UX India 2013 - A Neevite’s Experience

Contributed by Prabharakan Mani on Nov 11 2013

A great location at IIM-B, Bangalore - The UX India International Design conference, was a delight to participate in. Presentation #1: Established multinationals to technology startups which are realizing the strategic value of User Experience in the success of their product design and innovation programs The first speaker was Jose Coronado,...

Making vTiger CRM Look and Feel Beautiful

Contributed by Vinci Rufus on Feb 1 2013

We at Neev have always been a huge supporter of Open Source Software. Many of the Neevites actively contribute to. Like I mentioned my previous post about the lack of active participation of the UI and UX community in Open Source and how that has resulted in most...

Making Open Source Software Beautiful

Contributed by Vinci Rufus on Dec 28 2012

During the tea break at our Office Cafeteria I overheard an conversion where a bunch of guys were debating on why most of the Open Source Software looked so terrible and were a usability nightmare especially when trying to start working with it. That's when I realized how absolutely true it...

What’s wrong with Flipkart’s mobile site & how to improve it’s Usability

Contributed by Vinci Rufus on Nov 25 2012

Flipkart is India's most popular eCommerce site;  many people also refer to it as the Amazon of India. While the website is quite functional and gets the job done of making sales, the mobile site we found is surprisingly quite outdated, nor is close to being functional. On a lazy Friday afternoon...

One touch point your business can’t afford to miss!

Contributed by admin on Sep 15 2012

With rise in number of smart phones, users are increasingly shifting from laptop to smart phone, for most of their surfing. Internet user has become impatient and wants to access the information in real time. A mobile website puts your organization in a position to stand out among competitors....

The ROI on User Experience Studies

Contributed by Vinci Rufus on May 23 2012

Quite a few Stakeholders of a project have problems in  understanding the need for carrying Usability Studies or justifying the need to allocate a budget for Usability Studies. The below video from HFI talks about the ROI on User Experience studies.

12 Usability Guidelines for a Mobile Website

Contributed by Vinci Rufus on May 18 2012

1. Cut down the content: A mobile site can not and should not have each and every piece of information that’s there on the website. The biggest challenge is usually to identify which pieces of information are most  important and make sure they are present on the mobile site. 2. Content is King: While building...

Responsive UI using CSS Media Query

Contributed by Vinci Rufus on May 1 2012

A Website or User Interface is said to be responsive when it is able to change its layout depending on what device it is being viewed on. The logical approach is to first identify the device or screen width and based on that re position or even remove certain blocks of content...