usability

We have moved ahead with our agenda in several areas for September. Members can enjoy changes in the following areas: Post Messages Using Windows Live ID, Facebook, Yahoo!, and AOL As we proposed today, members can use the Facebook Graph API (and therefore the OpenGraph API) to post messages...

Is there any possibility to add .txt file to .pdf file in a way that text document will be possible to open directly from .pdf file? But I don't want to add it as attachment, I want it as an element (like .jpg is). If I attach .txt in .docx and then convert .docx to .pdf, this .txt file is...

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I have what I think is an Ease of Access problem on a laptop that was bought in March of this year. When I start it up in the morning or any time during the day after it has been shut down or I have restarted, I have to click on the icon that is down in the lower left which says "Ease of Access"...

Earlier this year, Steve Ballmer was asked to identify the riskiest product Microsoft was developing. His answer was Windows 8, and this week we learned why. For the first time since 1995, Microsoft has gone back to the drawing board with its flagship operating system, completely redesigning the...

Susan shares her insights on how to do quick and dirty UX testing to help your application be more successful. Susan (who works with great people on the UX team, including Corrina Black, Tsitsi Gora, and Arturo Toledo) has a lot of experience working on usability and spends a lot of time working...

This year at CHI 2011, Bill Buxton was invited to display his personal collection of gadgets. These include a wide variety of things, from toys like the Skedoodle and the Link Removed to Link Removed and UMPC's. The collection represents 35 years of Bill looking at devices with his unique eye...

Another new Windows 8 feature was revealed yesterday, likely as a result of “playing around” with the leaked Windows 8 Milestone release. Roaming options are integrated into the operating system, which apparently are only available for users who have linked the operating system to an online...

Will Microsoft take a chance on alienating users by giving Windows 8 a ribbon user interface? Link Removed

Well ... Windows 7 may be prettier than XP; but does it really pay to ditch a working Windows XP network and replace it with Microsoft’s shiny new version?… More...

Hello: Windows 7 for some strange reason doesn't have the ability to right click on a volume, folder, etc-amazing. I have been able to regain the search function for folders to right click but it doesn't work on right clicking a volume (hard drive) for some reason. I have always used this...

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We've been cooking a few great features lately, amongst them is a convenient feature that allows users to tag others in a thread. This could be useful when you want to point something out to another user, such as new a game, a troubleshooting process or just for Ease of Access. When you're...

AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011 In 1992 a couple of young Czech entrepreneurs introduced their "Anti Virus Guard" security utility. Today, almost 20 years later, AVG is an international success, offering a free antivirus utility used by millions and a full line of commercial security products. The...

General VMware Product Options: Guest operating system selection Memory settings Debugging mode CD-ROM drive polling Disk options Remote disk access Using full-screen mode System timer Process scheduling Graphics mode Full details: Link Removed due to 404 Error

Someone recently pointed out to me that they felt the navigational bar was quite confusing... let us have a look here: The navbar can be modified to be more user friendly. If anyone has any suggestions on a menu order, or how to better enhance it, or avoid confusion, please let me know...

Microsoft’s User Research Team is conducting a usability study for those in the Austin area who recently purchased a computer with Windows 7 installed. This is a unique opportunity to provide direct feedback to help us improve our products you use every day! Only you can tell us how we can help...

This has been a pet peeve of mine on Win7 ever since I upgraded months ago. I'm real big on using Windows Explorer to navigate around my drives, looking at files, photos, movies, whatever. There are two things that the folder list, on the left side of the screen, does differently from it's XP...

in the win7 explorer, those fading black and white triangle drive me nuts. You have to hover over them to see which folder has any subfolders. Typical case of let designers do a user-interface-experts job. +/- has been used by milions of people worldwide for decaded and is the interface standard...

Circle Dock: The wheels of the Circle Dock revolution just keep turning unabated!!! Circle Dock What Circle Dock Allows You to Do: -Launch your programs from a circular dock. -Drag and drop your files, folders, and shortcuts onto a circular dock that you can re-size. -Rotate...