archival - Grant Winney

2 Results tagged on "archival":

Sep 27, 2019

Cannot remove System.Core.dll reference from a VS2010 project

Several years ago, a user on SO tried to add a reference to System.Core manually but couldn't. The "problem" was actually an intentional design choice, as explained by an MSFT employee in a Microsoft Connect post. Then MS killed off Connect instead of making it readonly, so here's a repost....

gui ux design retro archival

Sep 10, 2019

From text-driven s(hell) to mouse-driven marvel

For posterity, here's a nearly 25 year old article about how Merrill Lynch went from a gargantuan text-driven app to something that wasn't (as they put it) a "usability nightmare". It's an interesting read if you're in the field, and some of their design choices are still employed in desktop apps....