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Why I hate voice interfaces exhibit 12,043.
Me: Hey Siri, turn the bedroom lights off.
Siri: You can only make one request at a time.
Me: [Repeats request]
Siri: [Repeats refusal to act or learn from their mistake]
Me: [Repeats request]
Siri:[Finally turns lights off]
Want to wager a guess as to what these section icons represent? In our most recent post on designing great streaming TV apps, we look at main menu navigation approaches and make design recommendations like avoiding “mystery meat” iconography. blog.mercury.io/designing-gr…
ALT A series of four difficult to identify icons from the Paramount+, Netflix, and HBO Max streaming TV apps. The first icon is a set of four squares stacked two and two that Paramount+ uses to represent Shows. The second is a square on top of a triangle with a circle floating to the right that Netflix uses to represent Categories. The third is a set of three stacked lines HBO Max uses to represent Browse. The fourth is a square grid of nine dots used by HBO Max to represent Hubs.
Because so many people use several streaming TV apps across multiple platforms, the small differences and inconsistencies between apps sometimes feel like death by a thousand cuts. I’d love your thoughts on this new series on designing streaming TV apps we’ve been working on.
Did you know 66% of US households have multiple connected TV devices and 58% use 3 or more paid streaming services? We are starting a series on designing great streaming TV apps. Check out our introduction and give us your thoughts. #streamingTV #appdesign blog.mercury.io/designing-gr…
The Mercury design team has been doing a deep dive into designing great streaming TV apps. We realized that people often use several TV apps across multiple platforms. Because of this, design inconsistencies create a greater strain on the user than they normally would. (1/4)
In our introductory post on designing great streaming TV apps, we look at recent streaming TV app usage stats and share links related to platform design guidelines as well as the basics of designing for TV. blog.mercury.io/designing-gr… (3/4)
Our second post on designing great streaming TV apps focuses on the pros and cons of top and left-hand main menu navigation. We review each approach and make recommendations that will improve whichever nav option you choose to use. blog.mercury.io/designing-gr… (4/4)
Do you regularly use an Apple TV? Want to complete a brief survey for a research project I'm working on? If so, click the link. There are six multiple choice questions and one free form question. It should take less than five minutes to complete. Thanks! airtable.com/shrcg6AdYSRAwEI…
All of Apple’s Studio Display stand options make me feel like a sucker.
Standard: You picked the crappy stand!
Adjustable: You paid $400 more for this? 😂
VESA mount: We aren’t giving you a stand and you are still paying full price! Good luck with your terrible Amazon stand!
😭 When iTunes randomly plays @BenFolds Late and Elliott Smith’s Wouldn’t Momma Be Proud back-to-back.
The iPhone keyboard, where I is always ai and don’t is always donny. Heaven forbid there be any logic to avoid this after the 10,000th time I’ve manually corrected each.
RIP Shock G. In remembrance, a PSA from 2017.
In the 1990 Digital Underground classic "The Humpty Dance", Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs (aka Humpty Hump)–a man sometimes confused for early Twitter investor Stanley Burrell on narcotics–does NOT state that he will,…
For any Cognac bearing the label Hennessy left shelved in the open is likely to be consumed by Mr. Jacobs post haste.
Unable to invite your family to share your Home setup in the Apple Home app? After years of dealing with this issue, I finally found a solution today. Thanks to Will Wills for sharing this info with the community. buymymonkey.wordpress.com/20…
FUN FACT: @MissyElliott’s hit song “Get UR Freak On” was originally written to promote @benandjerrys annual Free Cone Day.