Tag Archive: user interface

Nobody Wants a Facebook Phone

For the last couple of years, Facebook has toyed with the idea of its own smart phone. Last week, they took the first real step toward that end. However, instead of spending gazillions of dollars to develop a Facebook phone, they have debuted an add-on interface for existing Android devices. Called “Facebook Home”, this new …

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Annoying Online Forms

Online forms can be frustrating. I’m sure just about everyone’s had the experience of filing out a long, elaborate form only to lose all your information three quarters of the way through. And while many online forms have gotten better, there are still some pretty bad ones out there. Here are some of the biggest …

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The Ghosts of Microsoft Bob

In the early 1990s, Microsoft tried making a computer interface that looked like a house. The program was called Microsoft Bob and featured a yellow smiley face logo with Bill Gates glasses. All your apps were items scattered around the room, with a cartoon dog in the room to help you. It was one of …

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The Future of Twitter

Twitter has been around for years, but only recently has it become more mainstream. The future of Twitter looks bright in the short term, though eventually though, other services will take advantage of the service’s simplicity. Let’s take a closer look at the future of Twitter. More like Facebook Since its inception, Twitter has been …

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The Horrors of MySpace

MySpace is aiming for yet another comeback, but I’m not buying it. I used MySpace back in its heyday, and even when it was the most popular social network in history, I hated it. Here are the things that bugged me the most about MySpace. Design When designing a software interface, you have to decide …

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