Canonical | London / Global fully-distributed | Full-time, remote | UX Designer | https://grnh.se/db3e16fe1us
With Ubuntu, Canonical created the first Linux for human beings. Our design team is on a mission to turn complex, open-source software into intuitive products that can change the face of enterprise IT. We are looking for an exceptional user experience designer, who shares our passion.
Totally agree. Despite the move to touchscreens in cars over the years - they're acually terrible for usability and safety. The lack of tactile feedback and the fact that buttons can move position and appearance from app-to-app means that they require much more cognitive load than physical buttons.
Putting a trimmed-down Android tablet into a car is cheaper for manufacturers, but it's bad for usability.
There's been some research done that finds touchscreens are more distracting than drink or drug driving:
Expect to spend about 50% of your time actually “doing work” of consultancy for clients and the other 50% doing things like:
Marketing,
Business development (sales),
Negotiations, kick-off meetings, contracts,
Invoicing and chasing payments.
In fact in the early days, the proportion of your time doing “non-work” work will be significantly higher than 50%.
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