The Top Five UX Pet Peeves We Love to HateThe common themes underlying many user experience problems boil down to forcing users to do work that the software should have done for them or assuming that software developers know better than users what they want or need. Rick Scott details his top five user experience pet peeves.
Ten Things to Know about Blackberry 10Research in Motion is looking to win back some market share with its upcoming Blackberry 10 release. Here are ten things developers should know about the new platform—and why you shouldn’t discount BB 10 just yet.
We Are Not Superhuman: Why Work-Life Balance Is Good for EveryoneThe subject of work-life balance seems to be a popular one, and there is increasing acknowledgement of what seems like an obvious fact: everyone's "work life" and "personal life" are interconnected.
The Attack of the Copyright Enforcement RobotsFiltering of copyright material has been common in text, but it is now extending to video. In addition to issues determining when reuse is acceptable, there are major issues determining the real owners of material. A whole new class of bugs is emerging from this—and the need for new laws!
Your Tools Are Not Your TestsTesting tools are a mixed blessing. The downside is that testing tools tend to constrain test thinking to the kind of testing they perform. Rick Scott makes the case that testers should fit the tools to the testing—not the other way around.
There’s More to User Experience Than Pretty PixelsUser experience (UX) is not solely about layout, colour themes, and pretty pixels. User experience is about making your product work well for your users. UX designers attempt to narrow the gap between what people expect your product to do and what it actually does.
Are QA Analysts Becoming Extinct?Recent observations about QA analyst job opportunities declining while automation engineer opportunities are increasing has many wondering whether QA analysts being replaced by automation.
Where's the Security? Why Banks Owe Us Better ProtectionWith the relative ease of carrying out DDoS attacks, shouldn't the world's largest banks have been able to protect themselves—and us—from publicly announced breaches? A security expert and a state senator explain why more must be done.
