism of the Oyyy.co.uk shop or its staff. This is simply intended as an analysis of a usability problem. As an online shop, the site is better than many I have used, so this one issue is not a big deal at all.
Staples and lessons in e-commerce
Posted by Peter | Filed under Interface and Usability, Websites
Many people are familiar with Staples — supplier of general office supplies and furniture and the like. I think they have a reasonable reputation, so I decided to order a new office chair from their website. There are some good points about the site, but unfortunately, there are also some flaws which almost made me turn to a competitor.
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2d Audio Mixer
Posted by Peter | Filed under Interface and Usability, Software
While Stumbling around the web, I encountered an impressive user interface concept: the 2d Audio Mixer.
When I first loaded the web-page, I was expecting it to be something involving stereo or even binaural sound mixing. However, it is in fact only for producing mono sound. The “2d” aspect refers to the rather interesting way in which you mix the sounds.
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BlackBerry Curve 8900
Posted by Peter | Filed under Interface and Usability
As of a couple of days ago, I am the proud owner of a snazzy new BlackBerry Curve 8900, on a rather nicely dicounted O2 tariff (thanks again Thomas!). I have had a good chance to play around with it, tweaking settings and so on, and suffice it to say, the experience is rather different compared to my previous second-or-third-hand phones on pay-as-you-go tariffs!
I’m going to write a fairly in-depth review based on what I think is important about this mobile phone. Apologies if I miss what may seem important to you. Feel free to post a comment though if you’d like to know more!
Confusing Petrol Pumps
Posted by Peter | Filed under Interface and Usability
I ran into an infuriating problem while attempting to fill my car with petrol at a Morrisons supermarket recently. The petrol pumps all looked fairly normal, except for the addition of a device below the petrol and price gauge. I had seen the kind of device before, from a distance — it was designed to let you pay directly at the pump if you have an appropriate card (I think it will take most credit/debit cards), rather than having to stand in line at the kiosk to pay.
