Monday, April 30, 2007

Illogical search syntax


The syntax of SaguBooru's search function is unconventional. Specifically, as in the example, "Azuma Wallpaper" will return all wallpapers, and also Azuma images of all sizes -- cleverly ignoring your clear intent. To make matters worse, this simple search wording will be the one used most by users as they expect standard search syntax to work -- used by every site on the internet from Google to Flickr.

90% CPU usage

SaguBooru makes the Flash plug-in (and thus the browser) use about 90% of CPU-time even when completely idle in a hidden window.I can see the Arctic ice melt right before my eyes!

Duplicates browser tabs

SaguBooru duplicates the functionality of browser tabs within its UI.This is despite the widely-followed advice against duplicating client UI. SaguBooru forces tabs on everyone -- breaking the standard expectation that clicking thumbnails opens the full-size image in the same viewport in the process. The tabs don't work as expected from browser tabs, either -- for example they are not persistent.