Leap Year 2020

For some reason capturing the calendar on Leap Year seems novel to me. 

Sorry, Not Sorry: Alternatives for saying sorry

Credit: https://twitter.com/danidonovan

Powerpoint: New Feature: GIFs

Word: New Feature: Dictate

Powerpoint: Subtitles feature

I clicked "Slideshow" while connected to a projector and this pop-over was displayed.
I was about to start my meeting so I didn't have time to tinker with it.
This really isn't the best time to tell me about new features. Worse off, if I happened to be interested, but not able to explore they didn't offer any information about how to get back to this.

The button label was off-center. I clicked anyway.


This pop-up was displayed.


Notice the bottom-right corner has a system status label "listening."


Here is a detailed view of the pop-over:


I clicked the "Got it" button, and this was displayed:

Again, why is the button label off-center?
The feature seems interesting, but that is not the time to tell me about it.
Perhaps a learning mode or check my calendar, it is integrated.

Knoll Monitor Arm is Very Clever

The monitor arm is a great way to free up space on your desk. 

The tension needs to be adjusted on a rare occasion and that is the moment you wish you had the right size of Allen wrench at hand. 

Knoll's monitor arm has an Allen wrench holder built right in.

Very clever.

Google Sheets: Cmd+1

Excel has a keyboard shortcut of CMD+1 to open the Format menu. 

If you press CMD+1 while using Chrome typically the first browser tab is displayed. 

However, when using Google Sheets the application recognized it as a desire to format the cells. 

Great UX!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets

User types CMD+1, and this is displayed: 

If user clicks "Show me how" then this is displayed:

YouTube: New Look

Clicking the Learn More button opens this webpage:

Zoom: Auto-launch

I clicked a link from an email to join an event. 

Zoom was the video conference platform. 

It is nice that the webpage tries to launch the application, however, it does not seem to work very well on Mac. 

There should be a checkbox option that allows the user to opt-out of auto-launch. 

Powerpoint: New Features: Ink-stant Replay

Confluence: New Features

Clicking "Show me" opens this webpage:


https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-articles/What-s-New-in-Confluence-Cloud-September-2019-Edition/ba-p/1173670?utm_source=Confluence_Cloud&utm_medium=EP_inproduct&utm_campaign=Confluence_CSAT_fy20q1&utm_content=a

OneNote: New Feature: Cloud files

Excel: New Feature: Resolve and Sketch

Pocket: Highlight feature

Highlighting text in an article will cause a tooltip to be displayed. 

If you click on "Highlight" then a left pane appears with a highlight. 

The first time it happened a tooltip appeared to explain. 

If you click the pane it expands to reveal all highlights. 

If you click the meatballs (3 dots) then you can delete or share.

Great UX!

https://app.getpocket.com/

404 page: Internal business app

The clever developers at a company used this on their 404 pages.

Opt in Link: Mural

I was registering for a webinar on Mural.com
After I entered my email address a message and hyperlink appeared.

"Looks like you've opted out of email communication. Click here to get an email and opt back in."

This is great. This serves business needs and user needs without being obstructive. 



I wonder if they discussed just placing a checkbox there to have the user opt back in.
Why did they choose to go with a link that triggers an email?
Anytime you leave the burden on the user you risk missing the goal.
Nevertheless, nice work!

Outlook Web: Welcome Carousel

The following screens were displayed when first visiting a group onmicrosoft.com

Powerpoint tooltip: Browse Version History

This appeared after I had opened a file, edited it, then decided to do a "Save As..."
The system had been Auto Saving my edits to the original file.
As a result, the edit history was lost when I saved it as a new file.
This mistake may have been repeated if it wasn't for their tip.

It would have been stronger if there was an option to roll back to the opened state (no edits) and load the edits into the new file. Maybe that feature is in their backlog.

Learn more link opens this page:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/save-a-copy-before-editing-to-prevent-changing-the-original-file-8aeabebe-952e-449b-b931-ae2b7568771b?wt.mc_id=SaveaCopy_AutoSaveUI_Mac&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

404 page: Cedar Point

https://www.cedarpoint.com/

404 page: Cooper Hewitt

https://www.cooperhewitt.org/

404 page: GitHub

https://github.com/

Bloom's Taxonomy: An understanding framework

Bloom's taxonomy is a set of three hierarchical models used to classify educational learning objectives into levels of complexity and specificity. The three lists cover the learning objectives in cognitive, affective and sensory domains. The cognitive domain list has been the primary focus of most traditional education and is frequently used to structure curriculum learning objectives, assessments, and activities.
Read more on Wikipedia

Sharepoint: Tooltip

Tooltip on Sharepoint

UX Disciplines Venn Diagram

Copyright Dan Saffer

https://www.fastcompany.com/1671735/infographic-the-intricate-anatomy-of-ux-design

Apple Watch Unlocking Mac

This is a collection of messages displayed on the MacBook Pro lock screen related to Apple Watch. 

(More to come)

Upgrade to Voice Warnings

Discovered in How-to Geek newsletter

Powerpoint: New features: Sketch

Jira: Useful tips as Placeholder text

When creating a new ticket in Jira the placeholder body text is a useful tip instead of additional instructions for the field.