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Lovebird is ready for beta testing 25 Feb 2013 | 11:56 pm
(Cross-posted from http://evilbrainjono.net) I wrote a Thunderbird add-on to make the email interface I’ve always wanted — one that helps me remember to stay in touch with people I really care about, ...
GMail: designer arrogance and the cult of minimalism 27 Apr 2012 | 09:34 am
It looks like Google has finally pulled the plug on the old GMail UI. There’s no more “revert to the old look temporarily” button, so I guess they’re finally forcing us laggards onto the new theme. I’...
Dear Thunderbird: I know you can’t save my draft; please stop complaining about it 8 Dec 2011 | 09:27 am
A modal dialog box is the software designer making a claim that the software cannot do anything else until the user makes a decision. Upon closer examination, this claim is almost never justified. It’...
American Censorship Day 29 Nov 2011 | 02:09 pm
I don’t usually write about politics here, but there is a terrible Internet censorship bill that the United States congress is threatening to turn into law. Called PROTECTIP in the Senate, and SOPA in...
Test Pilot Mobile Heatmap study results 17 Nov 2011 | 02:57 pm
The results of the Test Pilot Mobile Heatmap study are now up in a post at the User Research blog. Read it and see how different browsing patterns are on mobile compared to desktop Firefox!
My game demo for Mozilla Festival 2011 2 Nov 2011 | 06:02 am
I’ll be in London from Thursday to Monday presenting on HTML 5 game development at the Mozilla Festival. I’ve been working on an HTML 5 side-scroller, as yet unnamed. The plan is to have the game ske...
Let me change my mind! 15 Oct 2011 | 06:59 am
The way the “reply-all” button works in Thunderbird is noticably worse than the way it works in GMail. The difference might seem trivial, but the GMail version saves me a lot of aggravation, because ...
Firefox keyboard navigation tricks 29 Jul 2011 | 05:52 am
I’ve been having some wrist issues lately, so I’ve switched to an ergonomic split keyboard (and made an appointment with an orthopedist). I’m also trying to cut way down on my mouse usage; since I mou...
Let’s Hear It for the Long Tail 22 Jul 2011 | 02:07 pm
One thing I don’t like at all about Silicon Valley culture is its monomaniacal focus on Hugeness: on the very biggest companies and websites. Living in said valley, we get bombarded with news and gos...
Test Pilot has nothing to hide 20 Jul 2011 | 06:29 am
A user on the Test Pilot discussion forum wrote: “I didn’t join the big brother “test-pilot” but had to comment on how invasive this research will really be to the average user. Everything you type, ...
