Readers expect that when we use a search box on a blog, we’ll receive search results for that blog. Don’t mess with our expectations by including results from “across the network” or generic results from Google. The latter is a clue that you’ve messed up your Google Site Search configuration. The former is a sign you just care more about monetisation than you do about providing a good user experience for your readers.
Yes, I’m looking at you, Techcrunch.
Fri 25 Sep 2009 | Posted by rocketpilot
More interesting than it sounds. Via Daring Fireball.
Sat 19 Sep 2009
Apple made dozens of tiny wordings and grammatical fixes in Snow Leopard, including this one from engaging screen sharing via iChat. In Leopard, the message read “their”; now, “his or her.”
“Their” is perfectly grammatically correct and is far less awkward than “his or her”. Disappointing change.
Sat 16 May 2009
Uhhh. I’ve been seeing a lot of localisation bugs with Facebook lately - but this is the first time I had the presence of mind to snap one.
Mon 30 Mar 2009 | Posted by rocketpilot
Very nice and simple decoration for visited versus un-visited links. I’ve seen the use of images to decorate visited links before — sometimes to create a “scratched-through” effect as though writing on paper — but I like the approach of simulating a design pattern from desktop apps like Apple Mail.
Nick Caldwell is a professional web designer and unprofessional writer who thinks far too much about aesthetics, the contemporary sociopolitical condition, video games, Doctor Who, and spaceships. This is his Tumblelog.
