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Monday, June 25, 2007

Glitz Amok

This website takes an interesting compilation of data (list of the 86800 most frequently used words) and displays it in the most frustrating and useless way possible. Sure, it looks neat to see the words in relative size based on frequency of use, but...

- Mashing the words together without spaces makes them harder to read (even with the alternating colors)

- You can only see a few words at a time, and clicking the scroll arrow increments the list BY ONLY ONE WORD.

This site is a good example of prioritizing form over function.

Interestingly enough, Glitz and Amok both fall in the middle of the pack in frequency (~41k). Some of my favorite words (canoodle, syzygy) don't even make the list.

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