September 26, 2009
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. Well, technically it’s Enter, but there’s no Start on my keyboard, so they changed it to Enter.September 25, 2009
command + [1-9] key command to quickly move back and forth in website archives. Generally, it’s best to evolve a UI with gentle changes rather than offer a totally fresh design. I thus strongly recommend getting the basic design right in the first place, before you launch, so that it can live for several years with minor updates. Before you release anything to customers, use techniques such as rapid iterative design and paper prototypes to thoroughly explore the design space and polish the usability.
September 24, 2009
It’s frightfully hard to write a blog without feeling that it must do something: even the most humble blogger is encouraged to create a unique selling point, target a ‘laser-focussed niche’, embrace social media, spawn viral content, track stats, and have a dedicated marketing drive; they must teach and inspire, build ‘authority’, start a ‘conversation’, and foster a ‘community’; they should seek out a purpose, a gameplan, a revenue stream, and an exit strategy.While I agree with most of what he writes, different people will always have different ideas about what great content is. That’s why we get posts like this ever few months. This essay seems like another part of the regular cycle of ‘blogs are dead’ that never seems to stop showing up.
September 23, 2009
6. Not implemented message boxes
Ahh, the GUI equivalent of source code TODO comments. Of course, it’s an in-house software give-away; no commercial (desktop) software would be brazen enough to ship with bits of functionality dangling from the stumps of buttons and menu items.
For proper maintenance of a lithium-based battery, it’s important to keep the electrons in it moving occasionally. Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time.Apple recommends you discharge the battery once a month. Now you tell me.
September 22, 2009
Q: Does this mean that Google will always ignore the keywords meta tag?
A: It’s possible that Google could use this information in the future, but it’s unlikely. Google has ignored the keywords meta tag for years and currently we see no need to change that policy.
Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.While I won’t agree with all that’s written here, it sure sounds like the author got most of this right. Taken in context, it all makes sense.
September 21, 2009
Users should be able to control the data they store in any of Google’s products. Our team’s goal is to make it easier for them to move data in and out.More places should do this (*cough* *cough* Facebook Twitter MySpace etc etc etc *cough* *cough*).
Web developers MUST NOT (in the sense of RFC 2119) use HTML5 drag and drop. They should use old-school scripts instead.
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In fact, it’s so outrageously bad that I’ve gone on strike. I refuse to do any more research on drag and drop. Go do it yourself. Or don’t bother. Whatever. I don’t care.
No matter how much it may bother us, IE6 is still quite a hot topic around our little community. Two camps have recruited their groups and each seems quite comfortable with the accepted stance on their side of the fence. To one segment, IE6 is literally a bane of existence, and taking active aggressive measures against IE is daily practice. The other side, however, sucks it up and deals.
September 18, 2009