Google’s Andriod mobile phone UI is heavily inspired by the iPhone, but not so much so that I’d call it a rip off. It’s not as sexy as the iPhone’s UI, but it looks every bit as usable. Bottom line: the iPhone trounces it in the style department, but Andriod still looks better than 99% of mobile phone UIs. Bring it on, Google. Visit site »
Khoi is a believer in the logic that great design is an important asset to any company, and wonders why Yahoo — a company he feels had a great design sense — ultimately has failed. A great discussion follows as to whether or not Yahoo is actually a great design company.
My take? Yahoo has some real shining examples of great design (see Y! Mail and Flickr for the most obvious examples), but that great design sense never managed to make it’s way to Yahoo’s core product: their homepage and search engine. So, even though Yahoo is capable of great design, it may be that poor design was actually a flaw that ultimately hurt them. Visit site »
Here’s the scoop: LOST will have 13 episodes total in season four (down from a planned 16). Eight episodes were finished pre-writer’s strike; five will be penned now that the strike is over. There will be a four-week hiatus after episode eight before the final (new) five. The writers will complete the planned story arc of season four (i.e., the season will end in the same place they’d planned for it two) — they’ll just do it in five episodes instead of eight. The three lost episodes will be “made up” in seasons five and six, so we’ll ultimately end up with the same number of total episodes for the show.
Overall, this is good news. Obviously, we’d love to have all eight episodes of season four and we’d love to not have a month hiatus — but, given the circumstances, I think this is a better result for fans than most of us thought we’d get. Here’s hoping the three lost episodes means season four will finish up at breakneck pace. I’ve really enjoyed the first two episodes of season four — it’s nice to have that, “is it Thursday yet” feeling back every week (of course, it used to that “Is it Wednesday yet?” feeling…but, whatever). Visit site »