Help authoring and GUI design blog

from Shareware Blogs

Epic Trends has started a new blog about usability.

The blog will cover subjects such as help authoring, user interface design, demo and tutorial authoring, usability, copywriting and multimedia.

The blog will undoubtedly also discuss how to make software and web sites usable for special target groups such as teenagers, seniors, disabled users or foreign language speakers.

These issues are becoming increasingly important in software and web development, as the Internet audience is growing increasingly diverse.

Download.com announces new adware policy

from CNET

CNET Download.com announces:

Since the launch of CNET Download.com more than eight years ago, we have worked hard to promote a trusted, safe, and secure downloading experience for both our end users and our publishers. With that in mind, we screen thousands of software submissions each month for elements we think might interfere with an end user’s satisfaction. Beginning April 18, this will include enforcement of a no-adware policy.

In our ongoing efforts to provide users with the highest-quality download service, we have prohibited software with components that might interfere with a user's control and privacy, such as spyware and adware. We have always enforced this ban, but now we will begin screening software submissions for all elements we determine might interfere with a user's satisfaction with products that appear on CNET Download and our affiliate networks.

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