TeradomeThe personal domain of Noah Mittman: interaction designer, information architect, and internet nitpicker.How much of "bad UI" is design or usability- July 10, 2008 When we talk about usable or intuitive interfaces, Apple devotees and the web app crowd (myself included) tend to bias toward the first-time user&8230;. &8212; 37signals on the TripLog1040 iPhone app So true. Web sites are heavily-skewed towards winning people over on first-impression, which puts a lot of importance on perceived simplicity and attractive graphicUI design. But it also undervalues real usability vis-a-vis accessibility and task-completion, which the app&8217;s author (a...http://www.teradome.com/posts/how-much-bad-ui-design-or-usability FriendFeed, Ping.fm and the new Distributed Conversation- July 9, 2008 It&8217;s funny, but I just figured out why FriendFeed just isn&8217;t clicking for me. A long time ago, I wished for RSS-style email, and what FF is giving me is email-style RSS. Every update is delivered to you as being from a user, but what you&8217;re consuming changes context every other line. For me, it&8217;s very disruptive, and whenever I look at FF I feel overwhelmed. Occasionally you can see connections: first a bookmark, then some photos, then a blog post that embeds those...http://www.teradome.com/posts/friendfeed-pingfm-and-new-distributed-conversation Why Last.fm Sucks, and Why It Can Still Be Saved- July 6, 2008 From the Last.fm forums: I took a look in the iTunes log and it says exactly why it doesn&8217;t scrobble: I had MobileScrobbler installed. That&8217;s true, when my iPod was jailbroken. However, I restored my iPod so that it&8217;s not jailbroken anymore, but MobileScrobbler doesn&8217;t do his job anymore and now Last.FM won&8217;t either. I also had a jailbroken iPod which I restored two weeks ago so I could be ready for the new v2.0 software. But since I&8217;m running stock v1.1.4...http://www.teradome.com/posts/why-lastfm-sucks-and-why-it-can-still-be-saved |