Archive for the 'Failure' Category

February 12, 2009

Google Gears Security Issue

February 12th 2009 Posted to Failure, Google, Security

I was browsing the new Wordpress Dashboard today and stumpled upon the “Turbo” Section. It offers to speed up Wordpress using Google Gears with a little note stating: “Don’t install on a public or shared computer.”

Google Gears and Wordpress

This made me wonder… what if somebody installed Gears on a public computer that is not protected against such browser plugins or i use someone else’s computer. Will it store confidential or private data about me? Will the Firefox “Clear Private Data” option delete traces of me from this system? Just a thought.

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Really? …I mean seriously Microsoft?

February 12th 2009 Posted to Failure, Interface, Jakob Nielsen, Usability, Vista

Today i experienced an absolute showstopper even though I have been pretty satisfied with Windows Vista so far. For the past time as long as i remember the “Off” Button to the left of the “Lock” Button has been setting my Laptop to Standby.

Vista Start Menu Failure

Today – when leaving the Coffee shop – the same button suddenly decided to shut my system completely off with all my applications running. What would Nielsen say? Where is the Consistency, Recognition and Error Prevention?

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