Category Archives: Windows

Worse than slow

Posted on 6 September, 2008 by

Computers used to be slow*. Now they’re unresponsive.  Computer boffins have a word for it: latency. This is the delay between doing something (clicking the Submit button) and getting a response (‘Thanks for your order’). Latency can interrupt your flow … Continue reading →

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Great Interface Mysteries #1: unresizable dialog boxes

Posted on 23 May, 2008 by

Many dialog boxes should be resizable, but often (especially in Windows) they’re not. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Usability, Visual Studio, Windows, Windows XP | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment