In my daily work It is quite usual facing applications and websites which have what I consider some usability issues (including projects in which I have worked, its true). It is so common that I’ve decided to start posting some thoughts about usability using examples that cross my path.
I am not and usability expert and what I will post may not be accepted by usability experts or by any person at all. I’ll just write about things that annoy me and which I think that should be different. So, if you think that I am not right about something, just comment the correspondent post. This way I can get different points of view and learn about usability from you. 
Today while using Live Mesh Remote Desktop I noticed something. While the ActiveX is connecting to your remote computer you get a loading screen. You have a “Cancel” button in order to cancel (how obvious is that caption 
). In the button’s normal state you can see a “Cancel” message below the loading animation, but you don’t really notice it is a button until you put your mouse over it.
If it is a button, I think it should look like a button before I try to click it (this is the moment when I need to know that it is a button). Or at least it could resemble like a link, which would have the same effect. Since Live Mesh is still a Tech Preview, maybe this usability issue will not be present on the final release.
