A little about blog navigation.
Here’s a terrifically confusing navigational element that seems to be the default on many blogging systems. You get to the bottom of the page and you have the option to browse to the Previous or Next pages. But does Next mean the next entries that were added (ie, newer posts) or does it mean the next page that you haven’t read (which would mean older posts).
When you’re publishing by date, there are two states: older and newer. Any other label for date based organization and you’re left considering, does this label mean older or newer.
And any time you have to consider what the next action means, there’s a problem with the user interface. So, change your blog navigation buttons to Newer and Older and save everyone the trouble.
Towards better commenting on the Web.
When we originally built the commenting system on the old PTE (pre-Tumblr era) Say Yeah website, we required users to create an account and sign in before they could comment. This created an unnecessary barrier to entry that reduced the likelihood that a user would comment. It just took too long.
At the same time, we wanted to ensure that we weren’t dealing with moderating spam comments all the time and the account creation process pretty much eliminated this. Additionally, the same user account for commenting allowed a user to post or like an event on the TO Events Calendar, so the barrier to commenting for calendar users wasn’t as high.
With all that in mind, and to encourage the conversation by making the process less painful for users, we took a fresh look at the relationship between commenting and user accounts on the Say Yeah site. For users who weren’t using the TO Events Calendar, it was clear they had no reason to make an account unless they wanted to comment, so we worked to combine these actions.
Keeping track of great content on Tumblr.
Robyn’s got a fair request for Tumblr. In addition to our blogging requests, this one is about making sure you don’t miss great content from other bloggers.
(Source: robynchell)
Dear Tumblr, please bring me these features.
Last week I wrote about the pro’s and con’s of moving to Tumblr. Now that we’re here and all settled in cozily, I’d like to focus on some improvements to the system that we’d love to see.
The pros & cons of moving to Tumblr.
A few weeks ago we made the decision to move our blogs off of our own, proprietary platform and on to Tumblr. July 30th, we flipped the switch, and today I want to share with you the things we’ve gained by moving to Tumblr, and the things we’d love to see improved.
I Need Sugar now on tumblr.
Last week we announced that we had moved Say Yeah’s website to tumblr. Today, we’re announcing I Need Sugar now has a refreshed site, also running on tumblr.
The original 2009 I Need Sugar website was designed before there was a logo, so the move to tumblr was more than just a behind the scenes switch. With a design refresh called for, the site now also supports flickr, facebook and Twitter widgets.
See it in action: http://ineedsugar.com
Let’s Tumbl.
We made the decision this year that we wanted to focus on one thing and one thing only, building apps that help make your life easier and more enjoyable.
