Software As She’s Developed

Starting to hear more about filthy rich clients, which I guess came from this presentation at JavaOne, by Christopher Campbell, Romain Guy, Chet Haase, and Kenneth Russell. Animation and whizzy graphical effects can be totally gratuitous, but they can also be used to make applications more effective and users more productive. This session examines fundamentals of […]

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Uh, thanks for the heads-up. Reminds me of the presentation on user attention at Interact 2001, where the laptop suddenly interrupted proceedings with that legendary message, “You’re computer is now fully charged”. And, by way of contrast, how to write good error messages: tell the user what happened, explain the consequences if it’s not obvious, […]

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