Some important downloads

I have always needed these files and i look around and most of the time some server is busy. So i decided to host it myself for my future use 1. Zapgrab - good screen capture utility. Light weight(25kB) Link: http://rapidshare.de/files/24288768/ZAPGRAB2.zip.html I will add more to this list....

Tabbed browsing...the cons

Tabbed browsing is here to stay for a while. IE has donned the new mask of tabbed browsing following the foots of mozilla and others. But all of them have the same problem as TOG points out in his design bug database. So whats the bug? The close tab and Close all tabs are close to each other and by accident you click on Close all tabs, grrrr....you lose all your tabs,..no Undo....user is at bay.... The fix? Move the close all from Close. Provide an Undo

Currently reading

" About Face" by Alan Cooper The book i always to get my hands dirty on but never did. The book claims to have a simple premise. "If achieving user's goals is the basis of our user interface design, then the user will be satisfied and happy. If the user is happy, he will gladly pay us money, and then we will be successful" Wow, thats a tall smart claim. Hope the reading is enjoyable

Design steps in a screen design

I was reading the book ' User Interface Screen Design - Wilbert O.Galitz'. And found this basic steps in designing a UI screen. Cool. Not many of us follow the same steps. Nice basics!

1. Review screen design documentation and services

2. Identify system inputs and outputs

3. Identify unique user requirements

4. Describe data elements

5. Develop transactions

6. Develop final paper screens

7. Define computer screens

8. Test screens

9. Implement screens

10. Evaluate screens