Comments on: iphone usability http://humanfactorsblog.org/2007/09/25/iphone-usability/ Not blaming the user since 2007! Fri, 11 May 2012 12:27:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tomdrewes http://humanfactorsblog.org/2007/09/25/iphone-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-10 tomdrewes Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:08:30 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/2007/09/25/iphone-usability/#comment-10 One of the strongest suits of the iPhone is its web browser. It is better suited for dealing with the challenges of non-mobile-optimized websites than any of the other mobile browsers I've seen. Touch interaction to pan and zoom dominates in this arena (as well as photo and map applications.) I was already sold on the Google Maps app as a killer feature - if they add the new My Location feature to the iPhone version, all the better. The autocorrect feature for typing is something I'm still getting used to - it appears that it could boost your effective typing speed by not forcing you go back and fix a typo earlier in the word; just hit space at the end of the word and the correct word appears in place of your typo. It takes some getting used to just pressing ahead and not worrying about the typo - a modification of your evaluation/execution loop in the typing task. One of the strongest suits of the iPhone is its web browser. It is better suited for dealing with the challenges of non-mobile-optimized websites than any of the other mobile browsers I’ve seen. Touch interaction to pan and zoom dominates in this arena (as well as photo and map applications.) I was already sold on the Google Maps app as a killer feature – if they add the new My Location feature to the iPhone version, all the better.

The autocorrect feature for typing is something I’m still getting used to – it appears that it could boost your effective typing speed by not forcing you go back and fix a typo earlier in the word; just hit space at the end of the word and the correct word appears in place of your typo. It takes some getting used to just pressing ahead and not worrying about the typo – a modification of your evaluation/execution loop in the typing task.

]]> By: Rich http://humanfactorsblog.org/2007/09/25/iphone-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Rich Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:18:26 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/2007/09/25/iphone-usability/#comment-5 I still can't get around the fact that the TS is your only means of input (almost). Wasn't there a paper that suggested that certain tasks are best suited for touchscreens... I still can’t get around the fact that the TS is your only means of input (almost). Wasn’t there a paper that suggested that certain tasks are best suited for touchscreens…

]]> By: Anne McLaughlin http://humanfactorsblog.org/2007/09/25/iphone-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Anne McLaughlin Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:36:56 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/2007/09/25/iphone-usability/#comment-4 I've used Tom's repeatedly, and have to admit it's pretty good. However, I don't have any comparison points since I've never really used a PDA. But it certainly does phone, map, and email really well. I’ve used Tom’s repeatedly, and have to admit it’s pretty good.

However, I don’t have any comparison points since I’ve never really used a PDA. But it certainly does phone, map, and email really well.

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