Comments on: A great example of bad dialog box design http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/ User Experience Design & Research, written by Harry Brignull Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JungleDavehttp://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/comment-page-1/#comment-14472 JungleDave Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:05:50 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/#comment-14472 When I saw this article title I thought.. "oh no, someone's finally going to point out how convoluted the Jungle Disk options dialog has gotten". Funny that it ended up being the one dialog that we don't control :) That being said, we are planning on revamping the options dialog in the future to make it less intimidating for new users while still proving the advanced options requested by our users. When I saw this article title I thought.. “oh no, someone’s finally going to point out how convoluted the Jungle Disk options dialog has gotten”. Funny that it ended up being the one dialog that we don’t control :)
That being said, we are planning on revamping the options dialog in the future to make it less intimidating for new users while still proving the advanced options requested by our users.

]]> By: Harry Brignullhttp://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/comment-page-1/#comment-10809 Harry Brignull Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:44:50 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/#comment-10809 Good point Douglas. The keychain is a complex concept that you can't just gloss over. However, I'll have a stab at it. Good point Douglas. The keychain is a complex concept that you can’t just gloss over. However, I’ll have a stab at it.

]]> By: Douglas Karrhttp://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/comment-page-1/#comment-10683 Douglas Karr Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:46:24 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/#comment-10683 What would a good solution look like? I agree that this is confusing, but you shouldn't criticize unless you're prepared to back it up. ;) What would a good solution look like? I agree that this is confusing, but you shouldn’t criticize unless you’re prepared to back it up.

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]]> By: Harry Brignullhttp://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/comment-page-1/#comment-10669 Harry Brignull Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:15:10 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/#comment-10669 Thanks for pointing that out! I felt bad about pointing the finger at jungledisk - whose software is free, and rather good for what it is. On the otherhand, Apple is a worthy target. :-) Thanks for pointing that out!

I felt bad about pointing the finger at jungledisk – whose software is free, and rather good for what it is.

On the otherhand, Apple is a worthy target. :-)

]]> By: Hendrikhttp://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/comment-page-1/#comment-10462 Hendrik Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:51:58 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/07/01/a-great-example-of-bad-dialog-box-design/#comment-10462 No, that dialog box belongs to Apple's Keychain. I recall seeing it for Safari and other applications. Nothing to do with Jungledisk. And yes, I was as irritated as you. <a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/keychainServConcepts/02concepts/chapter_2_section_4.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000897-CH204-DontLinkElementID_3" rel="nofollow">More info on the apple developer site</a> No, that dialog box belongs to Apple’s Keychain. I recall seeing it for Safari and other applications. Nothing to do with Jungledisk.

And yes, I was as irritated as you.

More info on the apple developer site

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