Category Archives: Usability

Design for Intuitiveness

Posted on April 13, 2010 by JayMeydad

Last week we got a new shipment of beautiful clear blue Nalgene BPAfree OTG water bottles to Idealab. I picked one and filled it with water from the cooler in order to drink at my desk. When I reached to … Continue reading →

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YAY! No more Horizontal Scrolling in TweetDeck

Posted on February 18, 2010 by JayMeydad

There are many goodies in the new version of TweetDeck (0.33). The one that I like most is the Column Navigator, a usability improvement that makes navigation between columns a snap and will make you say goodbye to horizontal scrolling. … Continue reading →

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Innovative Web Form Buttons From Disqus

Posted on November 24, 2009 by JayMeydad

I logged into the Disqus console today to change some settings and noticed a new feature. The settings pages do not have a visible “Save” and “Cancel” buttons.  Instead, only if you change a value/option on the page the buttons … Continue reading →

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Xoopit for Gmail is Closing, But Why?

Posted on October 2, 2009 by JayMeydad

Just got an announcement from Xoopit that they are shutting down Xoopit for Gmail in order to focus on improving Yahoo mail and My Pictures. This comes as a surprise to me and does not smell like a business decision … Continue reading →

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TweetDeck for iPhone not on par with TwitterFon Pro

Posted on June 17, 2009 by JayMeydad

Since the first Twitter clients on the iPhone came out, I have tried many of them. Eventually I picked TwitterFon and when the Pro version was released I immediately upgraded to it. I find the feature set rich, it is … Continue reading →

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The New Yahoo Homepage Signals: We Are Back

Posted on April 28, 2009 by JayMeydad

Back in Oct 2008 Yahoo was testing a new homepage. This version of the homepage has not become live yet and probably won’t given the fact that Yahoo has now a new CEO, Carol Bratz, that has a very clear … Continue reading →

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Topify Upgrades Twitter’s Weakest Link

Posted on March 4, 2009 by JayMeydad

Arik Fraimovich (the co-creator of QassamCount which I blogged about in the past) together with Ouriel Ohayon (VC & Blogger) launched a very useful service for Twitter called Topify. It is an improved new follower email alert that addresses one … Continue reading →

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My Site Of The Year: US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Nazi Propaganda Exhibit

Posted on February 4, 2009 by JayMeydad

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC just launched a new exhibit called “State of Deception: The power of Nazi propaganda”. Beyond the live exhibit which I hope to be able to see in DC someday, it also … Continue reading →

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Time For A Change On Meydad.com

Posted on January 28, 2009 by JayMeydad

One of my new year resolutions was to refresh the design of this blog with a new theme. I am happy that it took me less than a month to complete it and get it off my task list. I … Continue reading →

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AutoParenth – Microsoft Excel’s Most Desired Function

Posted on January 7, 2009 by JayMeydad

I was using Microsoft Excel the other day and had that Eureka moment. I typed in a simple formula that had a closing parenthesis but forgot to put an opening parenthesis. An error message popped up and I realized that … Continue reading →

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