February 25, 2005
Going offline
FSP 1.1 returned 2004 November as Stylized Facts featuring better
control against comment spam. Curse blog comment spam.
Meanwhile, check out Stylized Facts.
Note to the literate: comments are disabled but trackbacks are allowed.
Update 2005 Feb 01: trackback is now turned off, too.
May 01, 2004
Auto Correction for Urls: strip the < >
Web browsers should be able to strip out surrounding < brackets > from URLs.
For example, take < http://omor.com/b/ > and convert it to
http://omor.com/b/ .
Many browsers have an URL auto-correction and auto-completion feature:
if the user-specified URL fails [*], the browser generates a derivative
list of similar URLs, and tries them.
For example, if you enter http://omor or even just omor in your
browser's URL box, the browser cycles through (not necessarily in this order):
http://omor.net
http://omor.org
http://omor.com
etc, and when http://omor.com succeeds, the browser loads that page
and stops.
An excellent complement to these auto-correction and completion features
would be an auto-deletion feature which strips out spurious < > , automatically
fixing
< http://omor.com/b/ >
http://omor.com/b/
Why this matters: most URLS I receive via a-mail are padded with surrounding
< brackets > .
[*] If the domain register hijacks unregistered domains, the trial-by-error
nature of testing a sequence omor: http://omor.net; http://omor.org will fail, because the incorrect URLS
http://omor.com ...
will generate a valid web page, rather than the 404 error they should.
October 26, 2003
About Page Two
Page Two is a feature here at FSP which provides a category of meta data,
to explain what the recurring links in FSP are. Presently, the recurring
links are presented in the LINKS section in the leftmost column, towards
the bottom.
Rather than just throw up a list of unexplained links with an implicit
click here, FSP gives you a reason to click.
Or better, Page Two gives you context, and you decide if you're
further interested.
June 23, 2003
Silly CostCo maps
CostCo is a warehouse style big box retailer.
The goal is to find a CostCo near you (assume you are in zip code 63011,
or Clarkson Valley, MO).
Search by town and state, or by zip code.
This finds a reasonable list of CostCos.
The results show the CostCo on a map with detailed context,
and the results list each address. All good so far.
Selecting the South Saint Louis link brings a page exclusively about
that particular location.
Note that
1. The location's street (Rusty Road) in not shown on map
2. An exit route from freewys is not shown.
E.g., From I-270, should I exit from I-270, or change to I-55 then exit ?
3. The street (Rusty Road) is different from street listed on previous search
results page (South Lindberg (Lindbergh?).
Apple is much better:
Also good is the map from Pro-Retail.
June 06, 2003
Better phone synch
 . | Apple announces more iSync for mobile phones.
Oh, how I wanted this ten years ago. I hope to read reviews soon on PhoneScoop. |
Better google rankings
Google rankings. Google should offer an option to number
the results so I know if a result is #12 or #17 in standings.
May 01, 2003
Fury Index
Update 2003 May 14: complete index.
What will google do to this index ? (My gift to Kevin.)
Why ? Because mousovering to see where an url leads in uninstructive for a
javascript:void(0); link, and clicking on such a link often hijacks
an existing browser window. And because most crawlers don't follow
Javascript new window poping links.
Exercise: To compare two sets of comments, open two comment windows
on fury.com at once.