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  • Taken at the IKEA Family member kiosk. The keypad conveniently shows a few of the more popular email extensions - Gmail, Yaho, Hotmail, and AOL  to save a few taps. Given that this was the only machine in the area, this small design feature could speed up the queue significantly. The Backspace key is on the left side (where ‘shift’ usually is on a normal keyboard, which is kind of an odd design decision, as it’s counter-intuitive to normal keyboards and could potentially be very difficult to find. The keyboard also features an @ key and a .com key for convenience.

    Taken at the IKEA Family member kiosk.

    The keypad conveniently shows a few of the more popular email extensions - Gmail, Yaho, Hotmail, and AOL  to save a few taps. Given that this was the only machine in the area, this small design feature could speed up the queue significantly.

    The Backspace key is on the left side (where ‘shift’ usually is on a normal keyboard, which is kind of an odd design decision, as it’s counter-intuitive to normal keyboards and could potentially be very difficult to find.

    The keyboard also features an @ key and a .com key for convenience.

    • 5 days ago
  • Salary guide for UX jobs. Interesting breakdown; very informative graph. What’s interesting to note is that each UX / UI role might require very different skills. Goes to show how multidisciplinary UX is.

    Salary guide for UX jobs. Interesting breakdown; very informative graph.

    What’s interesting to note is that each UX / UI role might require very different skills. Goes to show how multidisciplinary UX is.

    Source: dashburst.com
    • 1 week ago
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