August 2004 - Posts

• Parameter naming and the Google test

  Brad has a post on choosing parameter names for overloaded methods which brings to mind a recent question on an internal mailing list about using acronyms for parameter names. In general, when determining whether or not it's reasonable to use an acronym Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:39 AM by stevencl | 5 Comments Filed under: API Usability

• System.Net usability study

  I'm running a study this week on the Beta 1 version of the System.Net namespace. In addition to the feedback I'll be collecting from participants, I thought it would be useful to capture any comments that anybody else might have on the usability of this Read More... Posted Monday, August 16, 2004 12:26 PM by stevencl | 3 Comments Filed under: API Usability

• Whyline

  Brad Myers from CMU was here today giving a talk which included some details of the Whyline system, a debugger that allows programmers to ask questions about the behavior of their application in order to be able to figure out what the problem is (there's Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 04, 2004 3:21 PM by stevencl | 1 Comments Filed under: Usability