It's all about the details

What makes a product special? We believe it's all about the details. Why Mac OS X, and not Ubuntu? All those tiny but alas important details.

Details don't revolutionize. Still, they are important because they make your life easier and more fun.

Below are two lovely details we have discovered recently.

First up is the image editor Acorn. Have you ever wondered how big your pencil will be when drawing that new artistic masterpiece? Acorn shows it right away.

Our second pick is Google Analytics. When skimming through the number of visitors on your site, you don't have to follow the graph up and down with your mouse pointer to see the detailed statistics. Just hover your pointer somewhere in the graph area and the number of visitors will show up.

No matter what you're doing, it's the details that separate great from mediocre.