Many iPad apps are failing to provide intuitive interfaces, or not compensating for the limits of fingers, a Nielsen Norman Group study claims. The firm tested 16 people who had already owned iPads for two months, asking them to perform tasks in selected apps as well as some websites. Among the tasks were finding a story in The Daily they could easily return to, listening to the last Science Friday episode in the NPR app, and finding a birthday gift for themselves on Amazon.
