Dec 28, 2009

Bad User Experience at Lego.com

I just had a pretty bad experience on Lego.com. To sign your kid up for the free Lego Magazine, they ask you first if your child is 6 or younger. Then they ask for the child's email address. OK, so I figure maybe I'm interpreting this wrong, so I'll use MY email address. Nope, they also ask for yours, and will not process the request unless you provide both. Yup, they seem to expect your "younger than 6-year old" to have an email address. Maybe things are different in Denmark.

Dec 6, 2009

Lotus Notes and bad Error Notices

I've been using Lotus Notes lately and it's pretty awful. Below is a great example of something an everyday user should not see. Unless that everyday user happens to be a programmer.