July 2009
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pity this busy interface, door un-knob
I encountered this door latch recently at Tria Cafe on 11th and Spruce. I’m sure Donald Norman, Steve Krug, and E. E. Cummings would all have something to say about this. But none of them are here, so I will share my thoughts.
The conceptual model for this door latch is several notches past a just noticeable difference, so it necessitates an explanatory diagram. The diagram, however, is...
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Gmail labels, remixed
Along with many others, I was skeptical at first. I felt just like this person:
But the smartees at Gmail are right—I don’t need to see all 34 of my labels. I’ve narrowed it down to seven and it only took a minute.
I love the idea of dragging a label onto a message or vice versa, but for the most part, I’ll probably stick to using the keyboard shortcuts (“L” to...