Filed under “Little changes that you probably didn’t notice”. When Microsoft introduced Windows 7 to the desktop, one of the many usability features that they added were “Jump Lists”. Jump Lists serve as a sort of shortcut to not just open an application, but “jump right in” to a particular […]
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The default settings are not good enough
Today, I came across this article that discusses how software users rarely change the settings in the applications that they use. Users assume that the software vendor sets the default values as they are for a reason, and who are they to set them otherwise? I’m a software developer (and […]
SAS usability gets peer review
Like a car loan officer hot on the heels of usability car salesmen, and
in commemoration of World Usability Day,
I’d like to list some of the papers and posters which my peers have presented at recent usability conferences.
This will give Peer Rev…
SAS usability gets peer review
Like a car loan officer hot on the heels of usability car salesmen, and in commemoration of World Usability Day, I’d like to list some of the papers and posters which my peers have presented at recent usability conferences. This will give Peer Revue re…
Usability car salesmen
Hot on the wake of World Statistics Day, when there were close to 7,012 blogs from SAS about it, World Usability Day almost passed unnoticed. But the keen-eyed noted that at SAS, we celebrated World Usability Day with an internal showcase event. Betwee…