Category Archives: usability

Initial experiments with the iPad.

September 12 10

I bought an iPad the other night because, lately, I’ve been having a lot of ideas for web applications or games or things that either require multitouch or make the most sense when thought of as multitouch applications. I’ve spent a lot of today playing around with the new Javascript multitouch events, and already I [...]

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The worst website in the world.

May 4 10

I nominate Yvette’s Wedding Dresses, of Panama City, FL. It’s obviously terrible in so many ways, but I browsed a significant amount of the site because there’s actually a fair amount of content there, if you could ever possibly read it (oh and viewing the source code doesn’t help; go ahead and try). I also [...]

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Thanks Apple; my netbook was too durable and capable for me anyway.

January 30 10

Okay this is, at least in part, a blog about technology, so I have to address the iPad. I can sum it up pretty easily: I’m not sure who it’s for, but it’s not for me. That’s not to say I don’t think it’s a cool product or that it might have some very good [...]

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When you're not helping.

January 11 10

Designing usable forms is not easy. Forms have to be arranged in such a way the user will intuitively know what to enter where, with inputs labelled appropriately and, hopefully, some kind of validation that helps the user format their inputs correctly and helps minimize mistakes. Interactive form validation is a great thing and gives [...]

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