by Aaron

Field level help — or hindrance?

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I found the technique intriguing, but troubling in implementation. The problem I had in particular the way it completely obscured the content underneath each field (there was help for every field). I would have liked if it had only covered up the fields below the active field with a mostly opaque help box. But, as it was it would cover a field I just entered.

Then, there was the auto tabbing. Stop that. I accidentally tabbed through the month field, and then couldn’t tab BACK into the month field because of broken logic in the “day” field.

by Aaron

Need to criticize …? Think first.

Even with avatars and accounts, and …, many web-visitors feel empowered to be critical. Is it the lack of face to face?  The need to feel like a contributor, even if it’s negative?

Why is there a completely irrational need to analyze someone else’s web page innards, rather than the outside? I know, we’re often taught to look for inner beauty in other people – but in the case of web sites, the opposite is true. Seriously – does the fact that a new web site uses a table layout somehow truly impact the usefulness of the web site (even a table layout can be made accessible).

Read “Hey, lose the pedantic negativity.” from Vitamin.

by Aaron

Indecent Squirrels!

This one is an old one (from an “April Fools Day” a few years ago), but for some reason, it made me actually laugh out loud (shocked at the stupidity I suppose)!

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You can order a pair here:

http://www.squirrelunderpants.com/

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Go there, watch the video. Buy a few pairs for squirrels near you (and this product actually was made and is available for sale!)

 

(If you haven’t bought something from Archie McPhee before for your desk or home office … you need to!).