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Re: A Short Rant on the Lameness of iTunes

Paul Sherman — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:10:53 -0000

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

Re: A Mini-Rant About Firefox

Paul Sherman — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:43:15 -0000

Good points, Jeff. I especially like the one about it being important to the code, but not necessarily to the user.

Re: The Desktop & File/Folder Metaphors - Broken

Paul Sherman — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:40:32 -0000

Cool, thanks for the link Patrick! I'll check out the article today.

Re: I Can’t Believe My Car Radio Makes Me Press And Hold The Power Button While Driving

Paul Sherman — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:27:59 -0000

@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.

Re: My Mostly Easy, Redundant But Not Completely Automated Mac Backup Scheme

Paul Sherman — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:14:53 -0000

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.

Re: Should Users Be “Shielded” From The Linux Command Line?

Paul Sherman — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:40:52 -0000

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

Re: “Please Enter A Valid Email Address”

Paul Sherman — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:06:26 -0000

Excellent points, and I certainly appreciate the perspective! Thanks for providing that feedback.

Re: Does Anyone Else Confuse The “Door Open” and “Door Close” Buttons?

Paul Sherman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:57:21 -0000

Yes! That gets on my nerves all the time. -Paul

Re: A Clear Case Of Design Failure

Paul Sherman — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:18:23 -0000

Ya gotta love ATM UI's. Surpassed only in suckiness by gas pump user interfaces IMO...Thanks the comment BTW! -Paul