Ever Lose a Post?
I have heard that Mark Twain would write hate mail to his various nemises and that his wife would go to the mailbox and destroy them before the postman could come and take the letters away. In this manner she helped help keep him out of trouble. I find that the "Publish" button on Blogger performs the exact same function. I'll get fired up about one subject or another, write a hastily thought out post and hit the orange "publish" button, only to see the page refresh without my new post going through and all of my writing is lost. I should be hitting the "Post & Publish" button but I see that bright orange button and have to hit it. It's my natural instinct. Often I will have poured my energy out and not feel like going through the boredom of writing the same thing over again. Most would say that I am an idiot for hitting that button. That is true, but I bet that I'm not the only person this has happened to. In fact there are probably millions of "idiots" out there that have lost their work due to that bright orange button. I once wrote a thesis on the "affordability" of web user interfaces. Affordability refers to the ability of a user to push a button or open a door. If there is a handle on a door, the natural inclination is to pull it open. If there is just a pad on a door one would feel inclined to push, regardless if there was a big sign that said "pull". So here's a big thumbs down to the creator of Blogger, who is now, finally making money off of his invention. How about putting some of your new found wealth into hiring a good web user interface designer?
