20 Suggestions For Improving The Mac Experience

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Improving the User Experience Online for
Library Users

Improving the User Experience Online for
Library Users 06/28/2004 10:08 AM

I would love to get a grant to have 37signals design an online library catalog. I've been reading their book Defensive Design for the Web: How To Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, and Other Crisis Points because I'm redesigning our merged web site/extranet/intranet, and while most of the suggestions in the book are fairly intuitive, most of us don't take the time to add in all the little niceties and user-supportive framework. It's a very quick read and an easy ILL for library webmasters.

It looks like I'll be using ColdFusion on a Windows server for the new MLS site, so if anyone has suggestions for CF-based aggregators, RSS-generators, bulletin boards, blogging software, and kitchen-sink functionality, I'd love to hear them.

Good Experience - Budgeting for
Advertising and Customer Experience

Good Experience - Budgeting for
Advertising and Customer Experience 07/30/2004 08:59 PM
What if companies spent their money on improving customer experience rather than on marketing? .. Budgeting for Advertising and Customer Experience

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more suggestions will appear very, very
soon

more suggestions will appear very, very
soon 08/27/2004 01:51 PM
"[M]y intention is to offer some advice to all of you men out there who crave a decent bout of testicular pain, but have no-one to administer it to you." Advice on injuring one's own testicles. A dozen delicious methods, ranging from the old apple in the sock trick everyone tries to a tennis ball machine. It'd be better as a half-hour infomercial.

Suggestions on a PHP Problem Anyone?

Suggestions on a PHP Problem Anyone? 01/15/2003 12:51 PM
Suggestions on a PHP Problem Anyone? Here's the problem. I need to pull X bytes of HTML formatted text out of another HTML file for "safe" inclusion into another html page. What's the best way to do this while not getting into markup issues like a partially formatted table or splitting "" at "

Joe Mahoney has his own suggestions.

Joe Mahoney has his own suggestions. 03/13/2003 09:47 PM
Joe Mahoney has his own suggestions.

Google's Suggestions

Google's Suggestions 12/19/2004 03:18 PM
"Google Suggest"-- start typing a word in the search box and it makes on-the-fly suggestions about what you're looking for. Fascinating...

pDNS suggestions

pDNS suggestions 05/04/2004 10:57 AM

Here's some specific suggestions for the pDNS from Jay.

Thanks Jay!

Simple suggestion for pDNS and FOAF (based on CNS).

Regarding the PeoplesDNS project, Joel De Gan added some comments to my De Gan Filters, Bloom Filters, Peoples DNS, and CNS post, and also asked What's the problem with FOAF? on the PeoplesDNS blog (also posted with additional comments by Marc Canter). Danny Ayers responded to Joel in Responding to Joel on FOAF.

Based on my work developing CNS for the iCite net, I wanted to suggest a way to think about how a PeoplesDNS (pDNS) based on FOAF might function:

level 0. pDNS root servers list each other (e.g., Root0 links to Root1 and vice versa, etc.). If you want / need to have more than a handful of pDNS root servers, there can also be a hierarchy of roots.

level 1. pDNS root servers list web pages (possibly some specific XHTML / XML / RDF format) that link to FOAF files (e.g., Root0 links to page1, page2, page14). These web pages effectively act like second-level DNS.

level 2. each web page that links to FOAF files also has a single link indicating the pDNS root server that lists the page (i.e., page1 is authoritatively listed by Root0, page22 is authoritatively listed by Root10).

level 3. each FOAF file links (back) to the web page that authoritatively lists it.

So, this assumes that each person has a single FOAF file, or that, if they maintain multiple FOAF files under the same "identity", they link them together within the FOAF.

With CNS, the one other notable feature is that the iCite containers (which are the equivalent to the level 2 in the above equation) can cache references to each other, thereby bypassing the need to use the root CNS server for each reference of a peer. The CNS server (level 0 and 1) is there to help account for when the level 2 information moves to different locations.

(There are a few other things about CNS that are added to this in terms of automatically redirecting / reconnecting things when they move, that functions across all four levels.)

[the iCite net development blog]

More Suggestions For iTunes

More Suggestions For iTunes 04/30/2004 10:32 AM
If Apple is going to become the force in music sales it truly wants to be, it's going to have to start paying attention to the demands of sophisticated music listeners. By Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes (via MyAppleMenu)

The Best Suggestions Come from Your
Users

The Best Suggestions Come from Your
Users 02/17/2004 01:23 AM

A Good Reader Feedback Form

"Amazon's 'Suggestion Box' that appears at the bottom of every product provides a potential model for news sites to capture audience feedback. We provide a mockup of a way to capture reader feedback." [Hypergene MediaBlog]

I'm highlighting this one because this is something libraries also need to consider. Too often, we don't provide easily found links for contacting us electronically, whether it be via IM or email (in addition to the requisite phone number and location information), and we're even worse at soliciting feedback.

<rant>
In fact, I'll use this opportunity to rant about one of my biggest pet peeves lately - library blogs that don't include a link back to the library's main site, let alone include contact information. If your library has a blog, please oh please oh please make sure it has a link back to the rest of your site (and therefore the rest of the resources you make available!)! This seems like a no-brainer, but you'd be surprised how many sites forget to add this essential information.
</rant>

excellent suggestions on what to do

excellent suggestions on what to do 07/31/2004 10:19 PM
don't just remember it .. Permalink

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Schizophrenia Experiences and
Suggestions?

Schizophrenia Experiences and
Suggestions? 05/21/2004 11:36 AM

Simple Suggestions for Better Trading

Simple Suggestions for Better Trading 11/17/2003 10:26 AM
TheStreet.com Nov 17 2003 8:49AM ET

Suggestions for a trip to Portugal?

Suggestions for a trip to Portugal? 03/17/2005 03:24 AM

I'm considering a trip to Portugal on Friday March 25.  A friend is coming with me and she has to return on Sunday April 3.  I have more flexibility and could stay on.  Some questions for Portugal veterans...

• Is the end of March a nice time of year to be in Portugal?
• Can one stay the whole eight days in one hotel in Lisbon and make day trips or would it be better to stay in several different places (and, if so, what are one or two favorite places)?I don't want to spend too much time in transit.
• If we are going to be moving around, is it best to rent a car?

Thanks for the help!

Should The Web Experience Be More Like
The Desktop Experience?

Should The Web Experience Be More Like
The Desktop Experience? 05/28/2004 12:41 PM
There have been many people who haven't been thrilled with the state of the user experience within the browser. After all, as simple as it is, it also has quite a few limitations - especially compared to the typical "windows" (lower case) interface that people are used to on the desktop. Still, this article at IT-Analysis seems positive ly stunned that some company has worked out a way to build a windows-like interface in the browser. They even point to a (somewhat buggy) demo shopping site, that basically shows how a company could create a shopping site that feels more like a traditional client-server application using windows and the ability to drag and drop products into a shopping cart. It's an interesting interface, but all it really does is move that traditional interface into the browser. Plenty of other companies, like Macromedia and Laszlo Systems, have been working on other interactive interfaces within the browser as well - so this specific offering doesn't seem all that new or different. Others have recreated traditional applications (such as office suites) within the browser as well - so the idea of "drag and drop" within the browser isn't really that new or exciting. Some web traditionalists have problems with many of these systems because they "break the web." There are benefits to having things like standard URLs that you can send to other people and a traditional hyperlink system. More advanced interfaces are sometimes nice, but, so far, many of them seem to cause more problems than they solve. For example, the sample shopping site above had some confusing buttons at the bottom, and once I clicked on one, the whole window closed and now the page refuses to reload. Not the most user-friendly shopping experience.

the silly suggestions of a few
Washington insiders

the silly suggestions of a few
Washington insiders 12/26/2003 05:23 AM
Washington goes to war (with Howard Dean) .. Eric Alterman

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Sklar.com: PHP Cookbook, 2nd Edition
Suggestions?

Sklar.com: PHP Cookbook, 2nd Edition
Suggestions? 08/11/2004 08:33 AM
In a quick note from Sklar.com today:

Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New
Inventions

Ideas Unlimited: 11 Suggestions for New
Inventions 10/30/2003 09:18 AM
securitas writes "The New York Times asked 11 prominent people to write about a device that they'd like to see invented (Google). Contributors include John ...

Suggestions for a Home VOIP Provider?

Suggestions for a Home VOIP Provider? 05/28/2004 09:18 PM

With suggestions for dealing with him
now and after Germany's surrender.

With suggestions for dealing with him
now and after Germany's surrender. 03/31/2005 09:34 AM
Analys is of the Personality of Adolf Hitler by Cornell University in 1943 has been released online. The analysis was comissioned by the predecessor to the CIA and declassified several years ago, according to The New York Times. This official analysis should be of interest to those who have been doing amateur analyses for years.

PHP.net: Function List Suggestions in
Search

PHP.net: Function List Suggestions in
Search 12/27/2004 09:08 AM
In a quick note from PHP.net today, they've finally put into place the "function suggestion" ability for the search box at the top of the site.

Suggestions on Electronic Document
Management?

Suggestions on Electronic Document
Management? 01/22/2004 03:01 AM

Auto Movie Rental Suggestions

Auto Movie Rental Suggestions 02/10/2004 02:49 AM

What To Rent: Its first recommendation for me was "Maverick." Too bad I hate westerns. I don't care much for Jodie Foster, either.

The single greatest question troubling mankind at this time is "What movie should I rent ?". We are here to answer that question! What to Rent is a website linked to a computer-cluster that will recommend a movie for you to watch based upon your personality and the type of film experience you are looking for.

It doesn't require any personal information to create a profile, not even an email address. And no new password to remember. Refreshing.

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Google Beta Keyword Search Suggestions

Google Beta Keyword Search Suggestions 12/19/2004 03:07 PM
"As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you're typing and offers suggestions in real time."

"the Rude Pundit's suggestions for what
John Edwards should say"

"the Rude Pundit's suggestions for what
John Edwards should say" 10/07/2004 04:15 PM

Powell Bristles at Suggestions U.S. Is
Stingy With Wave Aid

Powell Bristles at Suggestions U.S. Is
Stingy With Wave Aid 12/28/2004 02:43 PM
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell also signaled that much more American help was on the way.

The following synopsis and suggestions
will help you make the grades you
obviously deserve.

The following synopsis and suggestions
will help you make the grades you
obviously deserve. 04/07/2005 12:53 PM
Your Homework Done For Free! Don't have time to finish that Tolkein book report? Leave your worrying to the experts at rec. arts.books.tolkein.

First they are attacked by evil Orcs in the woods; next they are driven into the dark forest of Lothlorien, where they are imprisoned by the beautiful but evil Queen Beruthiel. They make their escape when Beruthiel's good sister, Galadriel, frees them from their prison-cell and floats them down the river in barrels ... however, they face a terrifying setback when they are found by the evil wizard Radagast. Gandalf sacrifices his life to destroy Radagast the Balrog, and the others escape the mountains while the battle rages.

(via Making Light)

Gartenberg says Scoble's suggestions
would be horrible for Longhorn

Gartenberg says Scoble's suggestions
would be horrible for Longhorn 12/10/2003 04:34 AM

Michael Gartenberg: "Making some of the changes that Robert describes would I think actually be a big step backward in getting Longhorn adopted."

Google Experimenting with Search Keyword
Suggestions

Google Experimenting with Search Keyword
Suggestions 04/16/2004 09:08 PM
Search Engine Journal Apr 17 2004 1:08AM GMT

IMAO: Frank Suggestions to Improve John
Kerry's Campaign

IMAO: Frank Suggestions to Improve John
Kerry's Campaign 04/29/2004 10:23 AM
IMAO Frank Suggestions to Improve John Kerry's Campaignt .. 'helpful' advice

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Recovering Your Webl0gs.com Site Using
Google -- A Couple Extra Suggestions

Recovering Your Webl0gs.com Site Using
Google -- A Couple Extra Suggestions 06/16/2004 07:33 PM
Actually these will work when you need to recover old sites which have been indexed in Google, if your host has died or some horror befell your data, etc. Building...

Improving our mirrors. Can you help?

Improving our mirrors. Can you help? 08/03/2004 10:37 AM
Finks decision to gradually build its own network of mirrors has payed off. To make sure that we can continue to offer a high quality service we need to improve our mirror network. It has been some time since we last asked for more mirrors. It is time to do so again. Fink is very grateful for the resources granted to us by our community. To further improve our service to the community we require an even better mirror system. We especially lack mirrors in central Europe, Russia and the Far East. If you feel that you have at least two Mbit to spare for a rsync mirror or more to offer a distfiles mirror please contact us. To get a better understanding of the different types of mirrors Fink offers, please go and review finkmirrors.net. This is the official homepage for all mirror related issues. If you feel that you can offer other types of resources, web-space for testing as an example, please do not hestitate in contacting us as well.

Business improving across the UK

Business improving across the UK 05/19/2004 07:16 PM
Trading conditions are getting better for companies in each and very part of the UK, says a CBI survey.

Improving Win apps with .NET

Improving Win apps with .NET 01/17/2003 03:26 AM
CNET Jan 17 2003 2:23AM ET

Improving Zend.com

Improving Zend.com 06/05/2002 07:24 AM
The Zend.com Web site tries to address far too many target groups at the same time. What is really needed, is to get a Web professional on board, redesign and refocus, to become the lighthouse of PHP.

Improving Friendster, an MIT approach

Improving Friendster, an MIT approach 01/07/2004 04:19 PM
http://philip.greenspun.com/teaching/6171/2003-fall/friendster&nbs p;contains ideas for improving Friendster collected from students in this semester's 6.171.  Given how much press attention Friendster received last summer I thought folks would be interested.

Improving online credibility

Improving online credibility 07/29/2004 12:59 AM

If you've browsed Amazon's product reviews recently you may have noticed an interesting new feature: Badges< /a>, little icons displayed below certain people's names. This isn't a new idea by any means - many online communities use special icons as rewards for members who make valuable contributions (SitePoint is a good example). What's interesting about Amazon's badges is that one of them is "Real Name". Amazon's Real Names FAQ explains the badge, and includes the following:

Why is Amazon.com encouraging the use of Real Names?

In general, we believe that a community in which people use their Real Names will ultimately have higher quality content, since an author willing to sign his or her real-world name on a piece of content is essentially saying "With my real-world identity, I stand by what I have written here."

Real names certainly add credibility to online discussion: I for one find it much easier to trust information if the author appears to have signed their real name to it. The challenge is verifying that the name is accurate, and Amazon's solution is so simple-but-smart that I kicked myself: they match the name against the user's credit card details. Genius.

I wouldn't be surprised to see this trick taking on a key role in the field of online identity management - provided Amazon's patent lawyers don't get there first.

Improving the Chain Gang

Improving the Chain Gang 06/17/2005 03:40 PM
Staying in a drab chain hotel can suck the life out of any traveler. We asked three design professionals their strategies for bringing the surroundings up a notch.

Improving Google Images

Improving Google Images 06/17/2002 02:01 PM
Google Images is an ambitious project from Google and of course it's nowhere near as good as the original Google Web. But much to Google's credit, it's continuously getting better. However, I think I have a few suggestions to make it better:Use Google Web - Google Web is incredible, it will very often bring back the right match as the first hit. Take advantage of this -- display images on that page.Search ALT tags - Although they're not used everywhere, ALT tags are a big source of useful information about pictures. Also, if Google Images uses them, it will encourage more authors to put better info in them, which helps Web Accessibility.The first or only image is often right - On many web pages there's only one image (like my own) or the first image is right (like Guido van Rossum's) or it's the first non-space image (like Land Rover's). Return these as results!Google Web is an incredible thing and it doesn't make sense Google Images not to take advantage of it. Right now using Google Web and then picking an image off the page is often better than Google Images. I hope that changes in the near future. Example searches that can be improved:W3C - on Google Web's first result, the W3C logo is the top image, the biggest image, the only image with "W3C" in the alt text and the only image with W3C in the filename)Scripting News - on Google Web's first result, the Scripting News logo is the largest image (and the first non-spacer) and has an ALT tag of "ScriptingNews").Do you have suggestions? Mail them in!

Improving WLAN Management

Improving WLAN Management 05/14/2004 03:01 PM
Smaller wireless-switching companies are challenging incumbent hardware vendors such as Cisco for the attention of users looking to improve the manageability of their WLANs.
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