Persumi - Level up your writing and blogging with AI Fred Wu ifredwu@gmail.com http://persumi.com/u/fredwu http://persumi.com/u/fredwu/tech/e/blog/t/fail 2026-04-08T18:49:26.032086Z <![CDATA[<p> Today I noticed that I don’t have Skype installed, so naturally, I went to Skype.com. Then I was presented with their homepage:</p> <p> <img src="https://cdn.persumi.com/uploads/images/posts/1ee22517-8bfc-676a-b1f2-ce61dc92750f/imported/img/posts/old/tumblr_lqsaqvMauJ1qalr27.png" alt="" /> </p> <p> The problem? No “Download” action button above the fold, or below the fold for that matter. That is, quite frankly, shocking.</p> <p> So I hovered on the “Get Skype” drop down menu and clicked on the one for Mac. On the new page I was presented with, I clicked on the “Download Skype” button. And then …</p> <p> <img src="https://cdn.persumi.com/uploads/images/posts/1ee22517-8bfc-676a-b1f2-ce61dc92750f/imported/img/posts/old/tumblr_lqsatrI5XY1qalr27.png" alt="" /> </p> <p> Oh snap! You’d have to either create an account or sign in before you could download Skype! Worse, by default it shows you the create an account section, and that section took a good 10 seconds to load for me for the first time.</p> <p> Is this some kind of prank from the Microsoft enterprise? *shakes head*</p> ]]> 2011-08-31T08:46:00.000000Z Fred Wu ifredwu@gmail.com http://persumi.com/u/fredwu http://persumi.com/u/fredwu/tech/e/blog/p/skype-com-a-quick-example-of-ux-failure 2011-08-31T08:46:00.000000Z <![CDATA[<p> <img src="https://cdn.persumi.com/uploads/images/posts/1ee22517-8bfc-676a-b1f2-ce61dc92750f/imported/img/posts/old/tumblr_l6mb9eIQfL1qb7ot5o1_500.png" alt="" /> </p> <p> Looks like it’s time for a reboot…</p> ]]> 2010-08-04T07:53:38.000000Z Fred Wu ifredwu@gmail.com http://persumi.com/u/fredwu http://persumi.com/u/fredwu/tech/e/blog/p/looks-like-its-time-for-a-reboot 2010-08-04T07:53:38.000000Z