Comments on: Good interfaces create good habits http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/ -- aza | ɐzɐ -- Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:01:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sex http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-11328 Sex Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:52:11 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-11328 I hate switching betwen Adobe Indesign (and other Adobe-Product) and MS Visio: All the important shortcuts are different: strg+w = alt+0; strg+scrollweel instead of strg+minus… and so on. Its even wore switching to the mac where even the zoom by scrollweel works different (doent it?). I hate switching betwen Adobe Indesign (and other Adobe-Product) and MS Visio: All the important shortcuts are different: strg+w = alt+0; strg+scrollweel instead of strg+minus… and so on. Its even wore switching to the mac where even the zoom by scrollweel works different (doent it?).

]]> By: porno http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-11224 porno Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:34:57 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-11224 I hate switching betwen Adobe Indesign (and other Adobe-Product) and MS Visio: All the important shortcuts are different: strg+w = alt+0; strg+scrollweel instead of strg+minus… and so on. Its even wore switching to the mac where even the zoom by scrollweel works different (doent it?). I hate switching betwen Adobe Indesign (and other Adobe-Product) and MS Visio: All the important shortcuts are different: strg+w = alt+0; strg+scrollweel instead of strg+minus… and so on. Its even wore switching to the mac where even the zoom by scrollweel works different (doent it?).

]]> By: Zayıflama Lida Fx15 Ve Biber Hapı Zlfvbh http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-10223 Zayıflama Lida Fx15 Ve Biber Hapı Zlfvbh Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:10:31 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-10223 I hate switching betwen Adobe Indesign (and other Adobe-Product) and MS Visio: All the important shortcuts are different: strg+w = alt+0; strg+scrollweel instead of strg+minus… and so on. Its even wore switching to the mac where even the zoom by scrollweel works different (doent it?). I hate switching betwen Adobe Indesign (and other Adobe-Product) and MS Visio: All the important shortcuts are different: strg+w = alt+0; strg+scrollweel instead of strg+minus… and so on. Its even wore switching to the mac where even the zoom by scrollweel works different (doent it?).

]]> By: Claudio Vandi http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 Claudio Vandi Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:15:45 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-4847 Love this topic, I am actually beginning a Phd on emergence, transfert and integration of habits in Interfaces. A first -now very old- series of good/bad habits between Mac/Win is here: http://www.uiah.fi/sefun/designsemioticsinuse.html (middle of the page: Claudio Vandi). I find here many examples I had been noting in a file named "bad habits" :) (like Win “smart” menus). I am actually developing a bad habit about Ubiquity: I love the "add to calendar" command, but since I don't have a visual feedback (like some sort of preview) I always feel the need to go and check on my actual gCalendar. So the add-to and the url-typing are becoming the same action, even if nothing force me to do so. Love this topic, I am actually beginning a Phd on emergence, transfert and integration of habits in Interfaces. A first -now very old- series of good/bad habits between Mac/Win is here: http://www.uiah.fi/sefun/designsemioticsinuse.html (middle of the page: Claudio Vandi). I find here many examples I had been noting in a file named “bad habits” :) (like Win “smart” menus).
I am actually developing a bad habit about Ubiquity: I love the “add to calendar” command, but since I don’t have a visual feedback (like some sort of preview) I always feel the need to go and check on my actual gCalendar. So the add-to and the url-typing are becoming the same action, even if nothing force me to do so.

]]> By: ian http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4832 ian Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:47:34 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-4832 all volume controls except the ones with knobs. Sound is inherently analogue, but people insist in digitizing sound controls. Creating levels from 1-10 that make it very difficult to find the right level. all volume controls except the ones with knobs.

Sound is inherently analogue, but people insist in digitizing sound controls. Creating levels from 1-10 that make it very difficult to find the right level.

]]> By: Juan Perez http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4274 Juan Perez Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:42:57 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-4274 Personally I get very irritated using shortcuts on Spanish versions of some products that I'm very habituated to. Say, MS-Word ( but applies to a LOT LOT others ) Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are universally implemented, thank god. They the example of good shortcuts ( what's V stands for in english anyway? Vaste? :P ) When commands like Bold, Italics, Underline, Search etc gets "translated" a nightmare begins. For instance. If you're writing something and want to bold a word, you select it and press Ctrl-B and your selection appears in bold, what happens in my localized version is the Search Box pops up ( B after "Buscar" ) and you suddenly lost your train of though. Then after 0.8 secs, you realize N will do ( ok then you type Ctrl-N: sigh!) Minutes after you press Ctrl-I and nothing happens after loosing again the tot you realized Ctrl-K is the equivalent arrgg!!!!. And then again, your inspiration is gone. And this repeats over and over for several shortcuts that took you some months ( or years ) in learning. What I usually do is either get the english version or at install configure to use english. But sadly most of the times I have to "re-learn" the new ones. Same thing happened to me at first ( some 8 yrs ago ) with computers keyboards. At first, it was very hard to get a Latin layout, but nobody care, we all get use to the US layout. When new machines arrived all the essentials sings change its positions ( / \ ¡?=)_ all of them. It was a pain to learn them again. Funny anectode. Yesterday I was document editing in the web ( I don't remember if it was @blogspot or Google docs ) and whenever I attempted to "bold" a word, my newly created habit typed Ctrl-N a new browser window appeared!!!! The good thing, is our brain is capable to learn new things always. Personally I get very irritated using shortcuts on Spanish versions of some products that I’m very habituated to.

Say, MS-Word ( but applies to a LOT LOT others )

Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are universally implemented, thank god. They the example of good shortcuts ( what’s V stands for in english anyway? Vaste? :P )

When commands like Bold, Italics, Underline, Search etc gets “translated” a nightmare begins.

For instance. If you’re writing something and want to bold a word, you select it and press Ctrl-B and your selection appears in bold, what happens in my localized version is the Search Box pops up ( B after “Buscar” ) and you suddenly lost your train of though.

Then after 0.8 secs, you realize N will do ( ok then you type Ctrl-N: sigh!)

Minutes after you press Ctrl-I and nothing happens after loosing again the tot you realized Ctrl-K is the equivalent arrgg!!!!. And then again, your inspiration is gone.

And this repeats over and over for several shortcuts that took you some months ( or years ) in learning.

What I usually do is either get the english version or at install configure to use english. But sadly most of the times I have to “re-learn” the new ones.

Same thing happened to me at first ( some 8 yrs ago ) with computers keyboards.

At first, it was very hard to get a Latin layout, but nobody care, we all get use to the US layout. When new machines arrived all the essentials sings change its positions ( / \ ¡?=)_ all of them.

It was a pain to learn them again.

Funny anectode. Yesterday I was document editing in the web ( I don’t remember if it was @blogspot or Google docs ) and whenever I attempted to “bold” a word, my newly created habit typed Ctrl-N a new browser window appeared!!!!

The good thing, is our brain is capable to learn new things always.

]]> By: Wolf http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4273 Wolf Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:17:10 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-4273 In EA's "Skate" for Xbox 360, the default chosen option when you open up the game is "Create a new skater" (the second option is "Continue"). (Almost) every other game lets you hit the accept button a few times and you can continue, this one sets you up for failure, In EA’s “Skate” for Xbox 360, the default chosen option when you open up the game is “Create a new skater” (the second option is “Continue”).

(Almost) every other game lets you hit the accept button a few times and you can continue, this one sets you up for failure,

]]> By: the DtTvB http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4179 the DtTvB Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:11:15 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-4179 It usually confuse me when I see this dialog: " Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page? Your message has not been sent. Press OK to continue, or Cancel to stay on the current page. " OK / Cancel On Gmail, if you are composing something and go to inbox. " Discard your message? " OK / Cancel I think that Yes / No question would be better. This dialog also confuse me a lot, I don't know if I should look at the icon or read the button label: http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj30/dttvb/DEL.png It reminds me of the "Stroop Effect", where you have to read the color not the word. I am also confused by Vista's replace file dialog: " Choose which one to keep " It usually confuse me when I see this dialog:

” Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?
Your message has not been sent.
Press OK to continue, or Cancel to stay on the current page. ”

OK / Cancel

On Gmail, if you are composing something and go to inbox.

” Discard your message? ”

OK / Cancel

I think that Yes / No question would be better.

This dialog also confuse me a lot, I don’t know if I should look at the icon or read the button label:

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj30/dttvb/DEL.png

It reminds me of the “Stroop Effect”, where you have to read the color not the word.

I am also confused by Vista’s replace file dialog:

” Choose which one to keep “

]]> By: Neil Rashbrook http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4176 Neil Rashbrook Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:18:57 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-4176 IIRC Vista "fixed" the renaming "bug" - renaming now doesn't select the extension. IIRC Vista “fixed” the renaming “bug” – renaming now doesn’t select the extension.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/good-interfaces-create-good-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-4163 Nathan Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:27:50 +0000 http://www.azarask.in/blog/?p=391#comment-4163 Oops, I meant Command+Tab and Command+` (Windows verbiage crept in there; fortunately for this functionality, Command on Mac keyboards is in the same place as Alt is on Windows keyboards). Oops, I meant Command+Tab and Command+` (Windows verbiage crept in there; fortunately for this functionality, Command on Mac keyboards is in the same place as Alt is on Windows keyboards).

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