Thursday, July 5, 2007


How About a Little Pizzazz, Adobe?

I’m usually the first one in the room to whine about in-your-face marketing within my software applications. I just hate when some flashy, modal dialog gets all up in my grill, telling me to buy the bestest newest version.But this little screen errs wayy to far in the other direction. It’s so subtle and subdued it’s almost laughable.

I love that disclaimer asterisk, too. Of course I just had to find out what caveats they were issuing with that qualified speed claim, so I clicked the “More Info” button. Of course, the corresponding note was nowhere to be found.

So yes, someone actually went to the trouble of visually caveating a claim, but didn’t follow up with the disclaimer text. Nice.


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This Can Only Result In Failure

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more depressing error message. Makes you kinda want to just give up and kill yourself, doesn’t it?

Can you say inappropriate verbiage?

And then there’s the little usability booboo’s, like the red/grey stereopsis, and the not showing me the field where I can correct my error. (Lazy coder, why should I have to press Back?)

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