For one of my projects, I needed a simple pagination module. The requirements were pretty standard:

• The first and last page should always be displayed
• There should always be the same number of pages displayed for consistency (+- 1)
• There should be maximum code reuse
• It should be easily configurable
• The current page should stand out

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Here’s a good article that tries to explain why “bad” site design succeeds. The typical examples are Google and MySpace. But that article went one step further and included Flickr and Amazon as examples of bad site design. I use Flickr a lot, and I’ve never been shocked by its (lack of) design.
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