Site design

TwitterFacebook
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees

Don Norman's jnd.org / Gestural Interfaces: A Step Backwards In Usability

http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/gestural_interfaces_a_step_backwards_in_usability_6.html One step forward, two steps back. The usability crisis is upon us, once again. We suspect most of you thought it was over. After all, HCI certainly understands how to make things usable, so the emphasis has shifted to more engaging topics, such as exciting new applications, new technological developments, and the challenges of social networks and ubiquitous connection and communication.
I swear, I get a huge number of email messages that go somewhat like this: I have noticed that your email address on the Useit home page is not a mailto: link, so I had to manually copy and paste your address in order to send you this email. http://www.useit.com/about/whynomailto.html

Why No mailto: Link?

Hide your mailto: links and keep your e-mail Inbox clean | Web Development Blog

If you place your e-mail address somewhere visible on your website, it will be only a matter of time until your e-mail account will get more and more spam messages. http://www.web-development-blog.com/archives/e-mail-links-protective-solutions-against-spam/