ICS Insight Blog
Informed Opinions and Industry Insight on Tech, UX and Product Development
Connecting tech leaders with insight to move the needle, and developers and designers with inspiration to build really cool touchscreen-driven stuff people will love.
User Attention and Duration of Engagement in Public Kiosks
Common user experience (UX) wisdom says that you have a short period of time (approximately 3 seconds to 3 minute
Rapid Development of an In-Vehicle Infotainment System (IVI): A UX Perspective
In-vehicle systems have recently been pulled from relative obscurity into the limelight.
The Whole Shebang - Running QML Files Directly
A new feature in Qt version 5 is an executable program similar to qmlscene that can execute QML files.
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Recap of the Qt Contributors Summit
The Qt Contributors Summit occurred June 10-11 in Berlin. Here is a quick summary of my impressions:
1) Unifying Qt
Is That a Kiosk? How to Best Position Your Public Touchscreen Display for Use
At Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS), we recently have begun marketing a touchscreen kiosk product that we call ViewPoint (www.viewpointkiosks.com).
The QML Canvas Element
Perhaps you have been trying to do more with QML than just using the basic elements like rectangles, text and images, or maybe you have been strugg
Color Theory and the User Experience
Color theory is often referenced when creating or viewing traditional works of art.
Crime + Design
Skills as these are invaluable to a designer. The issue designers often face is clients don’t always know what problem a user may face while using a product, they then will need to solve.
Workflow Analysis, Swim Lanes and UX
There are several ways to display a workflow, one of which is the swim lane diagram. These diagrams visually describe how a process works, including the people involved and the handover of information. Another advantage of workflow analysis is that it e
The Blue Landscape of Our Imagination
Generations of operating systems have heavily utilized shades of blue and gray. On my current Mac desktop, I can set a preference for the “Appearance” to be “blue” or “gray.” However, even if I choose gray, the folder icons are light blue.
The Role of Visual Design in UX
Visual design has the potential to make or break a user experience.
The Raspberry Pi Camera Module
In this post we'll look at the Raspberry Pi camera module, a low cost hardwar module that supports still picture and video recording.
Of Cars and Connectivity: The Next Generation of (IVI) In Vehicle Infotainment
The area of IVI, or more generally the Connected Car (mirrorlink.com)(1), seems poised to be a hot market for 2014 and beyond.
What's New in Qt 5.2: QCommandLineParser
After several failed attempts in the past, thanks to the efforts of Qt and KDE developer David Faure, command line parsing support is now in Qt 5.2.0.
Visceral Appeal in UX – Part 4: The Design
To understand how to create visceral appeal in a user experience (UX) it helps to compare and contrast other forms of media that preceded the digital medium.
Using Self-Signed Certificates in Qt Code
This article will show how to create a self-signed SSL key for Apache and how the Qt code will use it.
On Justifying User Experience Design
A few months ago, we put on a webinar about usability testing.
Design at DevDays
Welcome to the post Qt DevDays 2013 edition of the UX Blog. I suspect that many of you who follow this blog also attended DevDays and I hope
So You Did a Usability Test – Now What?
Congratulations! You've finished your usability test. What's the next step? How do you organize, analyze and present your finding
Visceral Appeal in UX – Part 2: Some Science
When we say that a user experience (UX) has “visceral appeal”, we mean that it elicits an immediate “I like it” response.
