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Author Eronarn

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Eronarn is a recent graduate with a degree in psychology and political science. He has concluded from his studies that computers are much easier to understand than people and much more acceptable to hit when they misbehave. When he isn’t doing web work, he spends too much time on Twitter and not enough time blogging.

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Imagine A Pie Chart Stomping On An Infographic Forever

A certain category of design gaffes can be boiled down to violations of audience expectations. Websites that don’t work in Internet Explorer are a heck of a nasty surprise for users who, bless their souls, want the same Internet experience as everyone else. Websites that prevent copying, whether through careless text-as-image conversions or those wretched copyright pop-ups from the turn of the century, cripple a feature that works nearly everywhere else on the Internet. Avoiding this category of blunders is crucial to good design, which is why I am upset that one particular pitfall has been overlooked with extreme frequency. Read more…