“Considerable excitement today over the French surrender, and people everywhere to be heard discussing it.”
A lot has been written about the French football team basically giving up. However, I’ve not seen anyone notice the date. It was the 70th anniversary of the surrender of France in World War II.
I’m almost disappointed by The Sun.
This single dialog box is the worst bit of design that I know. Every time I see it I wonder about the tortured soul who had to program it.
![The most awkward possible use of the word “only”? The dialog above is part of IE8, and it is intentionally confusing. The intent is to trick you into clicking “Yes” unless you carefully parse every word above.By clicking No, you’re saying “No, I want to see everything on the page.” They’re trying to err on the side of security, but in doing so, they’re knowingly confusing the user. And that should never be considered the safer choiceInstead, why not two simple buttons:[Show Me Everything] [Block Insecure Content](Prompted by Gruber’s link to this Smileycat bit about another confusing Yes/No dialog box.)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l43kzswmvc1qz56g8o1_500.png)
“But I wonder how long it will be before we see the same being made available for French property listings and what impact that will have on many of the estate agency businesses in France?”
via Property listings added to Google UK Maps, France next?: This French Life
How about since last year?
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How long does it take to check before publishing?
The world is going to look very odd without cars…
Running on Empty from Ross Ching on Vimeo.
Somewhere – Movie Trailers – iTunes.
Is it me or are there more and more films about people being lost and without a fixed home?
Read the quote, then guess the year and the author…
“Always, as I walk through the Underground stations, sickened by the advertisements, the silly staring faces and strident colours, the general frantic struggle to induce people to waste labour and material by consuming useless luxuries or harmful drugs.”
Review: DODOcase for iPad – Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author
I’ll let you know.
“I already have a phone.”
Cloud computing has a place; I’m very sure of that. I just can’t clearly define what that place is.
Many salesmen see it as a solution because they get recurring fees and get better prices.
Many users see it as a way to move risk and complexity to someone else.
Now some people are waking up to the fact that these objectives are going to be difficult to fulfill.
Business must re-evaluate software-as-a service, says Gartner – 14/06/2010 – Computer Weekly.
This isn’t going to help. It’s never helped in Africa.
Vast Mineral Wealth Discovered in Afghanistan : clusterflock.