Gmail - A cheeky error message is displayed when attempting to use consecutive periods.
/via Simon Souris
Trello - Color Blind Friendly Mode makes labels distinguishable by pattern.
/via Silvano Stralla
Great idea!
Amazon - After completing your order, the page title changes to: “Amazon.com Thanks You”
/via Steven Scarborough
Little touches like this make me love a website all the more.
Instructables - Offers a variety of gender options when signing up for an account
/via Vonn
Simple, casual, and very fun. I love this.
Mac OS X Lion - Hold down the character key on your keyboard for a popup menu of the accented variants of said character. Use keyboard numbers for quick selection.
/via Jan van der Asdonk
Chrome - When visiting a website that’s down, it tells you that other users are having the same problem and recommends waiting a few minutes.
/via Matthew Bischoff
One of the many reasons Chrome is my favorite browser!
Goodreads - The “rating details” icon is actually a SVG with a small version of the actual bar graph that opens when you click it.
/via Victor Stanciu
Goodreads really understands its users, and subtle touches like this make all the difference. I love Goodreads, and have been saying for years that I want a site of similar caliber for films.
Clearly, others have had the same idea:
IMDB uses names of well-known movies or actors in their Captcha when confirming a new user account.
/via Emil Björklund
Such a great, simple idea. Brilliant.
