Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Linux Hater’s Blog
I ran across the Linux Hater’s Blog a few weeks ago, and have been absolutely transfixed by it since. The blog is a great perspective on how poor the usability of Linux is… it is really poor, in case anyone … Continue reading
Spore, Mass Effect Using Craptastic DRM
Two highly anticipated games due for release by the end of year, Spore and Mass Effect (PC version), have the dubious distinction of using the latest version of SecuROM Digital Rights Management to “prevent” piracy. In this case the games … Continue reading
The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment
Content Consumer has a usability review up of the latest Ubuntu 8.04 release, Hardy Heron. Using twelve tasks, ranging from the everyday to the less common, the review points out several of the problems Linux still has with reaching the … Continue reading
Ergonomics of Apple
MacUser has an amusing post up about the Apple Ergonomics page, which appears to have not been updated for some time. The items here are still as true today as they were back then (whenever “then” was), but you’d think … Continue reading
User Interface Poisoning
Not to get things off to a particularly serious start… all things in the corporate world seem to come back to Dilbert these days, so why not just get things started off that way. This is a series of comics … Continue reading