UI Follies, Volume III

Jeff Atwood

Jeff Atwood

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Ever wonder how you could possibly find something in that complex, ten-tabbed options dialog? How about a search function on the options dialog, as featured in Quest's Toad for SQL Server:

Toad for SQL Server options dialog

Aside from the fact that it's completely insane to build an options dialog so complicated that it needs a search function.. it's not a bad feature.

In a previous life, I used the Oracle version of this product quite a bit. How do you know your options dialog is too complicated? When it takes an entire minute-- a full 60 seconds-- for the system to respond after clicking on the Tools, Options menu item.

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Stay Gold, America

We are at an unprecedented point in American history, and I'm concerned we may lose sight of the American Dream.

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The Great Filter Comes For Us All

With a 13 billion year head start on evolution, why haven't any other forms of life in the universe contacted us by now? (Arrival is a fantastic movie. Watch it, but don't stop there - read the Story of Your Life novella it was based on

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I Fight For The Users

If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year, I don't blame you. There's a lot going on right now. It's a busy time. But let's pause and take a moment

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The 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet

It's my honor to announce that John Carmack and I have initiated a friendly bet of $10,000* to the 501(c)(3) charity of the winner’s choice: By January 1st, 2030, completely autonomous self-driving cars meeting SAE J3016 level 5 will be commercially available for passenger

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