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  1. Re: Mouseover Buttons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ars Technica on OSX/Aqua

    Why do we have to guess what is or isn't a button and then waste time moving the mouse over it to see if it pops up?
    Sorry, probably should have posted my comment linking to Mystery Meat Navigation[1] here! (FWIW, I agree heartily!)

    [1]Turn on java for best results.

  2. Re:OS X: Mouseover Controls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ars Technica on OSX/Aqua

    From Tognazzini's article:

    I also very much like the idea of the "gumdrop" window controls that, when moused-over, reveal symbols for close, dock, and zoom.
    Is this really a good thing? Over at Web Pages That Suck they call it Mystery Meat Navigation[1]:
    ...it looks cool and it's used on a lot of sites which win design awards. Because there's no long strings of text, MMN makes the page look "cleaner"...[but (from a diferent paragraph)] it's confusing and risks alienating your customers.
    Interesting how things go around: Somebody invents a "cool" idea that reduces usability, then somebody else borrows it for another application... just as the original users start denouncing it. Or maybe it's not as important a consideration in an OS, where once learned it's always the same thing? Any thoughts?

    [1]BTW, turn on your java before visiting, or you'll miss most of the fun.

  3. Some are just clueless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Streaming Media - Can Linux Keep Up?
    ... MS Media won't gain much popularity... Both quicktime and realaudio & video are already available on other platforms. If you want to provide streaming audio/video for non windows users, you'll have to go with either of those.

    Tell that to WCSX (Detroit market). They're actively promoting the MS-Win Media Player. For this reason I rarely listen to the station any more. And even when I do (they're now my last choice): if I hear their MS-Win promotion I change the station. I'll listen to nothing before I'll listen to them after hearing that advert.

    And their web site is completely inaccessible without Shockwave (or Ms-Win Media Player?). I've been meaning to nominate them to Web Pages That Suck for some time now. Maybe this weekend :-).

  4. Mystery Meat Navigation by drivers · · Score: 2 · on Mac OS X Desktop and GUI Design

    Apple's gumdrop button look like a bad case of "Mystery Meat Navigation". Check out this website... it's pretty funny (check out the mouseover-based streetsign), and interesting:

    http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/badnavigation.html

  5. Re:Siegel's counter argument by rnturn · · Score: 1 · on Review:Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing

    Agreed... Read the first few paragraphs and then go to http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/begin.htm and see what it has to say.

    Does Mr. Siegel really expect everyone to alter several of their browser settings to satisfy his idea of how you're supposed to view his page? Why not just force the font, background color, and link style like so many other web sites (that suck, IMHO) do today?

    I think I'll find Greenspun's attitude toward web page design more to my liking. I haven't read his book yet but plan to pick up a copy soon.