As I write this, I am happily going back and forth from monitor to monitor with my mouse – not … Continue reading
Category Archives: Usability
The Utopia Open Source Braille Reader/Display ‘Audrey’
This is an introduction to the Braille Display Project Continue reading
Using NVDA For The Blind On Windows
I’m not blind, but after reading Graham’s McCreath’s The Politics of Blindness I’ve been trying to be more aware of … Continue reading
Why Are Captchas Case Sensitive?
Why is it so many captchas are case sensitive – does it really matter if I enter ‘E’ or ‘e’? … Continue reading
The All-Pervasive Dialog
Dialogs are everywhere- those little popup boxes that give us an inside peek as to what the computer is up … Continue reading
Design Issues – Working With Files
As veteran users of software, we are accustomed to managing our own files. More than likely, you’ve used Explorer to … Continue reading
Improving The Customer Experience In Software
As I read this title, I realize that this could be the start of a book, not a short article. … Continue reading
Shortcuts to Easier Computing
In my business I spend a lot of time at my computer. While I don’t mind it, I certainly don’t … Continue reading
Sometimes No Amount of Design Can Help…
When a Florida flight crashed in December of 1972, the black box was of immense help in determining the cause … Continue reading
A Day With My DVD
The advantage of writing a newsletter such as this is that there is no end of stories out there about … Continue reading