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Interface Hall of Shame

Interface Hall of Shame. Material Sources: www.baddesigns.com www.iarchitect.com/shame.htm. Internet Explorer Cache. Minimum cache size of 1% regardless of current or future drive sizes. No technical constraint. Horizontal Scrolling.

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Interface Hall of Shame

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  1. Interface Hall of Shame Material Sources:www.baddesigns.comwww.iarchitect.com/shame.htm

  2. Internet Explorer Cache • Minimum cache size of 1% regardless of current or future drive sizes. • No technical constraint

  3. Horizontal Scrolling • Humans can scan written material faster from top to bottom rather than left to right. • Vertical lists support single-item scrolling • Internet Explorer 4.0 certificate authority selection panel uses horizontal scrolling.

  4. Two Item List Box • VB 5.0 uses a two item list box. • A drop down list or radio buttons would be much better. • Similarly, a 1000-item list box is bad.

  5. Multi-Row Property Sheets • Single-row property sheets (tab controls) are among the best user interface elements ever devised. • Multi-row tab controls are perhaps one of the worst interface elements ever! • Clicking one of the tabs other than from the bottom row, causes a major reorganisation of the complete set of tabs.

  6. Silly Error Messages • Message presented whilst trying to delete files from a nearly-full hard drive in Windows 95.

  7. Metaphor Limits • As a means of deleting files and documents, the Macintosh trashcan is a perfectly intuitive metaphor. • Unfortunately, the designers decided to extend the trashcan metaphor to include the completely counterintuitive function of ejecting diskettes

  8. Paintshop Pro

  9. And now...

  10. Dr. Zeuss’s ABC, An alphabet game for 3 to 5 year olds.

  11. Replacing file in Frontpage

  12. MS Outlook 2002

  13. LaCie Media Drive

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