Dan Farber previewed the next phase of CNET’s rolling redesign in today’s blog post. See the full image of CNET News here. My previous comments hold. The body of the home page looks fine, with no complaints. However, I find the reflection in the sub-brands of “News” and “Download.com” quite distracting, and hard to read. [...]
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Tech news needs a new domain; News.com being prepped for general news
July 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: CNET · Design · Domains · Everything · Media · Tech
Sunday night links
December 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Since I’m disappointed with our Sony digital camera, I pay attention to roundups like this one: “Looking beyond megapixels” But I get annoyed when the links leading to the NYTimes branded version of CNET don’t lead straight to the right camera, though. The Fujifilm FinePix f50fd looks like a possibility. (I wasn’t impressed that the [...]
Tags: Books · CNET · Design · Domains · Everything · Links · Visualization · camera
Competition for the computer
March 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Last week, the boy wanted to make Inca masks. I told him we might find something on the Internet, so he typed away. Didn’t get a great response from the Safari address bar, but I think he’s starting to get the idea. Note: I never did find useful instructions for such a craft project, even [...]
Tags: Domains · Everything · Family · Tech
CacheCheck is a nifty present
December 19th, 2006 · No Comments
OK, I’m biased. But I think OpenDNS CacheCheck is remarkable. Very simple, sure: you can see what address OpenDNS has for a domain, and ask OpenDNS to refresh that address if it’s not correct. Nothing more. Read what I wrote on the OpenDNS blog for more. But if it’s so simple, how come no one [...]
Tags: Blog management · DNS · Domains · Everything · OpenDNS
Not even 200 valid domains in Cameroon
August 9th, 2006 · 1 Comment
At work we spent a lot of time today providing OpenDNS users with a way to avoid the wildcarding of the .cm TLD (CNET News.com article). You can read all about the choices available at “Cameroon takes the ‘o’ out of .com.” The most interesting part to me? There are fewer than 200 valid domains [...]
Tags: Domains · Everything · OpenDNS
Niche search engine with large type: Big.com
June 15th, 2006 · No Comments
I find Big.com clever. It’s just another search engine, but the fonts are bigger. Fun twist, and with a short URL, sure to get some traffic. Of course, the Terms of Service are not in the bigger font. Hmmm… This is all part of Idealab, as is the current Snap.com. Although the results for Big.com [...]
.mobi for the mobile web is a non-starter
May 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments
Various publications covered the introduction of .mobi as a Top Level Domain (TLD). Basically, everyone who has a website in .com, .net, .org or one of the other TLDs is being encouraged to think about .mobi for their mobile content. (Details in the CNET News.com article about “dot-mobi”.) Let me come right out and say [...]