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Aug 06, 2006
Windows

Sprinkle on a Little Ribbon and You’re Good to…Oh Wait

The Ribbon is the biggest new feature in Office 2007, and probably the biggest new feature for the past few releases of the product. It’s an incredibly cool new feature, and makes Office 2007 significantly easier to use, in my opinion. I’ve seen ...

Aug 05, 2006
Apple

Windows Developers vs. Mac Users

Drunkenbatman wrote a scathing review of the Meetro for OS X Alpha preview last December. I read his complaints about it last year when it was first published, and it caused me to go give their Windows version a shot. I found that the Windows vers...

Aug 04, 2006
Branding

Best Brands of 2006

Found through BrandChannel.com (of course): Interbrand in association with Business Week published a report on the best brands of 2006 (watch out, it’s a PDF). Topping the charts, not surprisingly, was Coca-Cola. What did surprise me, though, wa...

Aug 03, 2006
Accessibility Usability Web Design

Web Usability Pet Peeve #37: label is your friend

I am a bad little radio button I am a well-behaved radio button Notice the difference in the behavior of these two radio buttons? Try clicking on the text that accompanies the first radio button, and then try the second one. When you ...

Aug 02, 2006
Zoon Politikon

Elevators and Minnesota Senators

A great article on the microcosm that is the Senator-only elevators on Capitol Hill is to be found at the New York Times today. A few particularly amusing anecdotes are shared about the elevator, including these two about my beloved Minnesotans: S...