David Herrold
The ‘Net is a waste of time, and that’s exactly what’s right about it. - William Gibson
Hi, my name is David Herrold and I work at the Houston Chronicle. I'm interested in: mobile technology, social media, networking, web design, usability, publishing, software, hardware, search engine optimization and management tips. Feel free to drop me a note and let me know what you think.
19th
JUN
Firefox 3 “find” UI blunder?
Posted by Dave | Filed under Browsers, Software, Usability

I was searching for words within a page today using the new Firefox 3 on a Mac when I ran into what looks like a bizarre user interface blunder. The “Next” and “Previous” buttons to find your search term on the page appear to be switched from the standard left=back and right=forward configuration.
I think it would be OK in the Japanese version of the browser (because Japanese is read right to left). However, on all English versions of the browser the buttons should be swapped.
(Now that I think about it, the same goes for Spanish, French, German, etc…)
Am I crazy or is this really odd?
Tags: browser, Design, firefox3, mozilla, Software, UI, user interface
12th
JUN
BMW concept car with cloth skin
Posted by Dave | Filed under Design, Science, Technology
GINA Light Visionary Model BMW concept car makes me appreciate design even more. Imagine how light and fuel efficient a car could be made without the additional weight of a steel skin wrapped around it.
The headlights make it look almost alive.
Seen on Neat-o-rama.
29th
FEB
Jackson Pollack spatters the web
Posted by Dave | Filed under Design

Jackson Pollack’s website has is a nifty Flash-based paint spattering program. It looks very simple, but really captures the dripping lines of paint quite well. The site’s been around for a while, but I was just reminded of it by the good folks at Computerlove.
Link (via Computerlove)
More about Jackson Pollack on Wikipedia.
Tags: Design, flash, jackson pollack, painting
26th
JAN
Startup weekend 2008
Posted by Dave | Filed under Design, Development, Marketing, Software, Technology, Web design
What is Startup weekend you might ask? Well according to the website Startup weekend is:
“an intense 54 hour event bringing together brilliant tech minds (developers, designers, marketers, ect.) together to create a company from concept to launch!”
We Houstonians have the opportunity to bring Startup Weekend to Texas by voting on the Startup weekend website. Austin and Dallas are both listed as potential cities for the next event (I voted for Austin because I think it might be a little more fun than Dallas).
Vote here | Read more about Startup Weekend | Subscribe to Startup weekend RSS
Tags: Design, Software, start up weekend, startup weekend, technology conferences, Web design, web development
18th
NOV
Pagination tips
Posted by Dave | Filed under Usability, Web design
How do you handle multiple pages of search results on your site? Smashing Magazine has seven tips for presenting your users with easy-to-use page numbering (as well as a few bad examples).
- Provide large clickable areas
- Don’t use underlines
- Identify the current page
- Space out page links
- Provide Previous and Next links
- Use First and Last links (where applicable)
- Put First and Last links on the outside
It seems like Google is a good example of how to do it correctly.
Tags: Design, paging, search results, Usability
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