Usability
Four Dumb Things I Do Out of Habit (But Plan to Stop)
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008A week ago, I switched to browsing the Web using a portrait- rather than landscape-oriented monitor. Although my new monitor can pivot back and forth between the two orientations, I haven’t moved it back to landscape mode since trying out the Web in vertical format. This is definitely the right orientation for all the reasons [...]
Browsing the Vertical Web Through Horizontal Eyes
Monday, December 31st, 2007Middle-aged eyesight led me to a computer store in search of a monitor that provides crisper, easier-to-read text. What I found there were shelves stacked with relatively inexpensive, high-resolution, wide-screen monitors ranging in size from 19 to 30 inches. Given our consumer lust for electronics, the affordability of these screens, and our aging population, many [...]
