Philip Haine's articles on Product Vision, Innovation and Design

Analysis

Here is where we pick apart various topics.

How to fix the stationery feature in Mac OS X

Stationery is broken in the Mac OS. Here’s the fix, and a workaround in the mean time.

The irony of Apple’s Magic Mouse

Apple’s dubious track record of mouse design

iPhone gripefest 2009

Now that the iPhone has been around a while, it’s time for Apple to go back and fix the basics they missed in v1.

Make websites readable on small screens

Accurate webpage renderings on mobile devices are nice to look at, but unacceptably hard to read.

Still no decent calendar on iPhone v3.0

Following (subscribing to) #hashtags

Maybe you do want to #follow a #channel in Twitter.

The iPhone Love/Hate List

There is a lot of each going around.

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SSNiF Analysis Part 1: Introduction

A powerful and simple way to capture scenarios.

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1995 Palm calendar creams the 2008 iPhone’s

The iPhone has a few things to learn from its grandpa.

Microsoft gives Apple another gift

They apparently want out of the operating system business.

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10 UI Wishes for 2008

Basic UI deficiencies in common products we’ve suffered for for years or decades.

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Needs Analysis of Reusable Shopping Bags (plus a holiday gift idea)

MyOwnBags demonstrate a nice clean differentiation. Plus, they make a great gift for stylish people!

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The Return of the Kitchen Computer

Has the time of the kitchen computer arrived yet?

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Long Live the Desktop in the Era of the Internet Appliance

Rumors of the desktop’s demise are premature.

Google Gears and the dawn of Either/Or Apps (EOA’s)

Gears ushers in a new era where applications and data may live remotely, or locally, or both.

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UI Friction and Apple’s Front Row

Reducing the needless UI overhead in Front Row.

The Power of the Default

Whoever defines the default wins.

Open, yet encrypted Wi-Fi

Why must we sacrifice security when opening Wi-Fi networks?

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User Interface Friction

UI friction needlessly wastes the user’s energy on delays and busywork.

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Hosted vs. Local applications

There are strong scenarios for both types of applications and a possible bridge between them