ICS Insight Blog (blog)

Internet of Things: Are Your User Experience Design Skills Up to Speed?

Internet of Things, IoT, User Experience

The Touchscreen Construction Process: Things to Consider Beyond the Interface

The demand for touchscreen-related services has grown by leaps and bounds as organizations realize the myriad engineering and design elements necessary to truly deliver on a world-class touchscreen interface.

interactive, touchscreen, ICS

Usability and Modern Visual Design: An Effective Harmony

UX, UI, user interface

Does Your User Experience Deal with Connectivity Failures Gracefully?

Users find it frustrating and reluctantly accept the fact that connection to the Internet sometimes has glitches. Wait times are the norm.

IoT, User Experience, UX

Designing the Future of Automotive In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI)

Demand for connected devices in automobiles is accelerating as mobile ecosystems are maturing.

IVI, Intel, automotive IVI

Internet of Things: Content Strategies Require Innovation

Digital signane (DS) is one of the emerging Internent of Things (IoT) technologies that are invading our lives, forbetter or worse.

IoT, Content Strategies, Innovation

Some Lesser Known Qt Tools and Commands - Part 2

Continuing with our series of blog posts on some of the lesser known Qt commands, this time we will look at some tools related to Qt and D-Bus.

Qt, D-Bus

Planning an Effective Surge Strategy

At some point in any extended-length development project, you're going to need to surge.

development project, strategy, Agile development

It’s All About the (Customer) Experience

“The Times They Are a Changin’” – Bob Dylan, 1964

Customer Experience, touch-enabled devices, digital signage

Internet of Things: Living in the Periphery of User Attention

When designing a user experience, we usually assume we are engaging a user's center of attention, albiet short.

Internet of Things, IoT, User Experience

Some Lesser Known Qt Tools and Commands - Part 1

Every Qt developer should be familiar with the common tools like qmake, Qt Designer and Assistant, but looking in your Qt installation's bin directory will reveal a few more programs there. In this and future blogs, we'll look at some of the lesser known Qt development tools.

Qt, tools, lconvert

Planning for the Unknown Unknowns

Planning for the unknown unknowns when developing software and building user interfaces.

software projects, development project, planning

Internet of Things: Should Designers Focus on Devices First or Services First?

Internet of Things, IoT, in-vehicle

Internet of Things: Context of Use Just Became More Important

Internet of Things, IoT, User Experience

Using Google Analytics to Monitor Qt Applications - Part 2

Using Google Analytics to Monitor Qt Applications

Application Analytics, Google Analytics, Qt

Notes from a UX Pro Over a Cup of Joe: Team Formation

User Experience, UX, team building

2014 and the Expanding Internet of Things

During 2014, the user experience (UX) group at ICS worked on our usual fare of mobile and desktop apps, but we also saw a large expansion of embedd

Internet of Things, UX, User Experience

QNX Powers Ford's Next Connected Automotive Infotainment System, Sync 3

Congratulations to our friends at QNX for powering Ford's next Connected Car System, Sync 3.

IVI, QNX, Infotainment Systems

Notes From a UX Pro Over a Cup of Joe: UX and Coffee

Coffee

UX, User Experience, design-centric

User Experience Design Principles of a Natural User Interface (NUI)

In a previous blog post (Defining a Natural User Interface) I explained how finding a clear and concise definition of a Natural User Interface (NUI) was not easy.

UX, User Experience, User Experience Design Principles

Applying Scrolling and Eliding Text in a Natural User Interface

We recently made a presentation at the Qt Developer Days conference in San Francisco, entitled Make Your Content Shine: Design Choices for a Qt Touch Kiosk.

ViewPoint, Scrolling and Eliding Text, natural user interface (NUI)