Ux Unleashed Roundup of 2007

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Thought I'd spend a moment rounding up some of the posts in Ux Unleashed that stood out - each for its own reason. The idea is to give you a sampling of whats gone by, no grading or rating of any sort.

It all started with Sunil's holler in the darkness with a suggestion on making MSN Messenger smarter.

I'd like to say there was no stopping us then, but thats wrong. We took some tangents before we our bearings right, but we got there. From product reviews to humor, from ipods to irons, we've covered some range. And in some sense we're still getting there.

I'm opening the jewelry box to show off the gems.

First, some insightful posts that probably deserve to get some more readership. These were written early (when we had very few readers): Arun's post on data representation, Kiran's post on Web 2.0 UX, Sunil's post on implicitly rating media content. I loved these, let me know what you think of them.

Upma's post on Invisibility mode in GTalk is an SEO dream come true. According to our site analytics, this post is the most common landing page from search engines thanks to the use of niche keywords. A lesson for us bloggers.

Some posts that caused debate and discussion:

• Kiran's stance on GTalk
• Sowmya's post about the Twitter support page
• Upma's point on improving the way Gmail allows one to add attachments

Sunil wrote this post about a common mistake while sending attachments, and there were some
pretty diverse solutions suggested. I suggested a non-obtrusive solution and wrote up a mini-spec in this post. Sunil abstracted it to a philosophical level, and I quote from his post (some typo corrections mine)

Good user experiences make things happen - the way you wanted them to - without you having to. By being a natural extension of the thought process. Compensating for discipline or memory or structure.

Better user experiences are not noticed. Just enjoyed at a subconscious level. Like a walk on a quiet beach at sunrise.

Which were your favorite posts or topics?

What was the most memorable post or remark you've seen on Ux Unleashed?

Tell us about it. (You can omit linking to posts while commenting if its too much effort to search the archives.)