Archive for the 'User Experience' Category


Virgin America Bullish on HTML5 — Flash, not so much: Probably a Good Thing…

Don’t get me wrong — I love Flash for interactive applications, rich animation, and widget-tized behavior on the web.  But for most web content, it just doesn’t cut it — browsers choke on it, and the iPhone and iPad (as well as the Droid out-of-the-box) cannot handle it.
Here is a recent article about Virgin America [...]

iPhone and E-Commerce — Heaven Interactive forms Strategic Partnership with Van Gogh Design

We would like to say hello, and thank you to our newest design partner, Van Gogh Design.  Van Gogh Design is a global design and marketing firm specializing in creating engaging  iPhone applications with compelling user experiences and interactivity.  Its principal, Veronica Van Gogh, brings over a decade of web design and media [...]

PayPal opens up platform to increase transparent payments

Good news on the e-commerce front, PayPal recently announced that is was opening up its API to help businesses conduct transactions more transparently.
This comes at a very good time in the evolution of e-commerce. With PayPal’s new attitude towards transactions, developers will be able to integrate payments into mobile devices and games in a [...]

Flash Usability: Providing Alternate Content

One of the major complaints surrounding the use of Flash, is the necessity of having the plug-in installed on a system.  This presents a problem for designers and content providers who are authoring content in Flash.  How can you make sure that content is viewed by as many users as possible?  There are key concerns [...]