Posted on Jul 23, 2008

How To Stop Letting Little Things In Life Piss You Off

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Have you ever seen someone complain about a parking ticket as if it’s the end of the world?
Have you been cut off in traffic and let it ruin your whole day?
How many times have you let your experience at the airport (crying baby, delayed flight, missing luggage) be the first thing you bring up in conversations with friends?

I want you to repeat after me: “these things happen”.

We all have these types of events come up in life, but successful people just go on as if nothing has happened, and unsuccessful people let it derail them.

The next time you feel a surge of anger coming on over an insignificant event in your life, go over these points in your head: Continue Reading

Posted on Jul 6, 2008

Sign-Up Forms

Source: Smashing Magazine

  • the registration link is titled “sign up” (40%) and placed in the right upper corner,
  • sign-up forms have a simplified layout to avoid distractions for users (61%),
  • sign-up forms are one-page-forms (93%),
  • sign up forms attract visitors by explaining the benefits of registration (41%),
  • titles of the input fields are highlighted bold (62%)
  • no trend in the label alignment can be identified,
  • designers tend to use few mandatory fields,
  • designers tend to use few optional fields,
  • vertically arranged fields are preferred to horizontally arranged fields (86%).