I regularly download and experiment with new software tools. Just this week I’ve experimented with Cozi, New York Times Reader, Touchstone and the latest beta of Windows Live Writer. Most of these apps have an installed life-span of three days. I install them, play with them for a bit, shut them down and see if [...]
Category Archives: Usability
OMG We’re All Going To Die-alog!
I was reading through the new Office 2007 UI Style Guide and found the following UI Design Tenet:
No surprises. Task panes or dialogs do not appear automatically on document open. Only user actions should open and close task panes or dialogs. Ideally, all task panes are opened using a button in the Ribbon.
Many developers and [...]
Usability Testing is Useless?
An article posted on Adaptive Path’s web site from back in 2004 has started making the rounds on digg, dzone and soon my entire OPML file. The article is dolefully titled “90% of All Usability Testing is Useless.” Go ahead and read the article. I’ll wait.
All done? This article really struck a chord with me. [...]