User Experience topics like “Why does Explorer use the term KB instead of KiB”
Posted by jpluimers on 2020/03/24
Designing for a good user experience is hard, especially to programmers. So if you are a programmer, please read, let them sink in, rinse, repeat the below linked articles multiple times. Being ~15 years old, they are still so very relevant:
- [WayBack] Why does Explorer use the term KB instead of KiB? – The Old New Thing
- [WayBack] In order to demonstrate our superior intellect, we will now ask you a question you cannot answer. – The Old New Thing
- [WayBack] More on dialog boxes – mike’s web log – (modal) dialog boxes are evil; system modal dialog boxes are even more evil.
- [WayBack] Dialog boxes and security – mike’s web log
- [WayBack] The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story
- [WayBack] The Luxury of Ignorance: Part Deux
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar – Wikipedia
- GNU Manifesto – Wikipedia
- [WayBack] User Interface Design For Programmers – Joel on Software
- [WayBack] AskTog Home Page: AskTog, Human Interface Evangelism and Practical Design
- a list of about a dozen articles worth every minute you devote reading them
- Why Bill Gates is still rich. Rant about bootable linux CDs
–jeroen
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 
Leave a comment