Nothing like watching five librarians engage in a shouting match, complete with banging fists on the table. That sort of thing pisses me off very, very quickly. I didn't get my say (I am very rarely a shouty person), but how infinitely more satisfying to post it here. No, they'll never see it, but on the other hand--no going hoarse or sore fists.

The issue: why must we insist on uniformity among all library catalogs when people are comfortable using many other websites with many different interfaces? (I know what you're thinking. I can't believe it started a shouting-match either.)

( Cut for sheer boringness )

I feel better already. :)

This is just to say that I am strangely disappointed by Google's holiday theme. Ask.com has a *much* better design.