Tag Archives: User Interface

Website Blunders

It’s time for another bitch session.  This time, various ‘popular’ websites on the Interwebs are my target. Much as I could spend a lot of vitriol on them, I’m not going to spend time complaining about clickbait headlines (you won’t … Continue reading

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EFTPOS Interfaces

As a shopper in the western world, I use EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale) pretty much every day.  I began using them back when they were trying to replace the old ‘run a roller over your credit … Continue reading

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Mass Effect 3 – The Controls and Interface

I want to talk about the controls in Mass Effect 3 (ME3) and the interface to the game.  I want to discuss what they got right and what they got wrong.  Remember, I played Mass Effect (ME) too long ago … Continue reading

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Interwebs Banking

Since it became possible to do banking over the Interwebs (at least with the Banks I’ve used), I’ve usually signed up to do so.  At first it was because the Geek in me wanted to play with the new toy.  … Continue reading

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The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim – Bugger

Apparently I’m now a Vampire.   I guess I should have expected it, having just wiped out a ‘nest’ of vampires.  Though I don’t remember one biting me.  I guess it’s easy to miss that kind of thing in the heat … Continue reading

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Credit Card Expiry Dates

Here’s a quick thought for you.  Credit card expiry dates are always expressed on the cards themselves as digits – month followed by year.  For example 03 / 2012, or 12 / 2013.  So why would you ask for the … Continue reading

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Those #@%# Cash Machines

Today I needed to use an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), otherwise known as Cashports, Cash Machines, Holes In The Wall or by any amount of swearing.  As usual, I muttered a few choice words about the person (or persons – … Continue reading

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What I Want, When I Want It

What I want to talk about in this entry isn’t strictly User Interface, as it would need a lot of effort at other levels to succeed, but since the end result is a behaviour change in the User Interface, it’s … Continue reading

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So, You’re New To Android?

Being a geeky type person, I had a lot of fun working out how to use the Galaxy S by playing around with it.  Which I had to because whatever Samsung are good at, it’s not manuals.  However I also … Continue reading

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Fixing The Password Field

Even “thingthingthi” would work. Continue reading

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