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Siri Should Integrate Text Search

I think that Siri and Spotlight should be integrated so that holding the home button was just "Search".

  • It would bring up a search text box at the top and Siri at the bottom so you could search by text or voice depending on what you wanted to use.
  • It would search both your device and the web when you are connected to the internet, but only search your device and use better voice control options when you aren't.

November 14th, 2013

Eliminate Mouseovers And Tooltips

I don't like pop ups, tooltips, mouseover menus, and information popups used in the design of software and websites.

On Windows 95 and 98 I used a program called TweakUI to disable tooltips throughout the operating system, but I miss it when using Windows 7. So I don't think I have ever really liked tooltips or mouseovers, but having used iOS for a couple years now I feel even stronger about this. I feel that tooltips or anything that automatically pops up in a little window or changes the interface when you move your mouse over it is distracting to the user interface and gets in the way of the user interacting with the computer. I think if software and websites were designed completely without mouse rollover effects and tooltip popups that the user's experience with computers would benefit greatly.

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Ban Body Checking From Hockey

While some physical contact will always be accepted, I don't think there should be any deliberate hitting or body checking allowed at any level of hockey including the NHL, and so deliberately body checking or hitting other players should be banned.

Introduction

Being able to deliberately hit someone as hard as you can should be completely taken out of hockey at all levels. In fact I think this idea is way overdue. To me, it's almost like stating the obvious at this point. I'm surprised I haven't heard more people suggest that body checking should be completely removed from hockey. Here's why.

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Begin With The End In Mind

Begin with the end of your task, goal, project, or dream in your mind by mentally envisioning it and creating a written description or picture of exactly what you want the end result to look like when the project or vision is completed.

  • To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination.
  • It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.
  • "Begin with the end in mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice.
  • There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things.
  • Take the construction of a home, for example.
  • You create it in every detail before you ever hammer the first nail into place.
  • You try to get a very clear sense of what kind of house you want.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Goodreads

Rounded Rectangles Law

I think it may be best to make all hardware and software buttons and elements slightly rounded squares and rectangles instead of circles or pill shaped stadiums, except for uncommon elements with a specific purpose like circular dials or gauges.

What

  • Circles or round images may be better for looking at or more pleasing to the eye for untouchable objects, and can make some of the better looking logos or icons, which can be used within certain buttons or key elements to label some of them with a pleasing image
  • Slightly rounded squares and rectangles may be better for encapsulating information and selecting items or touchable objects within practically all user interface elements such as buttons, keys, menu items, tabs, dropdowns, search boxes, etcetera

Why

  • Most importantly, slightly rounded squares and rectangles are better shapes for clicking easily and efficiently using any input method, including precise ones like a mouse cursor
  • They more accurately portray their clickable area and economically take up more usable surface area available to them, making them quicker to navigate with less missed clicks
  • They fit together and look more natural next to each other while also resulting in less wasted space between them, or even no wasted space when connected with a thin line
  • They more naturally and adequately fit various content like text and images of all shapes within their boundaries, allowing content to be larger and show more than in a circle
  • They match each other better since all are similarly shaped, as well as the surrounding elements including boxes, panels, windows, or borders which cannot be circles or pills
  • They are uniform objects with four equal corners, which are pleasing to the eye and natural looking as buttons or any other elements within the overall user interface

Future Aliens Theory (Evolution)

Theory - There are currently no aliens, but humans may become the future aliens.

Long

Currently there are no aliens that have travelled to Earth, but in the future humans may create alien races if they colonize other planets, which may evolve into completely new species with their own prerogatives, just as different species or human factions on Earth have done.

September 1st, 2026