Tag Archives: Human Interface

Things I don't like about Leopard

There’s a lot of things I like about Leopard, and I plan on writing about them soon. However, I found it easier to write about the things I don’t like. This is probably mostly because there are so few of … Continue reading

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Safari for Leopard's Find takes a step back from the Safari 3 beta

I’ve written before about how much I dislike Safari 2′s find. The Safari 3 beta really improved things by doing a much better job of highlighting matches. Actually, it was really good: Safari 3 in Leopard still does a better … Continue reading

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iPhone UI Guidelines

Apple offers iPhone Human Interface Guidelines.

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Please transverse me at an object level!

From time to time I like to highlight bad interface decisions. The pomposity of this text made me laugh. But now I feel so very dirty. Did nobody ever point this insanity out? Who would ever think this was a … Continue reading

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How Find should work

For years, Find has marked its matches by highlighting the text it finds. This was great in 1980 with black and white screens, where highlighting meant inverting. It was even decent in 1990, where multi-color text on a white background … Continue reading

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Beating a dead horse

My relationship with Microsoft Word for the Mac has always been a love/hate one. I can’t really describe why I love it – there’s just something about the way the main document window behaves that fills me with word processing … Continue reading

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Blubuntu

Before my Beryl experiments, I briefly toyed with creating a new theme. I actually came up with something that I liked a lot. But upon returning to metacity I discovered that Edgy Eft has a theme that, while not perfect, … Continue reading

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Theme desires

Here’s what I’m looking for in a theme: Largely off-white. I’ve seen some cool stuff done with dark backgrounds, but it just isn’t for me. The cream you see behind this post is about as off-white as I’d get, and … Continue reading

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Things I miss on the Ubuntu desktop

Been a while since I last updated, so here are a few random things I miss on the Ubuntu/GNOME desktop: Top menu bar. C’mon, the jury is not out on the best location for the menu bar anymore. It’s been … Continue reading

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Plug and play: Canon N656U

Last night I tried to connect my Canoscan N656U to a computer. First, I tried the Mac. Connecting the device did nothing. Pushing the button on the device did nothing. A search of Canon’s website revealed a driver, but the … Continue reading

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