User interface Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Why you won't be buying an iPhone-like iPod anytime soon

by David Chartier (May 28th, 2007)

Since the iPhone's introduction in January, the requests and baiting rumors for a touch-screen iPod that looks and acts like an iPhone - sans the actual phone - have sounded from every corner of the web. The world is inarguably intrigued by this new UI Apple developed for their highly anticipated ...

Mac DevCenter: palettes or sidebars?

by David Chartier (Jul 31st, 2006)

Following a dilemma that Gus Mueller faced when designing the UI for his latest release of VoodooPad 3, Mac DevCenter has posted a request for feedback on this most heated of UI topics: palettes or sidebars? Preferences can easily sway in either direction, and I personally miss the old-school ...

GmailUI Extension for Thunderbird

by David Chartier (Jun 2nd, 2006)

If Gmail's UI floats your boat but you prefer using a desktop email client for 'no waiting for a refresh' feel, Ken Mixter has developed a Thunderbird extension just for you. The GmailUI extension brings many of the shortcuts and search expressions of Gmail to Mozilla's Thunderbird client. Keyboard ...