This site is about: (1) my professional self, (2) my research into cognition and (3) musings about the intersection of cognition and design.
Jason H. Wong
Basic cognitive research is a necessary component of successful user-centered design. Only through scientific thinking can we make technology intuitive and productive. My goal is to integrate basic research with useful applications.
ClearType: Font smoothing and usability
What a difference ClearType makes! Windows does not turn this feature on by default, and I am not used to displays without this feature. While I am not a typographer, the difference is quite evident to me. Without ClearType:
With ClearType:
These two links explain a lot about why ClearType works and why it eases eye strain.
Anti-aliasing on OS X
ClearType on Windows
This is a case of physical ergonomics, but not about understanding arm length or knee flexibility. Instead, it’s about understanding how our eyes work and adapting systems to that fact.
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Blogroll
Cognitive Daily
- CogDaily's best posts of the year?
- Seeing shapes in two different ways: how and when it happens
- Plunging in to social networking
- Does involving parents really help students learn? Depends on how they're involved
- Casual Fridays: Does having kids enhance or detract from our own childhood memories?
- Dave and Greta speaking at CLT WordCamp tomorrow
- How, exactly, do sad faces affect our ability to count?
- Should you let your toddler/preschooler watch TV? Part II
- Can a blind person whose vision is restored understand what she sees?
- Links for Shireen Campbell's class