You walk into one of the hardware labs at PARC. You’re surrounded by scary machines with lasers and pointy bits. There are drawers and drawers of microprocessors, transistors, whatever you desire. Scalpels and screwdrivers in multiple shapes and sizes. There are three guys standing around something in the middle of the [...]
I think spellcheck in every textarea is going to do wonders for my spelling. I’ve almost got over the urge to spell definitely definately already.
I just realized what’s missing from the Google Reader interface….Search! Why can’t I search inside all my subscriptions just like I can do with emails in Gmail? Come on, I’ve seen all the BigTable magic you Googlers have access to. I know you can do this.
Right-click menus are problematic for novice (and also experienced) computer users for several reasons:
Discoverability
Novice users are surprised when you tell them you can right click things to get extra options.
Added complexity
After discovering that their interface to the computer has another variable, they can become confused as to which button they should use in which situation.
Too [...]