I wanted to leave the following comment on an article about MillerCoors moving its headquarters to Chicago:
"Well, it's not the best but what the hell, reason enough to order another MGD for me."
Unfortunately, the word 'hell' appears to be too hot for the prudes over at the Chicago Sun-Times since I got the following error (in red no less):
"Please edit or remove the following word(s), then resubmit your content: hell."
We've come a long way from the days of 'you must learn our system in order to use it'. From the Usability Guidelines at Yale University Library:
Factor:
- Simplicity. Scale back features and dramatically simplify the experience for initial use. This should reduce unnecessary distractions, excess information, from initial screens. An initial search screen should not include advanced features, such as search by publisher or call number.
Examples:
- Avoid wordiness -- only show most necessary text, be concise.
- Initial page should include only the most important and common tasks for this service with unobtrusive links to other advanced functionality.
