Jul 15
Did These UI Designers Get Paid?
There are some user interfaces which get on my nerves. Well, actually, where i work, there are many user interfaces that irk me, but i'll leave those out for now. Allow my rant.
Welcome to Windows
Windows Vista "welcome"s you even if you have typed the wrong password! Verifying the password locally is the easiest and fastest thing to do (isn't it, after all, only a register comparison?) - why does it first display the welcome screen for a few seconds and then tell me that i am actually not welcome?
Facebook Login
The 'Remember Me' is before the email/password input fields. So, the user has to either manually check that with the mouse or shift+tab to get there, wading through 'Forgot your password?' along the way. Now, seriously?
Reload / New Tab
All browsers do this - reload / refresh is 'Ctrl+R' and new tab is 'Ctrl+T' (it is similar on the mac). One action refreshes the current content and the other takes you away from the current content. Unfortunately, both these opposite-end-of-the-spectrum actions are activated by keys right next to each other on the keyboard. If i had a penny for every time i refreshed the page when i wanted a new one...
Wolfram Alpha Input
I love the concept and vision of Wolfram Alpha, but i hate the fact that they have copied google for their query input
, which can be exceedingly infuriating. Case in point:
IISc Website
This is on the homepage of India's premier institute of science and technology. Someone decided to use the entire palette of colors in that one box. (Aside: why is all that information under the 'Weather' tab?)
Kill Application
There has to be a Windows vs Mac feature on this list. To close an application on Windows, you have to press Alt+F4. On the Mac, it is Cmd+Q. Try it on your keyboard right now (with another window, of course) -> Alt+F4 vs Win+Q (roughly where the Cmd key is). Did you notice how you didn't have to contort your entire left hand to close a window?
