HCI User Advocate

Software makers and users often have conflicting goals - with the makers winning. Yet they all too often shoot themselves in the foot by distrusting the users - their customers. Or worse, maltreating them. It is time to get angry about bad and malicious software design. This Blog calls software designers on the carpet - giving them credit and shame where they deserve it.

June 20, 2009

Hidden iPhone 3.0 OS feature - sync multiple mail folders

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I know I'm not a typical user, but it seems that I often suffer from little details in interfaces that no one else seems to care about. ...
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June 7, 2009

Why GMail doesn't let you sort by size

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GMail is awesome in so many ways. The model of not having to worry about deleting stuff because storage is free is exactly right from the us...
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May 8, 2009

Over 20 Years of Designing the User Interface

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Impressively, my colleagues Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant have published the 5th edition of the text Designing the User Interface. ...
March 4, 2009

Missing content: Kindle for iPhone doesn't have picture books, or support newspapers or magazines

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Ok, the word is out, and the Kindle for iPhone app is out. And it is good. The promised "whispersync" now makes complete sense, ...
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