Category Archives: User Experience

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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Google Suggest’s Hidden Feature – Spell Checker

Posted on July 2, 2009 by JayMeydad

A few months ago Google officially released Google Suggest to be a primary feature on Google’s home page. In a blog post that announced this, the product managers in charge of the feature explained the different improvements including personalized suggestions, … 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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How To Add Signature Right After Reply In Entourage

Posted on March 12, 2009 by JayMeydad

By default, Microsoft Entourage automatically adds a signature at the very bottom of an email thread. I reply to dozens of emails every day and for a long time I used to cut the signature from the bottom and paste … 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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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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