Comments on: Early Web Usability Merits http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Andrew Parker http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/comment-page-1/#comment-61162 Andrew Parker Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:04:14 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/#comment-61162 How could I have missed Petr?!? How could I have missed Petr?!?

]]> By: Darren Herman http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/comment-page-1/#comment-61159 Darren Herman Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:54:55 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/#comment-61159 Petr Petr

]]> By: morland http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/comment-page-1/#comment-60829 morland Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:27:55 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/#comment-60829 Good points. I found that using the Ctrl-# keyboard shortcut (# being the number of the Firefox tab starting from left to right) mitigated my Ctrl-Tab annoyance, but it's still not ideal. Plus it stops at 10, and as an occasional user of 11 tabs I feel persecuted. Good points.

I found that using the Ctrl-# keyboard shortcut (# being the number of the Firefox tab starting from left to right) mitigated my Ctrl-Tab annoyance, but it’s still not ideal. Plus it stops at 10, and as an occasional user of 11 tabs I feel persecuted.

]]> By: lee http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/comment-page-1/#comment-60524 lee Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:11:34 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/#comment-60524 I'd pay for a plugin that took each tab in Firefox, gave it its own icon based on the favicon for use in Alt-Tab or when minimized, and treated it as a distinct app as far as the OS is concerned. I've usually got at least 5 web apps open in Firefox at any time, and Alt-Tabbing through a bunch of identical Firefox icons is annoying. It would be even cooler if a Web app could add to or replace the menus in Firefox when it's in its own "app window", so you could always Alt-F to get the app's File for saving and opening things, Alt-E to get Edit commands, etc. Despite what you're pointed out, there have been a lot of usability gains in the last few years. Remember when web sites had Flash intro, cryptic navigation icons with no labels, the Home link was always in a different place, and pages of text were rendered as graphics? At least now, there are well defined genres of websites, so if you've used one e-commerce store or blog, you basically know how they all work. I’d pay for a plugin that took each tab in Firefox, gave it its own icon based on the favicon for use in Alt-Tab or when minimized, and treated it as a distinct app as far as the OS is concerned. I’ve usually got at least 5 web apps open in Firefox at any time, and Alt-Tabbing through a bunch of identical Firefox icons is annoying. It would be even cooler if a Web app could add to or replace the menus in Firefox when it’s in its own “app window”, so you could always Alt-F to get the app’s File for saving and opening things, Alt-E to get Edit commands, etc.

Despite what you’re pointed out, there have been a lot of usability gains in the last few years. Remember when web sites had Flash intro, cryptic navigation icons with no labels, the Home link was always in a different place, and pages of text were rendered as graphics? At least now, there are well defined genres of websites, so if you’ve used one e-commerce store or blog, you basically know how they all work.

]]> By: candice http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/comment-page-1/#comment-60482 candice Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:52:15 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/07/03/early-web-usability-merits/#comment-60482 (And before that we had web 0.5 which was uglier than sin.) I totally feel you on the keyboard shortcut stuff. It was giving me hell recently going between VS and Eclipse. And the fact that I control-t for a new tab on my thinkpad, and mouse over to the mac and it's alt-t (synergy, god bless it.) means that I'm totally screwed when it comes to muscle memory. At least it's all firefox. (And before that we had web 0.5 which was uglier than sin.)

I totally feel you on the keyboard shortcut stuff. It was giving me hell recently going between VS and Eclipse. And the fact that I control-t for a new tab on my thinkpad, and mouse over to the mac and it’s alt-t (synergy, god bless it.) means that I’m totally screwed when it comes to muscle memory. At least it’s all firefox.

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