Monthly Archives: July 2007

Are ‘Cheap Flight’ websites missing a trick?

I’m looking for a flight at the moment. I know the following: Where I’m going from (well I’d actually like to see results for all London airports listed in an order of my choosing) When I want to go (give … Continue reading

An example of deliberately obtuse industrial design

I was in Finland a few weeks ago, and this was the control panel of the lift in my hotel. Imagine this scenario: you get in the hotel on the ground floor, you press a button, nothing happens. You try … Continue reading

Facebook vs Flickr image tagging

Has anyone else noticed how great Facebook image tagging is? Granted, it is only for putting names to faces, but it’s incredibly quick to use (say 5 seconds per photo), and it’s really satisfying. Your friends see you’ve tagged them … Continue reading

A great example of bad dialog box design – Part 2.

Douglas Karr pointed out that I should put my money where my mouth is and explain how it should be redesigned. Having given it some thought, I’ve realised this is a particularly tricky dialog box – the problem does not … Continue reading

A great example of bad dialog box design

A great example of bad dialog box design from Jungledisk: Long convoluted question – check! Frightening subheading – check! Options that don’t map onto the question – check!