2. Fall 2009CS55401 GUI Goofs CS5540 HCI Rich Riesenfeld (adapted from web examples) Fall 2009 CS5540 HCI Rich Riesenfeld (adapted from web examples) Fall 2009 Lecture Set 14

3. Fall 2009CS55402 Spot GUI Bloopers Spot blooper Spot blooper Describe fix Describe fix Spot blooper Spot blooper Describe fix Describe fix

4. Fall 2009 CS55403 Kodak Picture Disk Problem: Text on Print Button is grayed out. Problem: Text on Print Button is grayed out.

5. Fall 2009 CS55404 Kodak Picture Disk Problem: Left support hot key for OK; right does not. Problem: Left support hot key for OK; right does not.

6. Fall 2009 CS55405 Kodak Picture Disk Problem: One dialog box uses bold; the other does not Problem: One dialog box uses bold; the other does not

7. Fall 2009 CS55406 Netscape Navigator 4.5 Problem: Unhelpful tooltip text

8. Fall 2009 CS55407 Netscape Navigator 4.5 Problem: If this is an accessibility feature, it is even a worse problem

9. Fall 2009 CS55408 Problem: Geek-speak: Refers to “Print dialog”, a technical UI component term Microsoft Word 98 Print Status Dialog Box

10. Fall 2009 CS55409 Microsoft Word 98 Print Status Dialog Box Problem: Two buttons (stop/cancel) to end the print?? Problem: Two buttons (stop/cancel) to end the print??

11. Fall 2009 CS554010 Eudora Pro 4.0 Special menu Problem: What’s the difference between Find and Search? Problem: What’s the difference between Find and Search?

12. Fall 2009 CS554011 Virus Scan 3.0.3 Warning Problem: Careless writing. Note typo -- “more that” Problem: Careless writing. Note typo -- “more that”

13. Fall 2009 CS554012 Microsoft Notepad Menu Problem: No keyboard equivalents Problem: No keyboard equivalents

14. Fall 2009 CS554013 Intuit.com Problem: Unneeded Internal Links Problem: Unneeded Internal Links

15. Fall 2009 CS554014 Microsoft Windows Ports Control Panel Problem: Dialog box control buttons mixed with setting and help buttons

16. Fall 2009 CS554015 Microsoft Windows Ports Control Panel Problem: Cancel on top position Problem: Cancel on top position

17. Fall 2009 CS554016 Eudora Version Installation Dialog Box Problem: Traps user: no way to Cancel installation at this point. Gives options for bad modes.

18. Fall 2009 CS554017 Eudora Version Installation Dialog Box Problem: Implications of selections is unclear. What is right answer??

19. Fall 2009 CS554018 SpellTools User Dictionary … Problem: No “...” on Import button

20. Fall 2009 CS554019 SpellTools User Dictionary Problem: Awkward to locate a word using slider

21. Fall 2009 CS554020 StarAlliance Website Problem: Some buttons open new browser, but are not marked

22. Fall 2009 CS554021 Microsoft Website Problem: Tiny text!

23. Fall 2009 CS554022 Oracle’s ORS CLEATS web-application Problem: Easily missed error message

24. Fall 2009 CS554023 Oracle’s ORS CLEATS web-application Problem: Should write out “Pin Number,” not “Pin No”

25. Fall 2009 CS554024 Oracle ORS CLEATS: TTY GUI Problem: Report Type (T,E) must be typed

26. Fall 2009 CS554025 Unsubscribe from mailing list Problem: Silly message

27. End GUI Bloopers End Lecture Set 14 Fall 200926CS5540