Saturday, March 22, 2008

Capture (#18710) Capture (#18710). [Solomodels Showcase Photos] 8:28:43 PM

More From the Star Club, Hamburg Beatles Sue To Block Release Of Recordings Made In 1962 In Hamburg, Germany. MIAMI (AP) - Lawyers for the Beatles sued Friday to prevent the distribution of unreleased recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance with the group in 1962. Read more! [Starpulse Entertainment News Blog - Music News] 12:25:27 PM

Google's Design Guidelines Google's Design Guidelines Jon Wiley, User Experience Designer for Google Apps, outlined some of the most important principles for designing interfaces at Google. In his presentation at the WritersUA conference, Jon listed the following guidelines: 1. Useful: focus on people - their lives, their work, their dreams. 2. Fast: every millisecond counts. 3. Simple: simplicity is powerful. 4. Engaging: engage beginners and attract experts. 5. Innovative: dare to be innovative. 6. Universal: design for the world. 7. Profitable: plan for today's and tomorrow's business. 8. Beautiful: delight the eye without distracting the mind. 9. Trustworthy: be worthy of people's trust. 10. Personable: add a human touch. Let's see if Google's homepage respects these guidelines. It loads fast and it's pretty useful for those go to google.com. The design is very simple and has little distractions, so it's not intimidating. You don't need a manual to use Google search, but you can learn some tricks that may help you get better results. I'm not sure if Google's homepage is innovative, but many other sites copied its simplicity. Google's homepage is instantly recognizable, so it crossed the cultural barriers, even if Google had to adapt it in Korea and Japan. The profitability is a consequence of Google's focus on delivering useful ads that are contextually adequate: placing ads on the homepage would probably alienate the users. Google's homepage is spacious, elegant and has some sense of humor: the "I'm feeling lucky" button and the doodles add a human touch. As for trustworthiness, the straightforward design should reinforce users' perception that Google doesn't have a hidden agenda and tries to offer the best answers. { via Functioning Form } - Ionut Alex Chitu [Google Operating System] 9:01:09 AM