Archive for January 14th, 2009
Tech Luminaries: Chris Wilson
Dion and I just posted another episode of Tech Luminaries: an interview with Chris Wilson, the Platform Architect of Internet Explorer. We explored a bunch of interesting stuff with Chris, like how he got his start in the software field, the back-story on how Internet Explorer got support for CSS, and so forth. I find it really interesting to climb into the minds of folks like Chris, and I others do as well!
Usability Hall of Shame: Comcast
I think we all have experience with this little gem: the handy JavaScript-based field focus advancer which when poorly coded merrily forces you on to the subsequent field, even when you actually do want to go back and make changes. Observe in this video, embedded below for those whose feed readers don’t omit it:
But even better. After filling out the entire “Register Now” Comcast form to sign up for an account, I’m given this little bit of news:
No warning before-hand that if I didn’t have this code I was wasting my time. Nice.
