4 years
Reddit is growing up as the self-proclaimed “front page of the internet” gains a new look in the coming weeks. The company announced to users that it would be issuing its redesigned desktop site to a small percent...
5 years
If you use Plex as your primary media player on Xbox One, you’ve got a host of new improvements to look forward to. In a post titled Plexbox One X: The Emplexening, a silly reference to Microsoft’s Xbox One X, the comp...
by Surur
7 years
In terms of its user experience and user interface Windows 10 Mobile is in most cases an evolution of Windows Phone 8.1, and if it were not for the wire frame icons could easily be mistaken for the same OS at first glance. Given t...
by Surur
7 years
Around 2 years ago we wrote about Microsoft applying for a patent for a 3D user interface based on cubes rather than tiles. At the time we wondered if these will show up in the (long delayed) next major version of the OS, but in t...
by Lucas
8 years
Yesterday a screenshot of the actual Windows Phone 8.1 notification center leaked and The Verge confirmed its authenticity. Still, the notification center is not the only thing the screenshot is showing. Look a little closer and y...
by Surur
9 years
PatentBolt reports on a new patent by Microsoft suggesting a new 3D cube-based user interface rather than the existing tiled one. The cubes would respond in a physical way to swipes, strokes and taps and would mean more info...
by Surur
9 years
NPU reports on two Nokia patents which indicate that Nokia Lumias may be getting Galaxy S3-type hover interactions, where the phone will sense fingers some distance above the screen. Nokia envisions it working in two ways: 1) Text...
by Surur
9 years
It seems Microsoft is set to solve one of my minor Windows Phone annoyances. We tend to scan QR codes a lot to download apps, and Windows Phone of course has that feature built-in. However to access the feature one has...
10 years
It turns out the default Windows 8 lock screen pack are not just random pretty images, but are a hidden message from the Windows 8 dev team. Revealed at the UX WEEK 2012 presentation, Jensen Harris, Director of Program Manag...
by l3v5y
12 years
One of the greatest features of Windows Phone 7 has been the clean, distinctive UI, which manages to offer a different and instantly recognisable experience in a market where most competitors are simply aping iOS. Microsoft has be...
by Surur
12 years
We have been lucky enough to be granted an e-mail interview with Hampus Jakobsson, the co-founder of TAT, one of the most influential smartphone user interface design houses in recent years, and were able to ask the questions we a...
