09 · 01

When Interfaces Don't Work

I've already commented on my thoughts on the Google Deskbar's user interface and human being's user interface. My comment in the last blog about the 3D Modeler interface reminded me of a recent piece of technology that also failed the interface test.

Scoble recommended Pandora... and he's absolutely right. It's just great. I use it mostly for dance music, as other types of music I prefer to hear the entire album as the artist intended, rather than single cuts. But the real problem is that it's sitting in a browser. Terrible! It needs to be a nice rich client that can sit on your desktop and persist long beyond a browser session. Does it really make sense that I want the music to stop just because I close my browser? No!