"Beercade uses a custom-made system that re-utilizes certain retro nostalgic arcade machine user actions for its concept, " explains McKinney Creative Technologist Adam Carroll.
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Aside from fancy ways that Microsoft uses photos in tiles in Windows 8, in search results on Bing, and in megaphoto stitches in SkyDrive, the company just adheres to one simple concept that gives the user control over his or her pix: you can put your photos in whatever folders you want.
Much has been made of how visual and sharable its blogs are, but it was its early adoption of the concept of post types that is responsible for the effortless user experience of its content creation functions.
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Another prototype from DoCoMo aimed at Nihon's commuters, the i beam concept tablet forgoes any touch at all, allowing the user (once they're at the specified 'sweet spot') to navigate around apps and screens using your eyes.
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The concept of integrating the camera into the sports equipment allows the user to travel with fewer items and to keep their hands free while performing sports activities.
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Finally, the company is demonstrating a concept that it thinks will be able to extend your smartphone's user interface.
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At the same time, others struggle with the concept, putting forth products that are cobbled together, disjointed, and end-user unfriendly.
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This concept of the Functional Web is still very young, but it will soon provide the user groundbreaking new ways to access content.
In contrast, the Product Manager is involved from concept to launch, and is still very much involved in consumer adoption and analyzing all the user responses (for Version 2.0).
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