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1 month ago

in A Clear Case Of Design Failure on UsabilityBlog
Ya gotta love ATM UI's. Surpassed only in suckiness by gas pump user interfaces IMO...Thanks the comment BTW! -Paul

2 months ago

in Does Anyone Else Confuse The “Door Open” and “Door Close” Buttons? on UsabilityBlog
Yes! That gets on my nerves all the time. -Paul

3 months ago

in “Please Enter A Valid Email Address” on UsabilityBlog
Excellent points, and I certainly appreciate the perspective! Thanks for providing that feedback.

5 months ago

in Should Users Be “Shielded” From The Linux Command Line? on UsabilityBlog
OK, you guys have pretty much convinced me. You're right that motivation is a factor; motivated & advanced users will seek out the entry points & find them. -Paul

6 months ago

in My Mostly Easy, Redundant But Not Completely Automated Mac Backup Scheme on UsabilityBlog
That's a good suggestion, thanks Kjartan! I will look into Mozy.

By the way, the USB/NAS drives I use are the Simpletech Simpleshare drive, and the NexStar LX NAS drive. So far they've worked well, no complaints.

1 year ago

in I Can’t Believe My Car Radio Makes Me Press And Hold The Power Button While Driving on UsabilityBlog
@koz, yeah, but...that's my whole point: why did the designers combine the power and mode button? It's not a good idea. If they had separated them, they wouldn't have had to make the power button a 3-second press and hold, and therefore wouldn't have caused a safety issue.

As for the mute button...point taken. But it's not really findable by touch. So it's not salient.

And I don't agree about pulling over to power off. I think that's an apologist position; a car radio should be designed to be powered off while driving. Make a phone call is a different matter. That should be done while stationary.

1 year ago

in The Desktop & File/Folder Metaphors - Broken on UsabilityBlog
Cool, thanks for the link Patrick! I'll check out the article today.

1 year ago

in A Mini-Rant About Firefox on UsabilityBlog
Good points, Jeff. I especially like the one about it being important to the code, but not necessarily to the user.

1 year ago

in A Short Rant on the Lameness of iTunes on UsabilityBlog
Good point, Jim. It's funny how our expectations (and in my case, my level of snarkiness) rise over time. Five years ago I would've been happy just to be able to get Windows Media Player to work. When I switched over to the iTunes ecosystem, I definitely became a bit spoiled. -PS
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