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More on Disabling UI Controls
I have been arguing for years that disabled (greyed-out) menu items and buttons are in general a bad idea because it is impossible for users to know why the associated function is not enabled at the....
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Rethinking the Pop-Up Dialog
The more I use windows UI, the more I believe that the concept of the “moded pop up dialog box” is not useful and unnecessary. The “moded pop up dialog box” is a user interface technique that allows...
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Identity Update: Browsers with OpenID?
For about a year I have been pushing OpenID and OAuth as a key component to a large scale “Social Process” system (see posts here, here, and here). In the past year I have tested these ideas with a...
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Errors & Learning Opportunities
This button in this situation produces an error report … therefor the button should be disabled. I question this line of reasoning. I have observed this reasoning used at all levels, from programmers,...
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Devaluing Email Addresses
Attacking back at the Spammers Some of my friends and acquaintances know that I am have been experimenting with a new scheme to control spam email. Like many people, I have had to abandon email...
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Social Business: Identity and Reputation
Social Software is turning the idea of identity on it head. Actually this is a trend that has been happening for long time, but it is being thrust into the public consciousness by the desire now to...
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