In Office 2007, you sometimes get shown this funny little dialog box when saving a large document. Have you ever noticed it? So what happens if you click cancel – does it cancel saving the document? Or does it just … Continue reading
Before I start I’d like to say I’m not a Microsoft Hater. I’m actually very, very impressed with Office 2007 – the UI design is great. And when I saw today’s splurge of blog posts about the new Zune, I … Continue reading
This isn’t really hot news, but it was news to me when George Oates mentioned it in passing during her piece at Dconstruct 07. In an age of curious-sounding Web-site names, “Flickr” came largely by accident. The domain owner of … Continue reading
A great quote that sums up the art of User-Centered Writing: “Bad writers worry about whether the reader will understand them. Good ones are more concerned about how well they understand the reader.” – Paraphrased from Lindsay Camp (2007)
This should be the mantra for user experience designers everywhere. Image stolen unashamedly from Jonny Baker’s Photostream. The concept came up in a chat with Simon Johnson today over lunch.
I’m looking for a flight at the moment. I know the following: Where I’m going from (well I’d actually like to see results for all London airports listed in an order of my choosing) When I want to go (give … Continue reading
I was in Finland a few weeks ago, and this was the control panel of the lift in my hotel. Imagine this scenario: you get in the hotel on the ground floor, you press a button, nothing happens. You try … Continue reading
Has anyone else noticed how great Facebook image tagging is? Granted, it is only for putting names to faces, but it’s incredibly quick to use (say 5 seconds per photo), and it’s really satisfying. Your friends see you’ve tagged them … Continue reading
Douglas Karr pointed out that I should put my money where my mouth is and explain how it should be redesigned. Having given it some thought, I’ve realised this is a particularly tricky dialog box – the problem does not … Continue reading
A great example of bad dialog box design from Jungledisk: Long convoluted question – check! Frightening subheading – check! Options that don’t map onto the question – check!