I didn’t know that
by Tom | Jan 8, 2002 | General |
Interesting paper on design misfits. Still not quite sure what they are, but it’s a useful summary of how things don’t work. 3:00:45 PM |
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Class. But now a dangerous site (was http://www.dangerhere.com/ronglish.htm) 2:10:37 PM |
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The Netcraft survey is always good reading. The December 2001 figures showed that the Net was shrinking for the first time. 2:01:16 PM |
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Anachronistic but valuable: a service delivering electronic versions of full offline publications. Surely this is the way to go for content publishers: if I can buy an additional electronic subscription (a la Economist) why not? 1:12:20 PM |
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News.Com: Gates to show XP entertainment interface. Instead of the usual Windows desktop, Freestyle features a series of large buttons, visible from across a room, that in conjunction with a remote control can be used to launch a video, play a music file, access digital photos, watch and record TV programs, and view DVDs. A good idea, but will it take off? Wireless is the driver in that few people actually want the PC in their front room (noisy, ugly). Can you imagine your TV repeatedly crashing because the satellite downlink was corrupted? 11:40:56 AM |
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Useit.Com: Site Map Usability. Most site maps fail to convey multiple levels of the site’s information architecture. In usability tests, users often overlook site maps or can’t find them. Complexity is also a problem: a map should be a map, not a navigational challenge of its own. [Tomalak’s Realm] 11:38:24 AM |
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Two part interview with Gene Spafford (security researcher). Part one, part two. 11:37:26 AM |
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