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September 5, 2003
Return of the Search King
Looking at referrers to this blog, I found someone had used the new Yahoo Search with my first name. I started fooling around with the search and found some stuff people wrote about me that Google never found.
Good old Yahoo.
Posted by doron at September 5, 2003 9:22 AM
Comments
The top results are the same in both, and you're down at number 6. You can do better than that! Find that Doron Zeilberger (who has the top two spots) and kick his ass... ;)
Posted by: michaell at September 5, 2003 10:50 AM
At the bottom of the search page:
"Search Technology provided by Google"
Heh.
Posted by: Marc R. at September 5, 2003 1:36 PM
Hmm, I wonder why it finds other stuff for my full name sometimes. Weird indeed.
Posted by: Doron at September 5, 2003 1:39 PM
Just out of interest (I happened to be looking at Google's pages for webmasters yesterday anyway)
http://www.google.com/webmasters/4.html#A3
"Although Google powers Yahoo's search, our two sites are not identical in how we handle user queries. Thus, you may not get exactly the same results when you search using Google.com and Yahoo!. This is not an error on the part of either engine but merely reflects differences in the frequency with which the sites are updated and the number of pages in the index each uses to generate results."
Posted by: michaell at September 5, 2003 4:08 PM
Adhere to System Appearance. Does your application use all the sweetly colored buttons, delightfully shaded windows, and all the other "bells and whistles?"
Posted by: Vincent at January 25, 2004 3:59 PM
Help! Did you include help tags in your applications? (I'd be lost without them.) Also, be sure to take extra time to develop your other help files. The Apple Help Viewer supports HTML, QuickTime, and also AppleScript. Take advantage of it! There isn't anything I hate more than going to the Help menu and finding there isn't any help.
Posted by: James at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM
The simple fact is that, when all other factors are equal, where will consumers spend their money? I believe that in the long run, the best looking, easiest-to-use applications will also be the most successful. I think that's why Apple encourages developers to write programs that are 100 percent Aqua-compliant.
Posted by: Holland at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM
You Must Promise. To call your mother, to help old ladies cross the road, and to turn your cell phone off at the movies.
Posted by: Michael at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM
Due to the positioning of the Dock, remember that when you build an application, you have to be sure that new document window sizes and positions do not violate the Dock's space. Dock is temperamental and Dock loves his space. If you default to a window size that expands behind the dock, users will have a difficult time reaching the navigation and resize areas at the bottom of the screen. I can personally say that more than once I have been rather peeved that I couldn't get to an area of the window to resize because the default window settings always pop up behind the Dock. In addition, the new Dock in 10.1 will allow users to position their Dock location on either side of the screen as well.
Posted by: Blanche at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM
Help! Did you include help tags in your applications? (I'd be lost without them.) Also, be sure to take extra time to develop your other help files. The Apple Help Viewer supports HTML, QuickTime, and also AppleScript. Take advantage of it! There isn't anything I hate more than going to the Help menu and finding there isn't any help.
Posted by: Kenelm at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM
Adhere to Layout Guidelines. Did you leave 12 pixels between your push buttons? Does the positioning of your pop-up menus make sense, and when do you use a pop-up versus a scrolling list? Are you using the right types of buttons for the proper functions?
Posted by: Lewis at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM
Adhere to System Appearance. Does your application use all the sweetly colored buttons, delightfully shaded windows, and all the other "bells and whistles?"
Posted by: Isaac at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM
At WWDC, I listened to Apple representatives make some excellent points about taking the time to build a 100%-compliant Aqua application, and I think all developers need to look beyond the code and listen to what the folks at Apple have to say
Posted by: Christian at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM
Dock Animation. Sometimes animating icons in the dock can be useful in communicating the status of the system or application.
Posted by: Felix at January 25, 2004 4:00 PM