Recently I've spent quite a lot of time looking at how users actualy use a website, where the mouse goes, what the eye scans etc.
It has also been interesting comparing how users with a mouse work differently to those with a trackpad. So as a bit of "Friday fun" have a look at this experimental web site that I bookmarked some time ago.
Can you resist to click
[warning: this will either inspire you to throw the mouse away or to throw it at the screen.]
I logged into my gmail account today to see that I can now chose templates.
Along with the usual colour variants and subtle style changes there are some funkier templates for Ninjas, Kids, graffiti artists etc.
I wonder how long it will be before gmail template clubs open up?
This week I was approached by a book publisher, to review their books on this site. After pointing them to my blog honesty post they agreed to send me two of their latest books for review.
Unfortunately it is not possible to review them because the publisher, Packt, doesn't trust me or you.
Is your domain HEF?
Selecting a name for your new site is perhaps the most important thing you will ever do. Of course the content and design is important but if no one can remember your name all that time and effort will be wasted.
You'll find loads of sites on the net telling you the golden rules of domain name selection:
Keep It Simple Stupid
Where do you stop. You've got a great idea for an extension but at what point do you say enough is enough and release. There has to be a point in the development of an extension where adding additional features actualy detracts from the effectiveness of the extension rather than adding to it.
If/When you start development on your extension don't reinvent the wheel!
Joomla has established several default behaviours and irrespective of whether you agree with them your users are already familiar with them. By following these defaults you will greatly reduce the learning curve for your extensions and consequently reduce the number of support requests.
