http://www.webword.com/wp/2008/06/30/the-future-of-usability-is-mobile/ The usability blog of John S. Rhodes Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:45:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.webword.com/wp/2008/06/30/the-future-of-usability-is-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-231601 WebWord » Blog Archive » The Most Critical User Experience Problems Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:14:10 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2008/06/30/the-future-of-usability-is-mobile/#comment-231601 [...] 3. No one has cracked the mobile user experience code. What I mean is that most web sites do not offer up a clean experience to users via mobile devices, most notably iPhones and new SmartPhones. Even with ever-more-powerful web browsers cooked into mobile devices (which are needed since sites are so poorly optimized for mobile viewing), users are being punished. This is almost certainly causing a slow, steady shift of user eyeballs to new sites that are more friendly. And, “more friendly” mostly means simple, clean, dumbed-down designs. There won’t be much sophistication for 1-2 more years, in my opinion. [...] [...] 3. No one has cracked the mobile user experience code. What I mean is that most web sites do not offer up a clean experience to users via mobile devices, most notably iPhones and new SmartPhones. Even with ever-more-powerful web browsers cooked into mobile devices (which are needed since sites are so poorly optimized for mobile viewing), users are being punished. This is almost certainly causing a slow, steady shift of user eyeballs to new sites that are more friendly. And, “more friendly” mostly means simple, clean, dumbed-down designs. There won’t be much sophistication for 1-2 more years, in my opinion. [...]

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