Robby on Rails: Terrific?thoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2007-04-30T17:09:43-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:fe78ec2c-d681-4b7e-938d-2e0b634e588c2007-04-30T17:00:00-04:002007-04-30T17:09:43-04:00Terrific?<p>Don’t get me wrong, I really like it when a site takes some initiative and let’s me know as soon as they can if my username is already taken in their system… but I didn’t think that <a href="http://publicsquarehq.com/">PublicSquare’s</a> approach to letting me know that my username was available… was the sort of feedback that I was looking for.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.robbyonrails.com/files/yourmom-signup.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>There is a slight difference between being an available username and being a <strong>terrific choice</strong>.</p>
<p>Perhaps they are trying to make me feel good about myself? Shrug… I’ll take the compliment (this time).</p>
<p><img src="http://www.robbyonrails.com/files/excellent-choice.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Okay, now they’re just trying to kiss my…</p><p>Don’t get me wrong, I really like it when a site takes some initiative and let’s me know as soon as they can if my username is already taken in their system… but I didn’t think that <a href="http://publicsquarehq.com/">PublicSquare’s</a> approach to letting me know that my username was available… was the sort of feedback that I was looking for.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.robbyonrails.com/files/yourmom-signup.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>There is a slight difference between being an available username and being a <strong>terrific choice</strong>.</p>
<p>Perhaps they are trying to make me feel good about myself? Shrug… I’ll take the compliment (this time).</p>
<p><img src="http://www.robbyonrails.com/files/excellent-choice.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Okay, now they’re just trying to kiss my…</p>