WDSync…a perfect example of how not to design your UI

I have this great external hard drive from Western Digital.  It rocks as a clean, highly-portable drive.  However, then it has this software that is supposed to help with synchronizing and protecting files.  The thing is miserable to work with as every time you make a selection in their UI, if the folder you are configuring is of any size, the UI freezes up like this:

wdsuck

 

Users expect that you make setting and configuration changes, *then* click the “go forth and do that” button and at that point expect to wait not before.  Great example of how not to design a UI.

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