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Top Ten Persistent Design Flaws

Posted by Hemos on from the good-ideas-to-consider dept.

jlouderb writes "Bruce Tognazzini former human interface evangalist at Apple, and currently a principal at web design firm Neilsen Norman Group has begun cataloging the top ten design computing flaws that we just live with with, but shouldn't have to. Only seven are found at his article, and (not surprisingly) three are Mac related. My favorite: the mysteriously dimmed menu options. Why are those darned things grey anyway?"

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  1. Re:Persistent Design Flaw I Find Annoying... by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What was your old sig, and do you need me to kick his ass?

  2. Re:Dimmed menus by Sebby · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Its called a chevron."

    Thanks! :)

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  3. Slashdot Moderation System by LPetrazickis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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    If you lose too much karma in quick succession, you get instabanned for a day or more. Also, with low karma, your future comments will start out at a lower level and will be less likely to be rewarded.

    The moral of the story is that you should always mod Insightful rather than Funny these days. CmdrTaco is working on a redesign of the system from scratch which sounds promising, but the current setup is b0rked.:)

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