Introduction

The articles in this publication are a three part series documenting the UX investigation of the newly released Stacks feature in Mac OS Mojave and how it compares with its 1992 predecessor.

RESEARCHERS

• Andrew Black
• Jackson Lloyd
• Parker Goodwin

EXPERTISE

• UX Research, UX Design, Product Design

TIME LINE

OCT 03 — DEC 09, 2018

IDEA

We’ll take a look into what the original Piles patent describes the feature to be, how Stacks looks and functions today, and give our opinion of how successful the implementation of Stacks has been — how does it compare to Piles, where does Stacks fall short, what would we do to improve the product in the future, etc.

GOALS

• Review the 1992 ‘Piles’ patent provided by original Apple designer, Gitta Salomon
• Investigate ‘Stacks’ as it functions today
• Compare Stacks to it’s predecessor Piles
• Offer suggestions for improvement

CONTENT

• Part 1: Piles, the Ancient Ancestor of the Stack
• Part 2: Apples Stacks — Love Your Desktop Again
• Part 3: How does Stacks stack up?