Posts Tagged Interaction Design

Too much security is a pain in the user experience

Had to help Dad reactivate his online trading account with PIPIP bank….boy oh boy…first we had received an activation process by snail mail. The instructions were not clear on how to reactivate, there was only activation info. Used the password in that reactivation process and logged in…it worked…grrrrr…
Then had to fill in rest of the info provided in the activation sheet…again there was no mention whether it was activation or reactivation.
On submission there was a link to login again without logging me out..how did that happen?
After I logged in….again there was no info whether my reactivation was successful or not!
Seriously who build such interfaces which is not humanized and keep you anxious throughout the process.
And don’t even get me started on the multi Browser compatibility…Come on this is 2010 :-(
Talk about virtual keyboard..yeah they are secure but Imagine i strained my eyes to get a look at the keys….imagine my Dad would have to Zoom-in and click on them :-(
Phew….I just logged in after an hour later to check and found the profile active.
Even after all this frustration if they hadn’t activated the account…I would have just closed that account for Dad :-P

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The Spectrum of User Experience

The Spectrum of User Experience, originally uploaded by AmongMany.

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meet folks from the IA summit 2008 at Boxes and Arrows

Source Boxes adn Arrows, i thought this link should be a Bookmarked so that i go through each video :-P

Meet Your Peers
Video Interviews With Folks From the IA Community
by Jorge Arango on 2008/04/08

Reading for the day also include couple more links :o D

Cues, The Golden Retriever
How our natural responses to stimuli can inform the design process
by Jamie Owen on 2008/03/19

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