Author Archives: Micky Thompson

What Domain Names Should We Purchase?

At Rackless, companies inquire about our opinion on the domain names like *.com, *.net, *.org, *.io and more in which they should purchase. These domain-names extensions are the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet (i.e. rackless.com). We refer to these extensions officially as the Top-Level Domain (TLD). As the …

Does ‘Cancel’ go before or after the ‘Save’ button in your app?

We received a question from a Product Owner asking ‘Where should the ‘Cancel’ button go, before, or after the ‘Save’ button?’ Below I share my rule for where I put the ‘Cancel’ button in my apps in relation to the ‘Save’ and ‘Submit’ buttons. For readers that read left to right (i.e. English readers), the …

When to use a ‘Save’ or ‘Submit’ button in your app?

As a product owner designing your web app, you will need to decide from time to time whether to use a ‘Save’ or ‘Submit’ button. At Rackless, we have some rules we follow for deciding when to use the ‘Save’ or ‘Submit’ button. To keep things simple, I generally follow the rule below: I’ve read …

Inside The Product – Using SnagIt To Communicate Design

In today’s ‘Inside The Product’, Micky demos how Rackless team members use Snagit to communicate visually. In this case, Micky uses Snagit to communicate with our software developers a redesign he wants to apply to a page inside Rackless.app named Values. Snagit is probably one of the most used tools at Rackless as it helps …