Usability

originally concieved of in win95? Bzzzzt wrong! I think you'll find they existed before then - just take a look at 80's Amiga and Acorn machines, you'll notice they had a notification area! - alphaxion

And that's why designers must learn to grow a spine when dealing with customers. - xero from Bookmarklet

love this. It's not just design either. Functionality often suffers the same fates. - mikepk

"Different cells in the retina transmit different categories of information or "channels" to the brain. These channels encode data about an object's size, clarity, brightness and location in the visual field. "Sometimes one channel wins over the other, and you see the smile, sometimes others take over and you don't see the smile," says Luis Martinez Otero, a neuroscientist at Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante, Spain, who conducted the study along with Diego Alonso Pablos." - xero from Bookmarklet

"We’ve now completed our inaugural Test Pilot study, with more than 5,000 opt-in participants from around the world providing invaluable data into how they use tabs in their daily Web browsing, and today we’re making this data available under an open license for analysis by the wider research community." - xero from Bookmarklet

"In The Philosophical Baby, Alison Gopnik writes that developmental psychologist John Flavell once told her that he would give up all his degrees and honors for just five minutes in the head of a 2-year-old." - xero from Bookmarklet

"Here is a collection of 44 Web Design Layout Tutorials in Photoshop to teach you create your own layout for your website. Check them out, learn and enjoy the tutorials." - xero from Bookmarklet