Posts Tagged ‘webdesign’
K.I.S.S. Me Again Please
Google.com is in my opinion for one good reason: I don't have to wade through a load of crap or wait way-way to long for a page to load before I can begin my search. Yahoo, MSN and others cram way to much stuff onto their pages in my opinion. Anyone who pokes around Google long enough knows that they offer many more options than those that appear on their default start page and that's just fine by me ~ I use a lot of them. All that I ask though is that they resist the urge to change the clean interface on default page. Otherwise I will be forced to use the tool bar even more than I do now.
When it comes to search sites I agree with Bokardo who writes on his Social Web Design blog:
Consider where Search is going: away from the home page. An increasing number of folks search on engines from the search box in the top right corner of their browser, without ever reaching the Google homepage. And with Microsoft planning on doing the same with IE7/MSN, it is clear that the homepage is becoming less and less important over time. Do people who use search from other starting points care whether they can find other stuff from the homepage? No, the thought never crosses their mind because they’re too busy searching for something of personal value.
Note to Google, et al: PLEASE keep it simple!
For more of this I suggest reading Bokardo's post raising the question: Does Google Succeed Despite-Bad Design?
What is Tagging?
I have been asked by more than one person lately what is the purpose of the tags at the bottom of weblog posts (like this one) and other web pages? Tags are a loose means of organizing content on the web and relating it back to other similar content.
Where does this concept of Tags or "tagging" on the Web come from? Tagging primarily centers around a concept called folksonomy. As described on Wikipedia:
A "folksonomy" is a collaboratively generated, open-ended labeling system that enables Internet users to categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs, and Web links. The freely chosen labels – called tags – help to improve search engine's effectiveness because content is categorized using a familiar, accessible, and shared vocabulary. The labeling process is called tagging. Two widely cited examples of websites using folksonomic tagging are Flickr and Del.icio.us.
Ripped straight from the pages of Wikipedia. Read more of their article on Folksonomy here.
Why Web Apps Fail
Worth reading on bokardo.com a blog about social web design:
