That settled, I hashed out the text for a link on the home page and a dozen error messages that would be displayed randomly if someone entered a query in the MentalPlex search box.

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My suggestion was that they should have built a text search box on a new version of their homepage, while directing just 1% of their home page visits to that dummy text box for a period of a week or so.

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Additionally, searching your own content is handled much better, allowing you to begin typing in your query while you're on your home page -- the same goes for finding text while you're in a document.

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Ajax (geek shorthand for asynchronous JavaScript and XML, which itself is short for extensible markup language) preloads Web content so users can change text, crop and move pictures and add multicolored borders without waiting for a page reload.

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Those who go to Freshbooks' Facebook page or to its blog can sign up for RSS feeds, e-mail updates or text messages about, say, when a new version of the software is released or when an annoying bug has been fixed.

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