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Wade Dorrell  //  Family man, digital arts wonk, and Microsoftian. Boise ID, http://www.waded.org/

Jul 6 / 8:47am

"Quirky" messages are now UX cliche

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The message is a bit quirky and personal. This was rare 5 years ago, but now it’s rare to see a web service that doesn’t have quirky and personal messages. It’s still a good thing, but it’s also wearing on me a bit.

(This message is from Microsoft Hohm, which I understand shows usable power-saving functionality today. A WSJ article suggested the biggest savings come from the existence of such software, not the use of it. What about the existence of quirky power saving software error messages?)

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