[snip]
>
> Or use Gmane, which has a decent web interface. The interface at
> Namazu is horrible - I don't think I've ever remembered what button
> does what until clicking on a few blindly. Not to mention they all
> are about 2px by 2px.
>
> - Rob
>
Hovering over them tells you what they do 
-Justin
Yeah, I know - but a good UI is one where you don't have to hover and
wait for tool tip help. The icons should be immediately obvious.
(Just one of my pet peeves...)
- rob
···
On 8/1/06, Justin Collins <collinsj@seattleu.edu> wrote:
. . . to say nothing of the fact that not everyone in the world uses
Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Opera. "Hovering" doesn't tell you squat
if you're using Lynx, for instance.
···
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 04:26:33AM +0900, Rob Sanheim wrote:
On 8/1/06, Justin Collins <collinsj@seattleu.edu> wrote:
[snip]
>>
>> Or use Gmane, which has a decent web interface. The interface at
>> Namazu is horrible - I don't think I've ever remembered what button
>> does what until clicking on a few blindly. Not to mention they all
>> are about 2px by 2px.
>>
>Hovering over them tells you what they do
>
>-Justin
Yeah, I know - but a good UI is one where you don't have to hover and
wait for tool tip help. The icons should be immediately obvious.
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