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Category Archives: User Interface
Horde’s Idiotic Email Interface
I use Horde for my web-based email here at mischel.com. Not because I particularly like it, but because it’s the best of the three options I’m given by my ISP. The other two options are Squirrel Mail (aptly tagged “Webmail … Continue reading
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User interface design is not just for computers
I don’t claim to be a great user interface designer, but I’ve designed a few programs that people have found useful. And, like many computer users, I know a bad design when I have to struggle with one. And, like … Continue reading
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Is that code really from Sun?
I updated my Java runtime the other day, and now every time I open a new tab in Internet Explorer, I get this message box: It looks like somebody at Sun forgot to sign their update agent. At least, I … Continue reading
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Going Too Far Back
The other day I intended to close a Remote Desktop window and instead hit the Close button (the X on the right of the window’s caption bar) on the console window running our data broker. Nothing like an abnormal exit … Continue reading
Posted in Programming, User Interface
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Internet Explorer clipboard protection is broken
This morning I copied a URL from the browser to the clipboard and then tried to paste it into the email message I was writing in another browser window. Internet Explorer popped up this confirmation box: I wouldn’t mind so … Continue reading
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Take back the desktop!
I know, I’ve dipped into this well before. But this bears repeating. At some point in the 30 years or so that I’ve been working with computers, we’ve lost sight of the most important fact: computers are supposed to be … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Idiocy, User Interface
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Norton AntiVirus
I’d never used anti-virus software on my personal computer until I bought this notebook two years ago. I’d never had trouble with worms, viruses, trojans, or other malware, but people I trust and respect convinced me that I was just … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, User Interface
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Is there a question here somewhere?
I uninstalled the Nero InCD program today while I was cleaning up my Windows machine. The uninstall program told me, before I confirmed that I wanted to remove the program, that I would have to reboot in order to complete … Continue reading
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