More Yous

Deep integration of a creative concept and a user experince:

http://moreyous.com/

Halo 3: immersive geographical navigation

relevant to Totinos and Green Giant

http://halo3.com/believe/shell.html

Video embed test from Heavy.com

Meaningful loading screen/ video intro mashup

http://www.nokia.com/nonstopliving

A loading screen that also gives a meaningful preview of and orientation to site content. Is the Flash intro coming back from the dead in a form we can all live with?

;-)

A few different options for video players

Here are some ways for browsing, watching and posting/copying/linking to video.

Great use of hiding the unnecessary

Magnum Photos has created a very beautiful interface for browsing their photos. Details like the full list of total images or the credits are hidden until rollover.

Parental controls fail usability test

In a new parental controls study by User Centric, parents were asked to set up parental controls for 4 devices.

FINDINGS
- Failure rates were high: 31% (DVR), 36% (mobile phone), 42% (V-Chip), and 47% (game console). Across all four devices, parents and children had similar failure rates when setting up parental controls. Participants who reported prior experience fared no better than those who had no experience.

- One third of participants failed to set up parental controls across all the devices. This contrasted sharply with the high confidence ratings given by participant; many participants believed they had successfully activated parental controls when they actually had not.

- Several participants failed to set up parental controls because they were unaware that they had to perform an extra step to save and then activate their selection. Parental control interfaces failed to provide sufficient visual cues on whether a specific rating was successfully selected or automatically saved as the current setting.

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