3. Put the email address raw on a web page. Don't put a contact-us link.
No. That'll get you far too much spam.
Do web designers actually use the internet?
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#12> If you have a text-heavy site, please pick something softer than a stark white background. My eyes. They burn. If you're taking suggestions, I vote gray. I agree. It's a shame Caitlin's site has mid-grey tiny fonts on a white background.
> Why put a 'contact me' link instead of just listing the email address? I hate when I click 'contact me' and my native mail app opens. Nobody uses thunderbird mail, apple's Mail is okay I guess, and Outlook is just...no. Type out the stupid address and let me choose how I send it.
Please note the lack of an email in the top right.
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#13> Why have different features across multiple apps? I love the 'save to pocket' button on Twitter, but it's only available on the desktop version.
Twitter on the "desktop" (I assume she means the standard website) has a "Save to Pocket" button? I'd wager that's a an add-on or extension in her browser that's putting it there, and has nothing to do with Twitter.
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#14I wonder if the author has ever actually worked professionally on a real team with real constraints and real people all with different ideas about what is right for the product. I'm guessing probably not. Fluff like this is pointless; if doing it the Right Way™ was as simple as following a rant, it would have been done already and the reason to pay designers and developers (namely, to solve difficult problems that us…
And as a web designer, how often the client completely derails your concept based on their own stubborn preferences.
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#15> If you have a text-heavy site, please pick something softer than a stark white background. My eyes. They burn. If you're taking suggestions, I vote gray. I agree. It's a shame Caitlin's site has mid-grey tiny fonts on a white background.
I was really confused by that too. First thing I did was open up the color picker and what have we here, #fff
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#16The internet is a reflection of the physical world and last time I checked the physical world isn't perfect. Welcome to reality.
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#173. Put the email address raw on a web page. Don't put a contact-us link. No. That'll get you far too much spam.
I always find it funny when I see something like this:
me at example dot com
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#18I like the idea of reminding users of password rules, perhaps after the first password entry failure.
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#19> Why put a 'contact me' link instead of just listing the email address? I hate when I click 'contact me' and my native mail app opens. Nobody uses thunderbird mail, apple's Mail is okay I guess, and Outlook is just...no. Type out the stupid address and let me choose how I send it.
Ummm... top right is a "contact me" mailto link.
> If you have a text-heavy site, please pick something softer than a stark white background. My eyes. They burn. If you're taking suggestions, I vote gray.
What. The background this was written on was pure white.
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#20Number 3... What? Why would you not have a link? Why is the default mail client on your system something you hate?