Here’s proof from CrunchGear that the Zune HD is going to blow the socks off of its biggest competitor, the Apple iPod touch, simply because of its superior user interface. It already looks better than the iPod touch, that’s for sure.
Hands-on video with the Microsoft Zune HD
May 28, 2009 @ 8:12 pm
Zune HD Video Hands On from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
Holy crap. Gizmodo has a hands-on video with the Microsoft Zune HD and it is NNIIIIIICCEEEEE!
I’ve always said that the UI on the Zune was great and it looks like that has carried over into the Zune HD as well. If Microsoft makes a Mac client for this — or somehow makes it so that it can sync with iTunes — I’d buy this over an iPod touch without hesitation!
Thanks for the link, Funko!
You have to be kidding me
March 24, 2009 @ 11:19 am
Two examples of the Mac OS Expand button going haywire
March 24, 2009 @ 11:10 am
As I mentioned earlier, the Mac OS Expand Window button (the green one) is completely stupid.
The image above shows the expanded window state for my browser. Yeah, I can see a lot more of what I was looking at before now. -_-
Below is a perfect example of the inconsistencies of the button within Mac OS. If you push the Expand Window button in iTunes, the window actually goes into compact mode which makes absolutely no sense for a button that’s called Expand. If you think it’s isolated to the music library window, then you’re mistaken, because this same result happens when you push the Expand button in the Equalizer window too!
The puzzling green expand window button in Mac OS
March 23, 2009 @ 4:14 pm
I’ve used Mac OS for years and the one thing that continually puzzles me about their UI is the green Expand Window button at the left top corner of almost every application window.
According to Apple, the green button is supposed to expand the window but it seems more like a Resize Window Yourself button. I can only count a number of times where the button has actually done what it’s supposed to do — EXPAND the window — and the rest of the instances that I’ve pushed the button, the window just becomes some incredibly useless size.
The other thing that irks me about it is that it doesn’t differentiate between expanded-state and pre-expanded-state. The button stays the same whether or not you’ve pushed it and this presents a problem to the user (this is especially aggravating when the button doesn’t even do its intended task of actually expanding the window).
Apple needs to fix this problem or at least give developers some guidelines on how the button should act across all application windows (not just Finder windows).
Adobe UI Gripes
March 19, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
I use Adobe applications on a day to day basis and I run into little things here and there that have gone unnoticed by the people who write the application. Over at Adobe UI Gripes, there’s a whole list (with pictures!!!) of various Adobe mistakes that drive lots of people mad. Things like misplaced menus, stupid errors, and calculation mistakes.
The one above resonates with me the most so far because it happens to me ALL the time. I hate it. It doesn’t do what you think it’s going to do.
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