Two days ago WordPress released a sneak peek of their latest version, 2.5. Redesigned from the ground up by the team at Happy Cog Studios, the WordPress Admin area now has improved navigation, organization and integration. The visual design looks pretty sleek, too.
The folks at WordPress included a lot of screenshots in their post to [...]
WordPress 2.5 is released
March 20th, 2008 · 2 comments so far
Tags:Blogging·Usability Evaluations·WordPress
My BlackBerry Wishlist
March 17th, 2008 · 2 comments so far
RIM, Mike Lazaridis, if you’re out there, listen up. Here are my recommendations for improving the BlackBerry user experience:
1- Provide the ability to “Add To Existing Contact.” I don’t want to have to copy a new phone number or e-mail address from a message and paste it into the entry in my address book. That’s [...]
Tags:Gadgetry·Usability Evaluations·User Experience
(In)Consistency in keyboard shortcuts
March 7th, 2008 · 3 comments so far
More and more I’ve been using web apps in lieu of the traditional desktop applications I used for years. Primarily it’s because, like many of you, I have a home computer and a work computer; storing information online makes it far easier to access from both locations, particularly when one’s a Mac and one’s a [...]
Tags:Pain·Productivity·Usability Evaluations·User Experience·Webapps
Firefox 3 Beta 3 vs. Firefox 2.0
February 23rd, 2008 · 7 comments so far
On February 12, Mozilla made Firefox 3 Beta 3 available for download. They call this a developer release for testing purposes only, but with all the cool features I’ve been hearing about I just couldn’t resist.
For those of you who aren’t as willing to ignore small bugs and usability flaws — I work on software [...]
Tags:Design·Pleasure·Usability Evaluations·User Experience
Bloglines vs. Google Reader: A Usability Evaluation
February 5th, 2008 · 14 comments so far
Howard Rheingold recently asked his Twitter followers if he should switch from Bloglines to Google Reader — both web-based RSS readers. Joshua Porter responded that he should. I piped in to say that I’ve been using the new Bloglines Beta and I love it. They both asked about the benefits of Bloglines over Google Reader, [...]



