The previous post about color schemes for "color blindness" (a term I abhor) prompts me to wonder if we should take into account various color deficiencies...
Designing for all of your users is always better than designing for some of them. A fantastic tool I use for simulating the effects of certain color schemes on...
[disclosure: my day work is webstandards developer and accessibility consultor] Hi Ross, ... The WAI[1] has clear rules[2] about this: "Ensure that text and...
... I agree. Normally it only takes an interface tweak to make this happen. When MacSB reviewed MoneyWell's interface and pointed out that I'm relying too much...
I agree that the tab control is a little misleading. The nice thing about tab views however is that they give you an easy way to group controls in a tight...
... I don't think using a tab control is a good idea here. Users expect tabs to switch the *view* on several controls, but what your code actually does is make...
Mike, Indeed, use a popupmenu or a set of radio buttons, but try to avoid window resizing when a user selects a choose. we use my own app now, but in the past...
Hi! Ever since seeing Leopard at the WWDC, I don't quite like the HoudahGeo UI anymore. So I set out to rework it for the 1.2 release (still a couple weeks...
Hi All I am currently thinking about a design problem which involves mode switching. The application essentially has three different 'workflows,' and users may...
... Can you provide a little more details on how the workflows are separated? Is the user expected to switch frequently between the workflows or does (s)he...
... If I try to subscribe to your feed with IE7 (I know, I know) I get: Internet Explorer cannot display this feed Internet Explorer does not support feeds...
I've just released a public beta of a new product, Iris, which is a iSight utility with snapshot, movie, timelapse, security and webcam features. I'd very much...
A few points before I head to work: 1) Your startup window has too much space between the check for updates and the ok button. Move the button up, move the...
Hi Chris, that's great. ... There are actually three variants of that panel. Some of the others are larger (e.g. if you have multiple cameras, it shows a list,...
... One thing that immediately leaped out at me is why there are so many grayed-out functions in the "File" and "Edit" menu. Most of this stuff seems to have...
... We have never had prefs in Family, it's actually a goal to remain prefsless in order to force us to do things in "The Right Way (tm)", so to speak. Easter...
... Based on a single screenshot, the new UI certainly looks much more Mac-like; in fact, apart from the slightly garish color scheme of a couple of toolbar...
Some GUI and and other comments: The welcome screen says "Apple Help", would make this just "Help". I had a hard time toggling Switch Off Security button by...
Hi Kevin, ... ah yes, I need to prune some of those, although possibly not as many as you might think. I tend to leave them in late, in case it turns out I do...
My instant reaction from looking at the screenshots (I haven't played with it ): Your use of photo-realistic graphics in your HUD is not in keeping with the...
... So there are no user-configurable options at all in your application? Interesting. I'm curious how you pull this off and what feedback from your users is...
... Our audiences are different though Kevin. Family tends to cater to younger folks who are doing genealogy, or older folks, but either way it's designed to...
... interesting. I always think of it as "Apple Help", but that's probably not a real user perspective. ... yep, it's just a button - you can't really drag it....
... I wondered if this would come up. Originally I had a set of monochrome icons. We did debate over whether the 3d icons broke the HUD idiom too badly, and...
... I would compare this to what the application switcher does on the Finder when I pretzel+tab. Its centered on the screen. The reason is that it is something...
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