Archive for the ‘User Interface’ Category
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Cupertino Syndrome
For the first time in as long as I can remember, I got angry at my computer. Not just perturbed, but teeth-clenching, fist pounding, expletive-blurting, co-worker-disturbing angry.
Surprisingly, my anger wasn’t directed at the network for being slow or at Parallels for taking entirely too long to boot up or shut down. It wasn’t because I [...] -
Parking in Calgary
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written. I’ve been busy, sure, but it’s mostly just laziness.
I recently moved from Chicago, IL, USA to Calgary, AB, Canada. Jury’s still out on whether or not trading the El for the C-Train, pizza and hot dogs for Vietnamese subs, or the lake for the mountains (which [...] -
I Feel: Too Confused
This is a remote control for the climate control system in a conference room:
I was intrigued by the the “Too Warm” and “Too Cool” buttons. I kept on pressing the “Too Cool” button but alas, I didn’t get any less cool. Cuz I’m so freakin cool. See how that works?
On first read, I was a [...] -
Bank of America- Customizable ATM Fast Cash
In the past couple of years, it seems that ATMs have made huge strides in usability. The monster ATM of today, with all its blinking lights, dedicated slots, OCR of check amounts, etc. is a far cry from the screen with eight soft keys that was the norm a couple years back, and can still [...]
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The Firefox Notification Dialog is Kinda Creepy
I find the notification dialog used by Firefox 3 to be rather unsettling.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with it; it’s just a rectangle that comes out from underneath my task bar to tell me something important, like how Firefox has found an update, or some document has finished downloading.
But the speed at which this thing comes [...]
