March 2004 - Posts

• Deployment and dependencies

  One of the things I work with on my team is how customers deploy their applications when they depend on a redistributable such as the .NET Framework or J#. I am just starting to get my arms around this space, and have more questions than answers right Read More... Posted Thursday, March 18, 2004 2:55 PM by KMorrill | 6 Comments Filed under: Setup, Catch all

• Good news in a newspaper!?!

  I sat down for breakfast this morning after plunking down $1.50 for a copy of the Seattle Times. I usually find myself more distressed than encouraged after reading the paper. So I was pleasantly surprised when I flipped to the local news section today Read More... Posted Sunday, March 07, 2004 10:57 AM by KMorrill | 1 Comments Filed under: Catch all, News

• Progress bars, does anyone trust them?

  Our team just finished doing usability research on Visual Studio's setup. These studies are always fascinating to me, because even the most seemingly simple interface can completely crash and burn when presented to someone who is not biased by the effort Read More... Posted Friday, March 05, 2004 11:07 PM by KMorrill | 12 Comments Filed under: Setup, Catch all