ISSN 1496-3221
February 8, 2001
Are Users Stupid?No, but they tend to be lazy. While I’m all for creating web sites that are easier to navigate and simple to understand, I’m opposed to sacrificing functionality and æsthetic sophistication for the sake of lazy users who refuse to read for direction or scan for visual clues to follow. On some level, … More
February 8, 2001
Tales from a close call with web page personalization. Epicor sent me a flyer promoting their eFrontOffice software with a custom url that embedded my full name into the subdomain. That’s sort of cool, but it wasn’t the part of the experience that impressed me. It was the following message that greeted me at the … More
February 8, 2001
Netscape 6.01 Release Notes. No big whoop.
February 7, 2001
Looky, looky! Netscape 6.01 has been posted for Mac, Windows, and Linux. However, once it’s installed, the application offers no clue as to what has changed between versions. And there’s not a release note in sight except this old one. I’d say that the binaries were actually place holders if the Get Info window didn’t … More
February 7, 2001
Here’s something to chew on. During some interface discussions we were having this afternoon, we were evaluating web page elements that a user is supposed to interact with. I came up with the following observation. In terms of the elements and their functions, there is a difference between being transparent to the user and being … More
February 6, 2001
PathintoshThis project lies somewhere between the realization that you really have too much spare time on your hands and the uncontrollable urge that pushes your brainchild to fruition. Pathintosh is a G3 PowerBook installed in a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder, complete with dash-mounted touch screen LCD display, Airport-powered wireless home-to-vehicle networking, and a requisite 60 GB … More
February 6, 2001
“…for the love of God, don’t click anything.”
February 6, 2001
I remember back when I was twelve or so, I was hanging out along the shore of the lake where my family had a cabin. It was spring, and there were piles of wood and other soggy bits of flotsam lining the waters edge. One particular item grabbed my attention through all the tattered tree … More
February 5, 2001
Damn, I hope I can get some traction tomorrow.
February 5, 2001
I just noticed that Go2Net’s finger on the ephemeral pulse of the internet, The Useless Pages, has linked to my available domain name of the week. My humble attempt at providing services to the domain name impaired has apparently been ranked right up there with other unquestionable purveyors of culture. There is nothing so satisfying … More