I can’t help myself anymore. There are so many websites and applications that I encounter nowadays which really could use some help on the interaction design and accessability front. I need to do something.

So I decided to make screenshots of some of them and show them here on my blog. Not too crucify these sites and applications as we all make mistakes, but as examples we can and should learn from. These are three examples of the last week. First a dialog with a text I don’t understand, second a warning about an error which can be ignored and third a website which lacks in structure and navigation so badly, a user guide for the website has been made available.

Incomprehensible dialog of a HP Scanjet software installer. What does ‘leave your disks untouched’?

Dutch Chamber of Commerce website warns that the upcoming error can be ignored. Why not fix it instead?

This website has a user guide (Note: I made a red box with a greenish background around it so you can see what I mean). Why not restructure the website in such a manner visitors don’t need a userguide?