Developer Labs

Project Sunflower: Evaluation Based on Neilsen’s Heuristics

Posted by on Aug 2, 2011 in ebooks, project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

Jakob Neilsen has devised ten general usability heuristics that help evaluate user interface design. Further to our usability research,...

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Project Sunflower: XOOM Usability Study

Posted by on Jul 29, 2011 in ebooks, project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

The Motorola XOOM is the first tablet to run on Android 3.0. It supports 720p recording and boasts an Nvidia Tegra 2 1GHz processor. The...

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Project Sunflower: Kindle DX Usability Study

Posted by on Jul 28, 2011 in ebooks, project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

The Kindle DX is the only dedicated eBook reader from the devices we are using for the study. It has an E-Ink Pearl display and was made...

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Project Sunflower: iPad Usability Study

Posted by on Jul 25, 2011 in ebooks, project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

The iPad since its launch has been promoted primarily as a web-surfing device. Its eBook reading capabilities came with applications that...

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Project Sunflower: Usability Study

Posted by on Jul 22, 2011 in ebooks, featured, project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

As part of our eBook usability study, this part deals with studying the devices from the eBook reader point of view. All three devices, ...

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Project Sunflower: Time to Launch Application, Open a Book and Flip Page

Posted by on Jul 12, 2011 in project, Project Sunflower | Comments Off

Well, we now have results regarding the time taken for the Apple iPad 2, Amazon Kindle DX and Motorola XOOM to render eBooks. We installed...

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