Usability grumbles

We’ve all come across some sites that have frustrated us, and I’m sure you’ve recounted this to your friends. Maybe you’ve even gone as far as not using that site again if it’s frustrated you that much. That’s all well and good if there’s an alternative available, and even then it might not be any easier to use.
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Icon design

I’ve recently been doing a lot of Mac house keeping, due to my purchase of a MacBook Pro and wanting to keep my files nice and tidy and start a new filing system… Backing up files and deleting rubbish that I don’t need. This kind of job always takes a while, as I am sure you can appreciate. You always get caught up looking through old projects or things that you did a long time ago. It’s amazing how much you can take on and how involved you can get with projects or assignments that you have to do. I was scanning through loads of things I had forgotten I had done!

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