Tag Archives: Google

Optimizing my UX Portfolio

Posted on January 24, 2011 by umanka

I launched my new Portfolio on August 2010. I’ve tried optimizing it for various keywords for a better Search Engine visibility. It is not very hard to land up in the first page of Google Search for really specific terms … Continue reading →

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Caps Lock – Does it have a place on your keyboard?

Posted on December 28, 2010 by umanka

In the new Cr-48 notebook, Google replaced the Caps Lock key with a Search key. Yes, people ‘Search’ more than they ‘type in all Caps’, but does that justify the exclusion of Caps Lock altogether? I was never fond of … Continue reading →

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Google’s Inconsistent Form Design

Posted on December 22, 2010 by umanka

Below are the screen shots from the Google Account ‘Edit Profile’ screen: Edit Profile: About me Edit Profile:Contact info The Field Labels are normal in Form1 and Bold in Form2. I can understand that it is it hard to maintain … Continue reading →

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Bing steals Google’s design

Posted on December 15, 2010 by umanka

In one of my previous posts Google Images vs Bing Images, I wrote how the Interaction Design on Google Images page was better than Bing Images (which had dead zones). Bing finally changed the interaction on their image search page. … Continue reading →

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Weird Analytics Wednesday

Posted on November 24, 2010 by umanka

I like Web Analytics. At work we use Web Trends. It tells you if a particular web page getting traffic or not. Since the Analytics data is quantitative and tangible, it always helps you to make a business case for … Continue reading →

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YouTube Redesign: Volume Bar

Posted on November 22, 2010 by umanka

Sites like Google and YouTube often take advantage of their huge user base. They roll in design changes and rely on the live test data from millions of users. Recently, YouTube has been making lot of changes to its interface. … Continue reading →

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Organization in Chrome

Posted on November 10, 2010 by umanka

I have been using Chrome as my default browser for quite sometime now. I really like: 1. The overlapping tabs, which lets me work with relatively (Firefox) more tabs on a single screen. 2. The placement of the tabs at … Continue reading →

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Unnecessary Interactions

Posted on November 3, 2010 by umanka

While designing an interface,  designers generally avoid using elements that do nothing because they add load and unnecessary complication to the interface. For example – take a look this feedback form in http://thirtyconversationsondesign.com/ (a website where you can listen to … Continue reading →

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Google Instant and <– Backspace

Posted on November 1, 2010 by umanka

Keyboard ‘Backspace’  takes you to the previous web page. I tried looking for data which shows the number of people who click on ‘Backspace’ to go to a previous web page in a browser but with no luck. However, I … Continue reading →

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Formation of Habits

Posted on October 27, 2010 by umanka

See the 2 screen shots below: 1. Click on ‘Attach a File’ 2. Select File and Click on ‘Open’ These are the steps to attach files in GMail. There are couple of issues here: 1. Even though you click on … Continue reading →

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Google Images vs Bing Images

Posted on October 13, 2010 by umanka

Both the search Engines have similar approach to the interaction design for their image search result page. When you hover over an image a tooltip is shown with the additonal information. The tool tip becomes part of the image itself. … Continue reading →

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