Wednesday, November 16, 2005

2 cool tips

These ones are not new, but I've seen far too many people not knowing about them.

1 - With any message box in windows


You can use Ctrl+ C and you'll get this in the clipboard

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Save As

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C:\test.txt already exists.

Do you want to replace it?

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Yes No
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Great for support or for gogling catastrophic error messages.

2 - The best blog reader out there is called firefox. Just use the button in the bottom right corner of the browser (In the address bar if you are already using 1.5).

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Ajax usability: it's not just the back button

Why do grandpas feel web applications easier to use than desktop applications?
  • No dbl-click
  • No right click
  • No save/open
  • No menus
  • Left click hover feedback (hand cursor)
  • Back button
So now that we can create more powerful web applications with Ajax let'’s see if we can remember this and keep them simple.