A Fool's Wisdom » Usability http://foolswisdom.com A fool and his blog are soon parted. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:39:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 iPhone 4 Left Hand Pain http://foolswisdom.com/iphone4-pain/ http://foolswisdom.com/iphone4-pain/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:39:04 +0000 Lloyd http://foolswisdom.com/?p=2707 Continue reading →]]> It was pointed out to me that the iPhone 4 isn’t living up to “iPhone with One Hand Comes Naturally” with it’s problems with dropped calls when held in the left hand — don’t worry, it was a lousy connection anyway.

]]> http://foolswisdom.com/iphone4-pain/feed/ 1 Delicious Finally Fixes Most Blatent Usability Issue http://foolswisdom.com/delicious-finally-fixes-most-blatent-usability-issue/ http://foolswisdom.com/delicious-finally-fixes-most-blatent-usability-issue/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:59:58 +0000 Lloyd http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1344 Continue reading →]]> It’s web address. Although, Delicious Social Bookmarks has had the delicious.com URL as long as I can remember (3yrs?), it’s only now retiring del.icio.us in favor of it.

There are many things to talk about with the long anticipated new delicious design, the one that stands out for me is them finally fixing this egregious usability issue.

Delicious’s own Britta Gustafson describes the issue well:

The shift from del.icio.us to delicious.com is a usability decision the dots are confusing for many people. Far too often, we’ve seen it spelled de.licio.us, del.icio.us.com, delicio.us, etc.

Maybe, Delicious’ competitor Ma.gnolia.com will also see the light. Their problem is probably worse, because they don’t break after the syllable. Web search for Mag.nolia and Mag.nolia.com and it’s clear that this issue with a trivial solution is worth solving.

Filed under too-smart-for-our-own-good.

Update: Video shows changes made in redesign. The domain name change is punctuated both at the beginning and the end:

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