Yarg. For anyone who just saw a post come through which was just a title and no content, my bad! But my fault? I don't think so. Blogger, I love ya, but you've got some problems. There's some combination of keys that can be pressed - I don't even know what it is - that will instantly publish a post. And this combination is just too easy to accidentally trigger while typing - a simple slip or flub of the keys and there goes an incomplete post, irrevocably distributed to RSS subscriptions and Facebook feeds. Is this a usable design? I don't think so - compare how many times you need to (1) post something so quickly that a key combo does it in one step, versus (2) you want to read over and double-check a post before sending it out. I contend that #2 is faaaar more frequent! So Blogger, how about removing the hotkey, and even adding an extra "Are you sure?" click? I, and many other blog writers, would be much obliged!
Usability Rant: Blogger's "accidental" publishing...
Yarg. For anyone who just saw a post come through which was just a title and no content, my bad! But my fault? I don't think so. Blogger, I love ya, but you've got some problems. There's some combination of keys that can be pressed - I don't even know what it is - that will instantly publish a post. And this combination is just too easy to accidentally trigger while typing - a simple slip or flub of the keys and there goes an incomplete post, irrevocably distributed to RSS subscriptions and Facebook feeds. Is this a usable design? I don't think so - compare how many times you need to (1) post something so quickly that a key combo does it in one step, versus (2) you want to read over and double-check a post before sending it out. I contend that #2 is faaaar more frequent! So Blogger, how about removing the hotkey, and even adding an extra "Are you sure?" click? I, and many other blog writers, would be much obliged!
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