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The UI of tomorrow is already here?

April 17th 2009

Being in the business of interactive media design, we are always on the lookout for new forms of UI, especially ones that escape the boundaries and limitations of the screen, and the Sixth Sense project at MIT really grabbed our attention.

The fight between mobile browsers and apps is over (both won)

April 23rd 2009

It’s funny how fast things change. Only a few years ago mobile applications were all the rage, partly because apps provide a controllable user experience, and mobile browsers were poor at the time. However, there were always some disadvantages of mobile apps. For most companies pre-loading applications onto devices was not an option, and downloading and installing apps was a pain for end users. Many people couldn’t even find the app after it had been installed. Fixing problems in an app, or upgrading to a new version of the app, was a pain too, because a whole new app needed to be downloaded. There are also several competing application technologies: Java J2ME, Symbian, Windows Mobile, etc.