March 15, 2004
Useit.Com: Why Consumer Products Have Inferior User Experience.
As more products become computerized, some cross-fertilization is inevitable and even stagnant industries will hire people familiar with usability. Until this happens, reviewers will continue to expose difficult designs, and we'll all be forced to settle for buying the least-mediocre products.
Wired News: Speed Meets Feed in Download Tool.
A demo publishing system launched Friday by a popular programmer and blogger merges two of this season's hottest tech fads -- RSS news syndication and BitTorrent file sharing -- to create a cheap publishing system for what its author calls "big media objects."
PC World: Groove Gets Into File-Sharing.
New in version 3.0 are secure file- and folder-sharing capabilities; a Groove LaunchPad for easier organization and navigation; and expanded user alerts. A new forms-building tool lets users easily create applications for capturing, tracking, and sharing information among users.
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