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VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client UI: why is the “edit…” on the top right, away from all other actions?

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/09

For almost all actions inside the VMware Infrastructure Client UI, you don’t need the “edit…” action.

The only place you need this is in the “Configuration” and “Users & Groups” tabs.

So when you want to enter your ESXi license, you might wonder how to do that.

Well: hit the “Edit…” action on the far right.
Indeed: far right, especially when running 1920×1200 or other high resolutions :-)

I wonder who did the UI design for the VMware Infrastructure Client, and what the reasoning for the placement of the “Edit…” action is.

–jeroen

via: VMware Communities: Where do I enter my ESXi license key? ….

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Duplicate Shortcuts IE8 configuration dialog – Alt-N binds to “No” and “Next”. Are UI designers ever going to learn to be nice to keyboard users?

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/05/17

Duplicate Alt-N shortcut: No / NextFor every (re)install, IE8 is usually part of the installation.
So, for the upteenth time, I came across the dialog on the right.
This time Alt-N is bound to both the “No” choice as well as the “Next” button.

–jeroen; wishing UI designers would learn to pay more attention to keyboard users…

Via: 20100516-UI-Duplicate-Shortcuts-IE8 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

Posted in Development, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User, Software Development, UI Design | Leave a Comment »

Classic UI mistake – OK/Cancel buttons for a Yes/No question.

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/12

Just unlinked/linked my DropBox account because of some synchronization issues, then got this messagebox:

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Dropbox
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There is already a folder in your My Documents folder called ‘My Dropbox’. Do you want to merge all the existing files in that folder into your Dropbox?
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OK   Cancel
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Sometimes I wonder if programmers ever are going to learn to get the basic UI things right :-)

(This was in version 0.7.110.0 of dropbox)

–jeroen

PS:
I absolutely love the functionality of dropbox, and to their credit: they do get most of their UI right.

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