Adsense Google Images Incorrect
There’s a UI bug in the new Google Adsense banners that include text links and the image logo. The problem is that the images do not inherit the correct background color:
As you can see in the contrast-enhanced image, the image retains a white background on top of whatever I specified. Where’s the famous Google attention to detail?
Firefox RC2 Tabs UI
The new Firefox 2.0 RC2 is up for public download and spots one new UI change I really appreciate: shiny tabs. Their new tabs look fabulous, with brighter colors and web 2.0 gradients:
If we compare this to the IE7 tabs we see a similarity emerge:
Firefox here is innovating their UI off Microsoft’s IE 7 by providing “shiny tabs,” not that I mind, of course.
iTunes UI Redesign
iTunes 7 introduced a new way to manage your iPod, which looks like this:
Unfortunately, in distinguishing media types on your iPod, it lumps all video content into the “other” category, which is a big mistake in my opinion. Their UI should actually look like this:
That’s right–we need to use green for videos, and add it to the bottom bar. Fitting another option in there for a critical media type should not have been left out of iTunes!