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Weblog:   Coding a Smarter RSS Podcast Button
Subject:   Hostile to Safari users
Date:   2005-09-17 05:59:10
From:   merlyn
Doing that to your link makes it hostile to Safari users who are using Safari as an RSS reader (and possibly Mozilla users that do the same). If it's a real link, we can simply control-click on it, and "add to bookmarks", and it's a done deal. If you pop up a window, we have to select the text (manually), visit the page (another keystroke), then "bookmark this page" (another keystroke).


Ugh.


No savings there. Try not to be "cute"... you're probably being hostile to some part of your audience.
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  • David Battino photo Hostile to Safari users
    2005-09-17 10:37:36  David Battino | O'Reilly Blogger [Reply | View]

    Did you try it? The link contains both JavaScript and a normal HTML link. When I control-click on it in Safari, I do see the “Add Link to Bookmarks” item in the pop-up menu. My point is that neither the labeling of an RSS/XML button or what happens when you treat it like a normal button—left-click it—makes sense.

    Admittedly, adding a layer of explanation is a hack. It’s equivalent to adding the buzz back to electric carving knives so people wouldn’t accidentally slice off their thumbs while testing to see if the knife is turned on. (A supposedly true story I read in a usability book.) But the explanation should help people who are less-savvy with Web jargon. —David Battino
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