Stop blaming users - conduct usability testing! Poor interface design is the problem. This may not be sexy, but: Most error messages are not seen because they are competing for the user's (limited) attention. Common problems: Unexpected placement. Incomprehensible messages. Think like a user, or better yet, conduct usability testing. At @InterfaceGuru, over hundreds of usability tests, we ALWAYS ask users what they see "first." Every application is different, so testing is warranted above and beyond best practices. With all due respect to RFguy, society can only keep up with technology when we make it universally accessible.
This post, and the subsequent one on the Mac OS/Linux girlfriend, certainly do a great job of separating men from the juveniles who wrote them.
Time for user pix, so we can see the "boys" who are willing to be this scathing about women/girls. I suspect most of them don't rate a 7.
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Stop blaming users - conduct usability testing! Poor interface design is the problem. This may not be sexy, but: Most error messages are not seen because they are competing for the user's (limited) attention. Common problems: Unexpected placement. Incomprehensible messages. Think like a user, or better yet, conduct usability testing. At @InterfaceGuru, over hundreds of usability tests, we ALWAYS ask users what they see "first." Every application is different, so testing is warranted above and beyond best practices. With all due respect to RFguy, society can only keep up with technology when we make it universally accessible.
This post, and the subsequent one on the Mac OS/Linux girlfriend, certainly do a great job of separating men from the juveniles who wrote them. Time for user pix, so we can see the "boys" who are willing to be this scathing about women/girls. I suspect most of them don't rate a 7.