Archive for October, 2006
UI: Users are illiterate
il·lit·er·ate: unable to read or write <an illiterate population> Technically, users are not truly illiterate, but it sometimes seems that way. Users are able to read, yet they choose not to. I am not referring to the “computer illiterate” public. When I say that users choose not to read, I include every type of computer user: from the [...]
UI: Pop-ups are bad, and not just for web pages
Everyone knows that pop-ups used to be the scourge of the Internet. These days, modern versions of most browsers contain “pop-up blocking” built in. They had become prevalent due to their use as high-visibility advertising, resulting in high click-through-rates. But everyone knows that pop-ups are bad, because they’re annoying and hurt usability. Consider why pop-ups are bad: [...]
The cop killer
I’ve seen this story a few places today, on Digg, The Dilbert Blog, and MSNBC. If you haven’t read about this yet, the story goes something like this: A Miami druglord killed two cops and injured one other (shot and missed at three others). He had his own weapon and one from a murdered cop, [...]