me.dium - wow, that's a change...

Check out this screen:

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This particular facet, a pre-customised command bar, has been the most problematic for me during this beta.. in short, it just doesn't work.

That being said, such a large dialogue box, what can I say... it ain't gonna work.  Heck, 99% of my users struggle when faced with a "yes", "no", or "accept" "cancel" selection turn into a quivering heap of ex-humanity in a corner... and I know of what I speak... the 'man in the street' and his actions/reactions being a particular speciality of mine...

Oh, and as for "read all of these steps in the completely".... excuse me while I put my hand up and offer my services as a proof reader.... (guys, I am only half joking here... I have a hell of a lot of respect for the people behind me.dium, but seriously... "read all of these steps in the completely"... ???? How the heck did that slip through???)

Then there is "you will lick the "stop" button".  I'm sorry, those behind me.dium may hate me for pointing this out, but that one sentence had me laughing more than the entire week has managed to do....  you know, I suspect I would be fired if I tried to "lick" anything computer related, assuming I did not electrocute myself first...

Ok, guys, seriously, call me before I do myself an injury WinkingI love your product, I really do, and I'll give you all the publicity you want - I believe in it that much - but somehow I don't think the intention was for your dialogue boxes to be comedic relief....

Published Fri, Aug 24 2007 22:12 by sandi
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# re: me.dium - wow, that's a change...

Friday, August 24, 2007 1:13 PM by Dean Steadman

Wow. Just wow.

No need to apologize for pointing this out. We're laughing and crying at the same time here at Me.dium HQ.

Needless to say, we're making a fistful of changes to this dialogue as well as looking for a better solution to the issues surrounding the customized menu bars.

Thanks for pointing this out to us.