A number of software products make me wonder why we don?t think much about usability.
The latest one that made me think about this is VS 2005. OK, what I am going to show
here is a small point, but still I have to get it out of my chest (If nothing else,
it may help
some of us not repeat this on products we develop).
When you open an old (2003) project in VS 2005, it asks you if you want to convert.
Yes.
Then it asks if you want a back up. I click on "No." All is well so far.
Then I open another project, and it asks me the same questions. Notice, the default
option that pops up the second time is the same as the default in the first?"Yes,
create
a backup before converting."
The first few examples I converted, I simply went on clicking. Then it occurred to
me,
wait a second, why can?t this program remember what I wanted and use it as default
so I don?t have to change the option?
If a human asked you for the fifteenth time the same question, you would have most
likely screamed ?Are you retarded?? Unfortunately, some of the software products
we develop
and buy are retarded. I hope the next time we develop an application we will think
of the
victims?I mean the users.
