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Archive for the 'ui' Tag

The OpenID and OAuth Flow: Playing with UX

January 8th, 2009 10 Comments

In which I analyse Facebook Connect’s UI, bash it a bit, and then steal the best bit and apply it to OpenID and OAuth applications. Pictures are provided.

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Everything Old Is New Again. Tabless Browsing

September 14th, 2008 1 Comment

Surfing like it’s 1998. I’ve switched from back tabbed to multiple windowed browsing on Mac OSX.

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A 3 pixel gripe about Parallels

November 19th, 2006 1 Comment

In which I complain about the look and feel and Parallels Desktop for Mac OSX.o3

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Leopard Wish #1

August 17th, 2006 4 Comments

So, Apple have previewed Mac OSX Leopard. I can’t say I was blown away by the WWDC keynote, but everything there was interesting enough: The implementation of virtual desktop is gorgeous, iChat 4 looks very cool (although I continue to dislike the chat bubbles) and Time Machine might just bring backups to all (if Apple [...]

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Pinstripes

August 16th, 2006

Once regarded as the height of classy UI, it does seem that pinstripes are falling out of fashion and favour faster than a lonely Essex girl.

Indeed, over the life of Mac OSX and since the replacement of the pinstriped iMacs many years ago, the decorative pinstripe backgrounds on toolbars and menus have slowly and subtly [...]

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