Tuesday Must Reads

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Tuesday Must Reads

Tom Evslin on why simple subscription pricing beats complicated usage pricing every time.

Nick Denton's postings of his sites' traffic vs. the direct competition. These comparisons are not always flattering to Nick's sites. And the transparency he is embracing impresses the hell out of me.

Searchview's post on Claria going "behavioral" (aka respectable). Can the prodigal son get back in the good graces of the industry? We'll see.

Seth Godin's post on the absolutely most maddening thing on the web - the stupid dropdown box to select the state you live in. God do I hate that thing!!!

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Posted February 15, 2005 in Venture Capital and Technology

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Regarding the dropdown box - just type the first letter of the country or state you belong to, and the selection will jump to it.

Posted by: simran | Feb 15, 2005 11:04:13 PM

Also regarding the dropdown box...

If you continue to type the first letter it will alphabetically scroll through the states that begin with that letter. So for New York, 6 'n' keystrokes if the states are spelled out and 8 keystrokes if the states are abbreviated.

Posted by: GB | Feb 16, 2005 3:08:45 PM

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