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    Designer, Idea, Client & Feedback

    Yup, pretty much sums it up

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    Facebook Chat: Do we really need it?

    Today I log in to Facebook and I find “Facebook Chat” at the bottom of the screen (picture-1.png), wow more clutter on my Facebook. Ok so I gave it a try , saw who of my friends where currently browsing Facebook (no surprise who I saw there haha) double click them, and bam, chat window!

    Now the question came into my mind: do we really need this? I mean, facebook as a social app works ok, and aim/msn/google chat are great to keep in touch with friends and get work done. I don’t see myself using “facebook chat” anywhere in the vicinity.

    Then there’s the privacy issue again… Facebook will surely log these chats and now you’re all exposed showing everybody when you’re online. If there’s one thing I dislike about Facebook, its the privacy issues when my personal life meets a social platform. I don’t like it… I feel exposed.

    Anyways, these are my thoughts on the new feature.

    Update: Ok, I actually used Facebook Chat today for a while. Turns out there is a use for it, and that is people who are not allowed to use (or are blocked from) messenger at work. Now there’s another reason for your IT Department to block Facebook =P .

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    Things Web Designers Shouldn’t Do Pt. 2

    As promised I’m continuing with my list of Things Web Designers Shouldn’t Do, here are more things I hate to see/use when I’m browsing:

    Links that don’t open in Tabs (or in a new browser window for that sense): Tabs are an integral part of my browsing experience, whenever I’m reading, see a link I want to check out, I middle click it, boom new tab it’ll be there when I’m done reading whatever it is I’m reading.

    Images that don’t open in Tabs: Using Javascript on Image galleries is ok if you want to give it some pizazz, but hey, I want to click the image and have it load in a new tab, if your gallery doesn’t do this = FAIL.

    Making your code work ONLY in IE: I don’tgive a f*&k about IE, don’t make me use it, I don’t care if you want to be old school and Active-X the shit out your application. A while ago I was trying to use a feature on my bank’s website, guess what? activex only… yeah that sounds secure.

    Don’t base your design on a picture: I’m actually guilty of falling for this one a few years back. Pictures are great… some are even fantastic but please don’t base your design on a large picture up top and some content below it. Sure, it will look awesome but I did no browse to your site to look at a picture. An example, the people at thiswebhost.com have a nice website, but is it really necessary to have a huge picture of a hot chick up top? Yeah, cause when I think hosting… I think hot chicks. NOT. This is what I’m expecting from a web hosting company.

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