WORST. INTERFACE. EVER.
This probably isn't worth breaking blog silence for, but I just can't help it. I am so completely guffawed by this screen.
If you're not a Lotusphere presenter, then presumably you haven't read the instructions on this page. So I therefore challenge you, dear reader, to tell me what to click on to upload the file once you've selected it.
Please note, there is nothing hidden except the instructions. These are all the controls that are available to you once you've selected a file to upload.
(Note: it's not really that big a deal -- the impacted audience is pretty small and close-knit. I'm just stunned that no one pointed out how incredibly confusing this is.)
Comments
Posted by Bruce At 05:20:14 PM On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Ed Brill At 05:32:33 PM On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Karl-Henry Martinsson At 05:47:47 PM On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |
The instructions that blurred out tell you to click the up arrow to upload a file.
Posted by Bruce At 05:50:57 PM On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Karl-Henry Martinsson At 06:00:36 PM On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Richard Schwartz At 06:15:18 PM On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |
I'm literally just wondering what the person that put that control on a graphic instead of a "submit" button was thinking. There's every chance it wasn't even IBM, of course.
@5 - The back arrow goes to the previous page.
Posted by Nathan T. Freeman At 06:39:19 PM On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Scott Hooks At 10:50:07 PM On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |
I spent 2 minutes before I got up the courage to click on that up arrow! This is mainly because the instructions that were sent to us say that once it is uploaded you cannot edit the file. So you have one shot at doing this. So you assume it will be obvious as to what to do...until you get there.
John
Posted by John Mackey At 12:12:46 AM On 12/06/2008 | - Website - |
---* Bill
Posted by Bill At 05:32:47 AM On 12/06/2008 | - Website - |
It's also pretty much universal, on the web at least, that the confirmation action is just below or to the right of the point of data entry. So to add one or more files to the list, and then go backwards by having the action further UP the page is incredibly counter-intuitive.
Notes does things this way all the time, but at least it uses a clearly bordered Action Bar for that process.
None of this, of course, explains the flying saucer.
@10 - uh... whatever, dude.
Posted by Nathan T. Freeman At 08:49:54 AM On 12/06/2008 | - Website - |
If you can find a way to submit the form, then you're eligible to speak.
... I thought that was fairly obvious
Posted by Chris Toohey At 10:34:52 AM On 12/06/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Jo Grant At 12:12:00 PM On 12/06/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Tony Palmer At 02:50:36 AM On 12/07/2008 | - Website - |
Chris
(FYI - your remember me checkbox seems to be disconnected from the text. Now, go back to blog-silence!)
Posted by Chris Reckling At 09:45:38 AM On 12/07/2008 | - Website - |
Oh, a few things here:
I agree, the upload button was fantastically stupid.
Worst interface ever? Hardly. I've just spent two days in Lotus Sympathy and Openoffice.org Depress. I can think of at least two other worse interfaces that I've used in the past 48 hours.
What I'm curious about is -- If its just an FTP site, why not just use FTP? I mean, why did it need to have a web interface at all? Frankly, anyone who can't be given an ftp server address, username, and password and figure out how to upload a presentation successfully should not be allowed to present one.
For a throwaway quick-thing, I see no real problem with it. The upload button thing was stupid. Other than that it was a bit cloying and overly complicated but functional.
Posted by Andrew Pollack At 11:05:14 AM On 12/07/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Nathan T. Freeman At 03:49:01 PM On 12/08/2008 | - Website - |
ha ha ha.
This reminds me in a way of the cliche about eating your own dog food.
What does the power button in the top right do? ... and why didn't they simply present a button on where to download filezilla?
Posted by David Killingsworth At 04:45:00 AM On 01/05/2009 | - Website - |
"Last one to upload, please help us be green and turn off the server."
Posted by Craig Wiseman At 06:50:51 PM On 01/08/2009 | - Website - |