Archive for November, 2007
Endless voice mail greetings
02Nov07
I’m not a huge fan of voice mail, but I understand it’s not going away anytime soon. With that said, I am constantly amazed at the absurdly long greetings that accompany some people’s outgoing messages. Worse, many voice mail systems make you listen to a ton of rarely-used options before you can simply leave a […]
Filed under: User Experience | Closed
Shortcuts that slow you down
01Nov07
On most travel and trip planning sites, you can enter an address to find nearby hotels, restaurants, etc. In many cases, they also provide a drop-down menu listing popular attractions and destinations. But I’ve noticed that a lot of the locations in these lists don’t work properly. This leads to a variety of not-so-friendly errors, […]
Filed under: Design, Usability, User Experience | Closed