3 Stations East

When Icons Attack

2007-01-13T14:13:33Z

There I was, opening a file in TextWrangler - which had just updated itself - when the window opOMG WHAT IS THAT IN MY WINDOW?!? That's, uh, a pretty big change from the previous version! Guess it's about time they ditched the OS 9-style menus...

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The Care and Feeding of Buttons

2006-12-21T17:27:02Z

I must admit, I get choked up over buttons. Good buttons. Nice buttons. Helpful buttons. I'm not talking about the buttons on the shirt I'm wearing, nor the ones on my coat. I'm of course talking about virtual buttons: buttons on websites and in i...

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The Killers

2006-10-16T17:43:10Z

Mr. Gruber linked to this season's iPod killers. Or, lack thereof. I don't think the iPod is unstoppable or will be the dominant player forever. I do, however, agree with Gruber that this batch is pretty much a lost cause. I'll give you two big r...

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Couple of WWDC Thoughts

2006-08-08T12:33:58Z

Time Machine looks nice but the Star Trek background is just crazy geeky. I was wondering what UI conventions were in place when this was designed - I mean, it entirely throws the UI out the window. That's fubar. ("Press the Cancel button and lau...

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Webvisions: Day Two

2006-07-26T17:27:54Z

On Friday I attended: Building Better HTML Emails - Mark Wyner; About Interface: Designing for Lifestyle - Kelly Goto; Unleashing CSS: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love WinIE7 - Christopher Schmitt; Keynote: The Naked Interface - Luke W...

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