Direct manipulation has been lauded as a good form of interface design, and some interfaces that have this property have been well received by users. In this article we seek a cognitive account of both the advantages and disadvantages of direct manipulation interfaces. We identify two underlying phenomena that give rise to the feeling of directness. One deals with the information processing distance between the user's intentions and the facilities provided by the machine. Reduction of this distance makes the interface feel direct by reducing the effort required of the user to accomplish goals. The second phenomenon concerns the relation between the input and output vocabularies of the interface language. In particular, direct manipulation requires that the system provide representations of objects that behave as if they are the objects themselves. This provides the feeling of directness of manipulation.

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UX Movement is a user experience blog that shows how good and bad interface design practices affect user behavior. We believe that a clear, fast and easy-to-use interface is the greatest user experience. It’s the UX designer’s job to make this happen.

The agency worked with Tina Brown to bring The Daily Beast to life. When Vogue wanted to create its online presence the final deal was hammered out directly between Code and Theory co-founder Brandon Ralph and iconic Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour.

If you're considering or actively building Ajax/RIA applications, you should consider the Uncanny Valley of user interface design. When you build a "desktop in the web browser"-style application, you're violating users' unwritten expectations of how a web application should look and behave. This choice may have significant negative impact on learnability, pleasantness of use, and adoption.

Just as MIT pushes at the frontiers of scientific inquiry, it is the mission of the List Visual Arts Center, located on the campus of MIT, to explore challenging, intellectually inquisitive, contemporary art making in all media.

Jef Raskin wrote "The Humane Interface" about the fundamental issues of interaction design for usability of any computer based system.

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Разработчик пользовательских интерфейсов Stripe Майкл Виллар опубликовал в своем блоге материал, в котором рассказал о том, как команда платежного стартапа смогла улучшить юзабилити форм оплаты, добавив в них элементы анимации, и привел соответствующие примеры.

Achtung Mode is Germany’s directional fashion magazine. Founded 2003 in Berlin, the editorial spotlight is on what is happening creatively in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and covers fashion movements from around the world. Achtung Mode’s editorial team attends all major international fashion weeks with focus on Paris, New York, London and Milan. As Achtung is published only twice a year, a lot of what our editors, photographers, authors and stylists see during the season does not make it into the printed version which aims to be timeless. Therefore, we have rethought Achtung Mode Online to expand our coverage with runway reviews and behind-the-scenes stories which are more of the moment.

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Socialbakers (preferred Facebook marketing developer) is a company offering monitoring and tracking tools for analysis of social networks that are used for comparing social media stats and metrics.

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The Pomodoro Technique can help you power through distractions, hyper-focus, and get things done in short bursts, while taking frequent breaks to come up for air and relax. Best of all, it's easy. If you have a busy job where you're expected to produce, it's a great way to get through your tasks. via Pocket

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