Comments on: Those Lovable Unusable Campus Apps. http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/ He’s employed at a university. He calls himself a web designer. These are his brain droppings. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Does ANYBODY have an admissions application to be proud of? http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Does ANYBODY have an admissions application to be proud of? Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:46:13 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/#comment-804 [...] Those Lovable Unusable Campus Apps - “Software solutions too unfriendly, unstable, and incompatible to last a minute in the universe of competitive business”. [...] [...] Those Lovable Unusable Campus Apps – “Software solutions too unfriendly, unstable, and incompatible to last a minute in the universe of competitive business”. [...]

]]> By: Colin Fast http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Colin Fast Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:45:49 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/#comment-8 As someone who's going through the pain of a new student information system implementation right now, this couldn't have come at a better time. That last paragraph is just pure gold. As for who to blame? I prefer the shotgun approach: the developers, product marketers, project sponsors, selection committees and implementation teams all play a critical role in ensuring that even the simplest online request becomes a complex multi-step process that requires four calls to the helpline. As someone who’s going through the pain of a new student information system implementation right now, this couldn’t have come at a better time. That last paragraph is just pure gold.

As for who to blame? I prefer the shotgun approach: the developers, product marketers, project sponsors, selection committees and implementation teams all play a critical role in ensuring that even the simplest online request becomes a complex multi-step process that requires four calls to the helpline.

]]> By: Al the Tog http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Al the Tog Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:05:43 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/#comment-7 Thank you, thank you, thank you! I haven't had such a laugh in weeks. But don't blame the developers, blame the sponsors of the project! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I haven’t had such a laugh in weeks.

But don’t blame the developers, blame the sponsors of the project!

]]> By: Web Services » Over engineering web applications http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Web Services » Over engineering web applications Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:03:51 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/2007/08/17/those-lovable-unusable-campus-apps/#comment-6 [...] some slightly dodgy user interfaces in my time as a web developer but College Web Guy recently posted a link to a story about an application at Penn University that takes usability and design to a whole new [...] [...] some slightly dodgy user interfaces in my time as a web developer but College Web Guy recently posted a link to a story about an application at Penn University that takes usability and design to a whole new [...]

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