Google introduces Google+, a new way to share and connect online. Great interactive walkthrough and demo!
20 Things i Learned About Browsers and the Web, an adorable eBook illustrated by Christoph Neimann. Book flipping and all in HTML5. (via notcot)
Thanks to Nick, I had the opportunity to meet the people behind Breeze, Standard Chartered Bank’s online and iPhone banking application on 10 Aug 2010. You see, I was invited to a bloggers’ meetup which was held at The Waterboat House. Great food, passionate people, what more can you ask for? :)
The above photo is from Kevin Lim. That’s me, first from the left followed by Manan (Product Lead for Breeze), Joan Leong and Shin Wee (Product Evangelist). See more of his photos here.
The highlight for me is definitely the people behind Breeze. It’s remarkable to see a local team, what more coming from the banking sector to take user experience so seriously. Opening a Breeze banking account is easy, and after using it for some time now, I must say the interactions are thoughtfully executed.
In recognition for their effort, Breeze have been selected to participate in Finovate (see list of demoing companies). Its one of the world’s leading conference showcasing innovative financial & banking technology.
Well, I recommend that you check out Sheylara’s blog series “A Banking Babe is Born” (Chapter 1, 2 and 3) to know more about the application itself. Personally, I can’t think of anywhere else on planet Earth that could explain it in such interesting fashion!
Best of breadcrumbs and how they enhance your website.
Breadcrumb navigation offers a visually enticing way for users to keep track and know where they’re specifically located as they navigate your site. Overall, it increases the usability of your website, especially if it has various pages that need to be organized and structured in a certain hierarchical order.
Closing the Digital Frontier
The era of the Web browser’s dominance is coming to a close. And the Internet’s founding ideology - that information wants to be free, and that attempts to constrain it are not only hopeless but immoral - suddenly seems naive and stale in the new age of apps, smart phones, and pricing plans. What will this mean for the future of the media - and of the Web itself? Michael Hirschorn reflects on this in latest issue of The Atlantic Magazine:
“The shift of the digital frontier from the Web, where the browser ruled supreme, to the smart phone, where the app and the pricing plan now hold sway, signals a radical shift from openness to a degree of closed-ness that would have been remarkable even before 1995.”
