Posts filed under “UI Design”
Reason iPhone is the best smartphone ever? No one else makes a smart phone.
(changed for readability) Me: I hate windows mobile. Tim: Why? Me: In what universe do you get a smart phone that’s too smart to make calls with? Tim: Yours must be defective, i’ve never had a problem with that. Me: No, it’s not. I’ll explain. Me: My mom got a palm treo 750. Me: This [...]
Facebook TOS
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php There are 6000 words and 70+ paragraphs. How many Facebook users do you think actually know the legal terms they accept when they join the site? Quote: PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND [...]
Transparently Asinine
There are some things that are so obviously demonstrate that companies hate consumers that we take them for granted. Here’s one all-too-familiar example: The Terms of Service, or TOS, are a standard prerequisite for signing up for almost everything on the internet, from Amazon to Neopets to Flickr. This document usually contains all the rules [...]
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: [...]