Behavior
Spotted hyenas are organized into territorial clans of related individuals. The center of clan activity is the den, where the cubs are raised and individuals meet. Hyenas mark and patrol their territories by depositing a strong-smelling substance produced by the anal glands on stalks of grass along the boundaries. “Latrines,” places where members of a clan deposit their droppings, also mark territories. Hyenas are social animals that communicate with one another through specific calls, postures and signals.

Hyenas usually bear litters of two to four cubs, which, unlike the other two species, are born with their eyes open. Cubs begin to eat meat from kills near the den at about 5 months, but they are suckled for as long as 12 to 18 months, an unusually long time for carnivores. This is probably a necessity, as most kills are made far from the den, and hyenas, unlike jackals and hunting dogs, do not bring back food and regurgitate it for their young. At about 1 year, cubs begin to follow their mothers on their hunting and scavenging forays. Until then, they are left behind at the den with a babysitting adult.

Diet
The spotted hyena is a skillful hunter but also an opportunistic scavenger. It consumes animals of various types and sizes, carrion, bones, vegetable matter and other animals’ droppings. The powerful jaws and digestive tract of the hyena allow it to process and obtain nutrients from skin and bones. The only parts of prey not fully digested are hair, horns and hooves – these are regurgitated in the form of pellets. The high mineral content of the bones hyenas consume make their droppings a highly visible, chalky white.

Predators and Threats
Hyenas have long conflicted with human populations. African legends and folklore associate the hyena with witchcraft and the supernatural. Like many predators, hyenas become targeted when they take livestock for prey.

Did You Know?

• Hyenas make a variety of vocalizations, including wailing calls, howling screams and the well-known “laughter” used to alert other clan members up to three miles away of a food source.
• Hyenas eat a great variety of animal products, vegetation and, according to campers, even aluminum pots and pans.

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Our UX designers are competent in Accessibility, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Contextual Enquiry, User Research, Human Factor Engineering, Information Architecture (IA), Information Modelling, Interaction Design, Information Design, Heuristic evaluation, User Testing, Usability Training, Graphic Design, Communication Design, Graphic User Interface (GUI) Design, Product Branding, Product Management

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Google Browser Size is a visualization of browser window sizes for people who visit Google. For example, the “90%” contour means that 90% of people visiting Google have their browser window open to at least this size or larger.

This is useful for ensuring that important parts of a page’s user interface are visible by a wide audience. On the example page that you see when you first visit this site, there is a “donate now” button which falls within the 80% contour, meaning that 20% of users cannot see this button when they first visit the page. 20% is a significant number; knowing this fact would encourage the designer to move the button much higher in the page so it can be seen without scrolling.

To view your own Web site with this same visualization overlaid on it, simply type its URL into the “Enter URL here” textbox at the top of the window and click Go.

Notes:

• You can change the opacity of the overlay by clicking the gray boxes next to the word “Opacity” at the top of the window.
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• Browser Size works best on web pages with a fixed layout aligned to the left. If the content reflows as the width is adjusted or it is centered, then the results can be misleading. In this case, you can obtain more accurate results by reducing the browser width to a percentage column, e.g. 90% and seeing what content falls below the 90% horizontal line.

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Tutorial

1. Download and install WAMP or Xamp. If you are a Mac user you can use MAMP.
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4. Create a new MySQL database from http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
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It was a great experience working on Vevo Usability testing, for this work i need to be in New York, USA. The application testing team was based in India and all the usability testing and user experience consulting was proposed in NY. It was an excited business travel and i love travelling.

The travel begins

I was in NY and the company gave me a good place to stay, it was Candle wood Suites, well i liked the place.

I stayed here in New York

UMG office is a great place to work, i really liked the office space, all things were so big.

Business Challenge

Oops there arose a business challenge, and we had less time for the release, so what i proposed to just go for an Expert User Interface evaluation. The results was welcomed by the stakeholders.

Have a look at few screens that was looking so live on the big projector screens.

Landing page evaluation

Use of the usability report – i discussed the presentation with the stakeholders and it was a boom boom ride, i was explaining why i am giving the suggestions to change the sections. A great value was given to my words and i really liked it.

Player evaluation

There used to be stand up meetings everyday, and the development team used to come and we used to track the bugs in Jira.

Play bar evaluation

The metric that really matters is the below one, this gave us a view how good or bad the design is. The stakeholders loved this and they had a smile on their face when they saw this graph. We can really use the numbers wisely and plan our next release goals. Overall this work is a life time memory, hope to again land in NY for a business trip soon.

If any of you clients, business people are looking for me to come there please let me know, do send an e-mail to

sanjay.kuamr.ux@gmail.com

Surprise me, i love surprises.