Archive for September, 2005

Writely Update

22nd September 2005 by eamonn No Comments

I was wrong, writely does support hyperlinks and spell checking (as demonstrated by this posting), and they responded to my feedback very quickly. So it really is a very nice tool for writing blog posts. My experience as a very small sample usability test indicates perhaps that the UI design and help text [...]

Writely

21st September 2005 by eamonn 1 Comment

Writely
I remember back in the dot-com boom days one of the new-new things were ASPs, application service providers, who provide hosted applications to replace enterpise and desktop applications. In fact I was one of the team on such a venture developing a collaboration tool for small businesses.
When brainstorming [...]

OK/Cancel � Comic

19th September 2005 by eamonn No Comments

As a software developer I found the OK/Cancel � Comics a really fun and informative insight into the point of view of a user experience designer.

Common REST Mistakes

17th September 2005 by eamonn No Comments

Nice guidelines to REST in Common REST Mistakes. I particularly liked the closing summary:
Overall, the thing to keep in mind is that REST is about exposing resources through URIs, not services through messaging interfaces.