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24 September 2007

Tabs

You application probably does not need tabs. It may be treasonous to claim that, but tabs have become an epidemic. They’re a poor metaphor in computing. They’re a stopgap for other problems.
Preference windows were the first big consumer of tabs. And they were largely appropriate. Tabs should group together related functions. Options are typically related. […]

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5 August 2007

Windows Vista

I’ve been quietly trying Windows Vista for the last several months. There are things in it which impress me. But overall, I am disappointed.
The install process, the very first thing you undergo, perfectly exemplifies that model. On one hand, it was significantly faster to install than any other recent version of Windows. On the […]