Long Hair or Short Hair?
So I just got my hair cut. Here’s a photo of me with longer hair:
And now, the new me:
I think the former picture looks better, but the hair’s nicer in the second.
Hello Yahoo!
You don’t let me leave a comment without registering, so I’m not going to. Trackbacks are so much prettier, no?
Anyway, you tell your publishers:
Don;t manipulate our ad code. We;re flexible and already offer plenty of choices.
I have to say that’s completely nonsensical. I never used your ad code when I ran YPN ads. It was just too limiting and broken. It didn’t validate because you didn’t declare the script mime type as “text/javascript.” So, I added that to the ads myself. Then, your color picker just sucked, so I hand coded the rest of my colors. If you’ve got a problem with that, I would recommend that all your publishers drop you on moral principle. Otherwise, you might want to clarify the above statement.
What you probably meant to say is something like:
You must include the ad code from our servers, but you can customize the rest of the javascript on your site.
Wouldn’t a statement like that make more sense? It might make publishers more comfortable, too.
Office 12: The New UI
There’s a lot to be said about Microsoft’s Office 12 / 2007 Beta 2 product, but this post will only focus on the graphical interface elements that have changed or been improved from its predecessors. Office 2007 is rich in tools like the new menu-bars, smooth zooming and scrolling, word counts and improved statistics in the tray, a totally new blue theme, a new loading screen and more.
When you first start Office 12 Beta, you get a cool loading screen:
The first thing you’ll want to do is open a document. However, the new menu system puts the File menu on a strange windows shaped button:
The recent documents space is much larger and easy to navigate, and allows you to pin oft-used documents in place for future reference. The “Options” and “Exit” options are also on this massive, and poorly designed menu. You’ll notice it tried to bring a task oriented approach to managing the document with the “Finish,” “Share,” and “Print” commands, but leaves “New,” “Open,” “Upgrade,” and “Save” to languish by themselves instead of under a common “Create” task.