Archive for the ‘ Usability ’ Category

More Complaints About iPad Mobile Safari

I’d like to extend my iPad Mobile Safari Bitchfest with a few more usability gripes.
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Swipe to Navigate in Mobile Safari

I sent my first e-mail to Steve Jobs a few minutes ago. I think iPad’s Mobile Safari is sorely missing the swipe-to-navigate gesture. I eagerly await his response (I’m even holding my breath). In the meantime, I’d like to opine.
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Mozy Online Backup

I gave Mozy’s online backup service a try. This is partially due to my effort to unburden myself as mentioned in my “Real Work” post. Two days after signing up, I was given a refund for my year of prepaid service (minus 10% “credit card processing fee”). What went wrong?
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Real Work

I might as well weigh in on my thoughts regarding the iPad. The phrase “real work” is being thrown about and Fraser Speirs has his own views. Sadly, I have to be realistic and keep my feet on the ground.
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2009 NIAID CIO Award

Today I was proud to stand with my colleagues and receive the 2009 National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases Chief Information Officer Award for our hard work on the Papillomavirus Episteme (PaVE).
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Drag Effect In Action

Last week I posted my solution to the IB3-like drag-from-library-palette effect called “JLNDragEffectManager“. Today I released an update to XTabulator (2.002) that contains this effect when dragging rows to the desktop or a folder to create new files. It’s a perfect demonstration of how “drag effects” can be used for excellent user feedback in your UI. Take a look.
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On Dove Shampoo & Usability

I am plagued by a problem. A usability problem. With my shampoo and conditioner bottles. Seriously.
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Snow Leopard & Consistency

Even after using it for months, I’m still noticing things on Snow Leopard that make me wonder if 10A432 really should have been the GM release. I think a little bit more polishing should’ve been done before release. My list of (mostly nontrivial) bugs are still “open”.
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