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anti vaccine toll u s is the google chrome browser doomed july 10 2009 monado farhad manjoo thinks so google chrome is doomed sounds a bit apocalyptic to me everyone whom i ve talked to who actually tries google chrome likes it very much correction this is about the chrome operating system which is based on ubuntu not the browser thanks bper share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in technology web tags software usability 3 comments ttc beta test survey fail june 10 2008 monado the toronto transit commission has given the public access to their new web site which is in beta test i urged take time to visit the new site and leave your feedback we can help the ttc to improve their user experience if we act now first go and roam around the ttc beta site then return to its home page at the bottom is a link to a survey follow the link and fill out the survey now i have to add if it works maybe an e mail to the ttc s webmaster no there s no e mail address what about the contact us page no there s no link back to the old site so no way to get back unless you have the presence of mind to use the back button in your browser enough times to get to the introduction page this is getting funny it s reminding me that many editors have called the ttc over the years offering to help improve their signs and instructions only to be told we re all right we have the best safety record in north america so everything is fine meanwhile their warning on the in car alarms still ask people to set off the alarm in case of vandalism or passenger safety i will try to get in touch with them via the old site and tell them that the survey form isn t working of course it could be my computer but i hope they tested it on external computers update i phoned the ttc and they said as help desk people often do that shouldn t be happening i described the problem then read them bits of the error message then offered to send a screen shot so i m doing that share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in communication web tags communication graphic design information design safety toronto transport usability visual communication web leave a comment ttc s new web page is in beta test june 7 2008 monado the toronto transit commission s new web site is in beta test which means it s not in production but we can visit it and the ttc wants our feedback to finalize the design you ll be doing yourself and myriads of ttc users a favour the toronto star reports that the ttc s new home page is still a work in progress tess kalinowski transportation reporter now there s a better way to navigate the ttc online but the transit agency isn t home yet when it comes to its new website the ttc previewed its long awaited homepage today to replace the version it s been running since 1998 with new easy to read graphics and search engines for bus and streetcar routes it nevertheless doesn t yet have a trip planning tool or up to the minute service updates for the system those features along with an e commerce function will be added by next year said the ttc s marketing manager alice smith eventually the ttc s site will function like the chicago transit system s where users can actually watch the buses and see delays said commission chair adam giambrone a quick look at the old site this is the ttc s old home page it s quite long notice the link at the top to the new site the badges in the old page are links to sub pages those might be in the ttc s own web site this is the result of clicking ttc service or they might go to a page in the extensive city of toronto web site the new site the new site has an introduction it uses a lot of abstract nouns and needs a plain language rewrite then you click continue to get to the new home page this new web page is quite wide about 960 pixels people with older monitors might not realize that there s a far right hand column with more choices unless they have horizontal scrolling turned on and they look at the horizontal scroll bar the new site looks pretty it uses the streetcars colours of red black and white but close your eyes half way and squint at the screen you ll see that the heavy black bar across the top is the strongest visual element it pulls your eye away from the more important text below because of the strong horizontal elements it took me a while to realize that the menus should be read vertically from the heading above the line four topic areas are headed by a red line faintly divided by grey bars and with a dot like a station on a route map to me the dot separated the menus from their title rather than connecting them the site is divided logically into four main topic areas schedules maps fares passes riding the ttc service alerts this is the schedules maps area it was not obvious to me that the three symbols along the top stand for the three kinds of routes perhaps the symbols could be placed vertically with their descriptions beside them also there s lots of room to write rapid transit or rail transit instead of the cryptic rt when in doubt spell it out there s a place holder for a link to the future trip planner i hope that it will allow you to say when you want to arrive will tell you when you have to leave instead of just asking you when you want to leave or perhaps it will even ask you which way of planning to use to get to a schedule click in one of subways buses or streetcars if you know your route number such as 501c you can type it instead of searching through the schedule menus i chose streetcar routes you go to a second level menu of major routes select a route i chose 501 queen the white on black text at the top of the route tells you that this is for eastbound streetcars many people can t read reverse video easily and will read westbound more clearly than eastbound the schedules have the very nice feature of showing the next vehicle scheduled to go by in each direction in future you may see real time results the next scheduled arrivals appear at main intersections for active routes if you select a sub route you get a more detailed schedule unlike the streetcars menu the service alerts menu is scattered over the page the service alerts menu makes your eye rove around to see all the choices this seems like an attempt to use up all that horizontal white space there s nothing wrong with the old vertical format if drill down a level in the new web site you ll find that warnings such as construction projects are unfinished until the web pages are are complete i think that they should link to the updates on the city of toronto site as the old web site does the star is correct it s a work in progress take time to visit the new site and leave your feedback we can help the ttc to improve their user experience if we act now first go and roam around the ttc beta site then return to its home page at the bottom is a link to a survey follow the link and fill out the survey share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in communication technical communication transport web tags communication graphic design information design toronto transport usability visual communication web 1 comment apartment therapy the amazing staircase may 27 2008 monado a friend sent me this link to the amazing bookshelf staircase it seems like a neat idea but a bit hard to navigate while one is half asleep share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in books tags books design usability leave a comment using madcap flare with framemaker march 25 2008 monado andrew brooke has written a detailed critique of using the xml based online help system madcap flare with adobe framemaker publishing software to create both online help and technical documentation from a single file this is known as single sourcing the ideal is to write once then export many subsets of the content into a variety of formats andrew s review focuses on using flare with imported framemaker files a task most writers will have to do if they switch to flare for their online help apparently there are still a few glitches in the process andrew brooke is a senior member of the society for technical communication in toronto share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in communication technology tags software technical communication technology usability 2 comments baby name voyager january 2 2008 monado this should appeal to teenagers it has a large graphic component and easy interaction in february 2005 ibm researcher martin wattenberg created a web based visualization applet the namevoyager to help call attention to his wife s first book the baby name wizard a guide to american baby names this effort to support his wife s project swept the web and became a hot topic of conversation for those searching for the perfect baby name and for others without any advertising the applet drew more than 500 000 site visits in its first two weeks it has been downloaded more than 900 000 times as of mid april also in april google found more than 11 000 references to the namevoyager it follows usability principles the namevoyager follows ben shneiderman s mantra overview first zoom and filter details on demand when the applet starts the viewer sees a set of horizontal layers representing all names in the database it shows both sexes red for girls and blue for boys more popular names have a darker colour it s interactive it reacts to every keystroke to filter the data you can select boys girls or both if you type letters the applet takes them as the beginning of a name the applet will then show only names starting with those letters it may even help to predict future popularity share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in people web tags culture online resources people software usability visualization 2 comments web sites for teens november 28 2007 monado wired has an article about what teens like in a web site large type more images and interactivity they like to lean back in their chairs and view the screen from a distance they want text leavened with images and they want to be doing something and not just reading for details read wired what web sites do to turn on teens wired based their article on a study done by the neilsen norman group share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in communication web tags communication usability leave a comment waterproof music what will they think of next june 5 2007 monado i must have been living under a rock i didn t know that you can buy an electronic gadget to wear that will play music in your ears while you swim you can get one that loads mp3 files so you can select your own playlist they re all over the place they go by names such as swimp3 aqua pod surf player and liquid tunes we were also discussing lap counters which swimmers can use to keep track of how many times they have gone to the end of the pool and back here are some of the gadgets for wealthy swimmers you can buy many different kinds of waterproof gadgets from a floating in pool radio to a waterproof gps unit for those times when you re lost at sea share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading posted in uncategorized tags culture technology usability leave a comment older posts proudly powered by wordpress search for the out campaign atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby penn jillette if atheism is a religion then bald is a hair color mark schnitzius if atheism is a religion then health is a disease clark adams archives archives select month march 2025 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