Comments for Essays by Sakuzaku http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com Making usable websites, making websites usable. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:59:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Fixing Maximize Bookmarklets in Safari 4 by Cody Robbins http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/fixing-maximize-bookmarklets-in-safari-4/#comment-52512 Cody Robbins Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:15:12 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/fixing-maximize-bookmarklets-in-safari-4/#comment-52512 And… Safari 4.0.5—still broken. And… Safari 4.0.5—still broken.

]]> Comment on Considerations Involved in IP-based Geolocation and User Language Detection by Cory http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/considerations-involved-in-ip-based-geolocation-and-user-language-detection/#comment-50516 Cory Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:00:43 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/considerations-involved-in-ip-based-geolocation-and-user-language-detection/#comment-50516 I'm a big fan of making systems work hard to make things easier on the user, auto geo location is one of them. I wandered across this guy's take on the UPS homepage a few weeks ago, basically saying that all is should be is a tracking input field with a link to "everything else". http://www.perezfox.com/2010/01/08/how-the-ups-site-should-look/ I’m a big fan of making systems work hard to make things easier on the user, auto geo location is one of them.

I wandered across this guy’s take on the UPS homepage a few weeks ago, basically saying that all is should be is a tracking input field with a link to “everything else”.

http://www.perezfox.com/2010/01/08/how-the-ups-site-should-look/

]]> Comment on It’s 2010—Use Clickable Labels on Checkboxes by Carl http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/it%e2%80%99s-2010%e2%80%94use-clickable-labels-on-checkboxes/#comment-48427 Carl Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:54:52 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/it%e2%80%99s-2010%e2%80%94use-clickable-labels-on-checkboxes/#comment-48427 Agreed, I hate when check or radio button aren’t labelled. Agreed, I hate when check or radio button aren’t labelled.

]]> Comment on Improving the UPS Homepage by Remembering Fitt’s Law by Jesse Craft http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-48060 Jesse Craft Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:22:39 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-48060 i like big buttons and i cannot lie, you other brothers can't deny, that when a company walks in with an itty bitty site and a flat button in your face you get SPRUNG. i like big buttons and i cannot lie, you other brothers can’t deny, that when a company walks in with an itty bitty site and a flat button in your face you get SPRUNG.

]]> Comment on Improving the UPS Homepage by Remembering Fitt’s Law by Joe Miragliuolo http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-48059 Joe Miragliuolo Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:22:21 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-48059 I'm not sure I agree with you Suzi... Kindergarten students are much much more advanced and sophisticated than your average internet-user. I’m not sure I agree with you Suzi… Kindergarten students are much much more advanced and sophisticated than your average internet-user.

]]> Comment on Improving the UPS Homepage by Remembering Fitt’s Law by Pete Curley http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-48052 Pete Curley Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:56:55 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-48052 This looks like a problem all shipping companies are dealing with. Go to http://fedex.com and click on the North America. On the next page, every time I go to it, I try to click on the United States. But I can't. You have to use the tiny menu on the left. Pisses me off every time. This looks like a problem all shipping companies are dealing with. Go to http://fedex.com and click on the North America. On the next page, every time I go to it, I try to click on the United States. But I can’t. You have to use the tiny menu on the left. Pisses me off every time.

]]> Comment on Improving the UPS Homepage by Remembering Fitt’s Law by Cody Robbins http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-48000 Cody Robbins Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:54:05 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-48000 <b>@Suzi Senna</b>: Yeah, I agree with you that it looks pretty good. The button’s the same height as the dropdown and it all fits and flows nicely. All of the buttons on the entire site are like this, though, and if you use it regularly it really becomes a pain in the neck to click on them quickly. @Suzi Senna: Yeah, I agree with you that it looks pretty good. The button’s the same height as the dropdown and it all fits and flows nicely. All of the buttons on the entire site are like this, though, and if you use it regularly it really becomes a pain in the neck to click on them quickly.

]]> Comment on Improving the UPS Homepage by Remembering Fitt’s Law by Suzi Senna http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-47998 Suzi Senna Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:51:24 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-47998 although i see your point, i'm still a fan of the understated size of the button. it isn't the most user friendly design imaginable, but i think its similar to a technique teachers use in the classroom. if kids aren't paying attention in class, an effective way of grabbing their attention is to speak softer, not louder. not sure any of that made any sense. hi, by the way : ) although i see your point, i’m still a fan of the understated size of the button. it isn’t the most user friendly design imaginable, but i think its similar to a technique teachers use in the classroom. if kids aren’t paying attention in class, an effective way of grabbing their attention is to speak softer, not louder. not sure any of that made any sense. hi, by the way : )

]]> Comment on Improving the UPS Homepage by Remembering Fitt’s Law by Cody Robbins http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-47811 Cody Robbins Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:13:36 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-47811 <b>@Carl</b>: I don't agree that dropdown lists suck. Just from a design standpoint, seeing a page with 259 links on it (the number of options in the dropdown) would be very visually noisy. More importantly, users are overwhelmed by that kind of flood of content—it would be too much. They don't know what to click on. A dropdown is a very elegant way to encapsulate a lot of data while keeping it looking simple. With a dropdown you instantly realize you have to pick one thing, but with a huge list of links it might look like you have to read each one and perhaps come back and click other links in case you're missing what you want. Also, nobody but power users use command-F. Watch a normal non-techy friend or family member use a browser. They use the mouse for everything—and find can't be done by clicking a button with the mouse, assuming they even know such a function exists. @Carl: I don’t agree that dropdown lists suck. Just from a design standpoint, seeing a page with 259 links on it (the number of options in the dropdown) would be very visually noisy. More importantly, users are overwhelmed by that kind of flood of content—it would be too much. They don’t know what to click on. A dropdown is a very elegant way to encapsulate a lot of data while keeping it looking simple. With a dropdown you instantly realize you have to pick one thing, but with a huge list of links it might look like you have to read each one and perhaps come back and click other links in case you’re missing what you want.

Also, nobody but power users use command-F. Watch a normal non-techy friend or family member use a browser. They use the mouse for everything—and find can’t be done by clicking a button with the mouse, assuming they even know such a function exists.

]]> Comment on Improving the UPS Homepage by Remembering Fitt’s Law by Cody Robbins http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-47810 Cody Robbins Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:07:27 +0000 http://blog.wearesakuzaku.com/improving-the-ups-homepage-by-remembering-fitt%e2%80%99s-law/#comment-47810 <b>@Patrick McElhaney</b>: Yup, you hit the nail on the head. I've actually already written a few future posts about this page and the label on the checkbox is what I point out in the next one. We're on the same wavelength! @Patrick McElhaney: Yup, you hit the nail on the head. I’ve actually already written a few future posts about this page and the label on the checkbox is what I point out in the next one. We’re on the same wavelength!

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