I wanted to write a short note on some frustrating usability issues I’ve noticed with a couple of applications.
According to Wikipedia, in human-computer interaction and computer science, usability usually refers to the elegance and clarity with which the interaction with a computer program or a web site is designed.
The first one that I’ll provide is actually a Usability issue with the Google home page. If you add the Google Reader component to the Google home page, it works quite nicely. There is; however, one glaring issue: the ‘mark all is read’ link is located directly below the link to open Google Reader.
Microsoft Entourage, where the Delete button for an email is directly next to the Junk Email button. Microsoft Entourage is like Outlook for OSX, but it does not have any options to move the buttons around. As a result, I’ve accidentally added valid emails to my Junk Email folder. To undo that, I have to undo any Junk Email rule, find the email in my Junk Email folder, and then move it back to my Inbox. Arrgh!
 and the <strong>Delete this Post</strong> button at the very bottom on the left side… far, far away from each other.</p>_<p align=)
WordPress!
Do you have examples of terrible Usability issues with applications you use?
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