{"id":2096,"date":"2013-03-11T10:29:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T17:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2013-03-11T10:29:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T17:29:07","slug":"trends-in-gadget-and-appliance-ui-bbc-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/trends-in-gadget-and-appliance-ui-bbc-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Trends in gadget and appliance UI (BBC video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0162wpx\" target=\"_blank\">BBC video<\/a> on usability trends in designs of products. Five minute of voiceover, plus sound bites from manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0162wpx\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/post-nikon-gui.png\" alt=\"post-nikon-gui\" width=\"299\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I was especially interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nwm\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bullet-checkmark.png\" \/>&#8220;Nikon has added live animation to [the UI of] some of its newer cameras.&#8221; (timepoint 1:30)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Beeb&#8217;s text under the video uses extreme phrases to catch attention, such as <strong>&#8220;why the user manual could be a thing of the past,&#8221;<\/strong> but here are some of <strong>the real take-aways<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nwm\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bullet-checkmark.png\" \/>Hardware manufacturers are looking to software for models:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple for simplicity of UI<\/li>\n<li>apps like DropBox that do only one thing but focus on doing it really well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nwm\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bullet-checkmark.png\" \/>The impact of social media&#8217;s instant word-of-mouth:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>increases the ROI of good user experience<\/li>\n<li>lets product designers take advantage of the instant feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bullet-checkmark.png\" \/>&#8220;Ease of use&#8221; now means: can I use it immediately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this BBC video on usability trends in designs of products. Five minute of voiceover, plus sound bites from manufacturers. I was especially interested in: &#8220;Nikon has added live animation to [the UI of] some of its newer cameras.&#8221; (timepoint 1:30) &nbsp; The Beeb&#8217;s text under the video uses extreme phrases to catch attention, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2096"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2110,"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions\/2110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explanagraphics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}