TL;DR: Guestbooks aren't too useful anymore as most of what they do, social media does better. What are guestbooks and how popular were they? For the youngens out there, a guestbook was a page were strangers visiting your site would just write whatever. Basically a comments section without a concrete bit of content attached to… Continue reading Why did guestbooks on websites disappear?
Category: Design
I-beam UX considerations
The I-beam has apparently largely been unchanged since the beginning of time*. I need to change it because it clashes with custom [ and ] cursors I need for my app (an audio editor), making it difficult to tell which cursor is being shown. This answer on StackExchange indicates that it may historically have arisen… Continue reading I-beam UX considerations
Don’t use Ellipses in menu items; the HIG are out of date
I'm going to assert that the human interface guidelines on this subject are outdated. For this, I need to go into some depth first. If you're just interested in when to use it, I make my recommendation at the bottom. The historyThe problemsWhen to use ellipses today? The history This is an ancient convention among… Continue reading Don’t use Ellipses in menu items; the HIG are out of date
Leo Wattenberg 