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“ i Pad Usability: Year One”

Author: Jakob Nielsen Presenter: Chloe Kyung. “ i Pad Usability: Year One”. Introduction.

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“ i Pad Usability: Year One”

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  1. Author: Jakob Nielsen Presenter: Chloe Kyung “iPad Usability: Year One”

  2. Introduction The iPad has now been on the market for about a year and a half and sold almost 30 million units. It is a great device for mobile entertainment and checking email. However, iPad applications and websites designed for the iPad have their issues with usability, such as: • Read-tap asymmetry • Touchable areas • Accidental activation • Low discoverability • Dislike of Typing • Splash Screens • Swipe ambiguity

  3. Read-Tap Asymmetry • Many websites that the iPad connects to features content that is large enough to read but not large enough to tap. • There are a few websites that feature entire pictures that you may click instead of much smaller areas represented by radio buttons.

  4. Touchable Areas • Various apps and websites featured touchable content that was just too small to tap • Many apps and websites also had touchable content that was to close to other touchable content.

  5. Accidental Activation • Many users suffered problems with accidental activation due to unintended touches. • The unintended touches are often caused by applications not including a back button

  6. Low Discoverability • Many apps featured areas that were touchable but were overlooked because they didn’t look touchable.

  7. Dislike of Typing • Users of many apps and websites on the iPad had a tendency to forego registering because of a dislike of typing on the iPad.

  8. Splash Screens • Several new iPad apps feature long introductory screens that might be okay at first but tend to get annoying after the tenth time viewing

  9. Swipe Ambiguity • Users often had trouble when multiple items on a screen could be swiped. • Users also had trouble finding the correct place to swipe were fast to conclude that the app was broken.

  10. Conclusion • When compared to it’s tablet clones the iPad features a simple and easier to use interface. However, after a year and a half it still has quite a bit of usability issues to work out • Questions?

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