sometimes you can give users too many options

I’m all for giving users options, but does anyone really want to navigate through a 9×10 of sharing services just to find the only relevant ones? I think we can all agree that you either share on Facebook or Twitter. If you need to share anywhere else, there’s always copy-and-paste.

toomuchsharing

add a comment Posted 10/03/2011 as design, sharing, web, blog

If this is the future of the mobile web

Then kill me, kill me now. I don't want to waste my high resolution screen on some awful default Wordpress theme or some annoying OMG ADD THIS TO THE HOMESCREEN NOW.

Let me preface this by saying, thank god for Reeder and Google Reader.

We have the choice of default Wordpress themes that try to make you feel like you're in some pre-retina display iOS app, you know the theme you see everywhere.

Boy Genius Report - Default Mobile WP Theme

But don't worry, we'll just change the colour scheme -- it's all good.

Gizmodo - Adjust Default Mobile WP Theme

Let's make the assumption that you're using Safari and you are happy to deal with this annoying add-to-homescreen spam before you can enjoy the site you came to see. It's irrelevant if you're in an app using UIWebView and there isn't an add to homescreen button. Also what the hell is with the caps?

TechCrunch - ADD US TO YOUR HOMESCREEN

Ads are meant to look good and be unobtrusive, right?

Mashable - UnRetina

add a comment Posted 29/11/2011 as mobile, web, sucks, awful, death