{"id":1071,"date":"2008-09-24T12:44:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T17:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2008-09-24T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T17:44:56","slug":"you-may-be-interrupting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/09\/24\/you-may-be-interrupting","title":{"rendered":"You may be interrupting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a UI perspective, Google got this right:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/2801781833\/\" title=\"Gmail\/Gtalk is thoughtful by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3143\/2801781833_ddeb1033cf_o.jpg?resize=226%2C168\" width=\"226\" height=\"168\" alt=\"Gmail\/Gtalk is thoughtful\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>How thoughtful can you get? I mean, in a regular IM client, statuses mean next to nothing to many folk. They will still ping you anyway. Google&#8217;s interface actually tells you &#8220;You may be interrupting&#8221;. Smart.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20You%20may%20be%20interrupting&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F24%2Fyou-may-be-interrupting&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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