24th
March
2005
Infuriating
posted in Rantings |Look at this! Just look at it. Type in a domain name and hit the ’search’ button. It uses the same fricking techniques that maps.google.com and the google suggest beta use; this javascript thingie that looks up data after the page is loaded, and replaces part of the web page. Type in your domain name, and go to the next page- down the column it says “checking..” and then switches to “available” or “not available” as the case may be. Slick, very slick.
I hate you.
Work is a competitor to dotster.com; and I just had this discussion with my boss about this exact technique and how to add it to our services. The time just passed too quickly. Damn you, dotster, damn you.
