Seriously, Don't Do This: Unsubscribe Edition

Sat, 22 Mar 2014 08:09:17 -0700

A while back I pointed out a few things that some websites do that are just plain wrong. Keeping with the “Seriously, don’t do this” theme, the next episode is regarding the ability and method of unsubscribing from an email.

This has been inspired by the living hell that is CBS Sports junk email thanks to filling out a March Madness bracket.

Rules of the unsubscription process #

Always have a clear unsubscription method in your email communications, though the myth that it is legally required has been busted, this shows you or your company have at least a shred of decency and respect for your customers.

Don't Make Me Load One Page Per Slide

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:17:54 -0700

Top 10 This… Top 25 That… or just plain slide shows of a new car… somehow we still have websites that don’t use dynamic slideshows. What is dynamic? Clicking ‘Next’ and having the photo advance without having to load anything else on the page, let alone the whole page. That is dynamic.

AutoBlog is just a notch under unbearable. They load a whole new page for the first photo, but subsequent photos load dynamically.

Rants on OpTe.ch

Seriously, Don't Do This: Unsubscribe Edition

Rules of the unsubscription process #

Don't Make Me Load One Page Per Slide