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10 Most wanted design bugs

nirav March 6th, 2007

Bruce Tognazzini writes about 10 most wanted design bugs. The list includes computers shutting down on power failure, items dimming out in menus, the Mac OS X Dock, non human URLs and more. It’s really an interest read (it has to be, coming from an expert!).

Here’s an example:

Bug Name: Power failure crash

Duration: >30 years

Supplier: Desktop computer manufacturers

Alias: “Oh, Sh–!”

Product: Desktop computers worldwide

Bug: If the computer loses power for more than a few thousandths of a second, it throws everything away.

Class of error: “That’s the way Grandpa did it…”

Principle: Protect the User’s Work