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2. Fenxy
3. Decaflon
4. Two Credits
5. Wriging
6. Loose Suits
7. Chixe
8. Dud3s
9. Wing Colors

 

It will be a strong competitor if you get rid of that stupidity called WYSIWYG. It just makes everything unnecessarly bloated. We have so many browser-freak rendering engines that one window can't hold all differences.

@cooper
"I imagine when something is free it is hard to maintain it at a high standard."

What about Linux, PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, and other stuff?

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The problem, IMHO, is that great designers might not feel so comfortable with sharing a great theme (omg, people are going to steal my stuff and don´t give me the credits), so the quality tends to drop.

If recognition isn´t enough anymore, why don´t WP-Themes offer something for them?

I didn't like just 3 ads on the top. Perhaps 4 ads would make a better grid, or alignment. Anyway, it's a lot better than previous 9r versions! Congrats!

and don´t forget the RadRails!

Could you please tell us why did you choose this, not that editor? If it´s being used at work. The advantages, the problems.. thanks!

...so far there are 14 programs mentioned above:

• Dreamweaver
• TextMate
• JEdit
• SciTE
• PSPad
• Aptana
• Eclipse IDE
• CF Eclipse
• Visual Studio 2005
• Zend Studio
• InType
• Crimsom Editor
• Notepad++
• VIM

Thank you for helping on this discussion.

@jwynia
that's another point very important: cross-plataform compatibility.

today I tried Aptana... but it's too much like eclipse, and consumes a lot of memory too.

@paularms:
ASAP!
:)

ops!

I forgot to mention that 'local file manager', or project manager would be a great deal!

I believe the title shouldn't be a complete breadcrumb: company > section 1 > section 1.c > news > news itself. The core thing on the page should be the title: news itself > section 1 of company, and so on.

take a quick look over the template tags at the codex and you'll be able to customize wordpress in a way ahead of just blogging.

I'm now thinking it's a lot more relevant and useful to have (every page) search forms on forums than blogs.

.. sorry pointing this, but I think this entry fits well some of the ten craps you just said. Starting with the title. ;-) just kidding

@Oli

for me the real problem for a blog isn´t the space spent. Is the content relevance. Blog designs are commonly heavily cluttered, and that´s annoying, that´s bandwidth wasteful.

@frotzed

"Hmm... let's see what Ben wrote in February... Oh crap, 60 posts!?"
... damn it. I´m thinking of getting rid of month-by-month lists too.

"Another option is like Kottke.org. [...] through the past."
That´s a good one! Clutter is bad.

Thank you all folks for participating until now. It´s been very interesting to see different points of view.

@ frozted
"After the title, a search form is the next most important thing on a blog."

What about alternative digging methods? I think the search form is fairly overused. Specially for new visitors, who don´t know exactly what to type in there. What do you think?

@Alday
"I have a search but I think I'm the only one that uses it,"

That´s exactly the point I´m trying to improve.

@Tyme,
for sure, this research on UI is going to be a blog post asap ;-)

I´m currently evaluating the need of a search form on my actual blog. I´m not planing to have search on every page, but only within the upper tabs.

I've tried Vista RC1 for 2 months and I wasn't that "woooow look at this" when I use OS X. It just worked fine, did basic tasks and didn't crashed (blue or red screens of death). It still requires a LOT of ram and a powerfull video card.

I agree that Vista will be for sure, the next OS, but only at desktop. The competition is far ahead with integrated media, mobile life, digital cameras, online services, ajax, and all that stuff related to web we will consume a lot.

Do you disagree?

Take Zune for instance. It isn't compatible with Vista. Can you believe?

In adition to LorriM nice comment, I would suggest macro photography, or still nature. Easier to start because objects aren't moving, and you will practice a lot the technical stuff of photo world.

$500 is absurd.

It's so futuristic that I fear walking the streets with this jewel.

thank you all for participating this on note :-)

@CK,

than comes another problem: taxonomy and folksonomy for a wide range of news/products/whatever.

I've faced this problem while doing some IA research: should the category (or tag) "iPhone" fits: eletronics, mobile phones, computer & office, or gifts?

The problems: how to define the 'default' category? Simple persona research? Does the category names are being understood by users?

@JPhill,

pls help me to convince a client that this is a common thing on news pages.

I think 990x600 fits 1024x768 and above very well.

Green, tasteful and acid.
Gala never!

... and adding some semantics to this discussion:

em = emphasis
strong = strong emphasis

;-)

@Rich,
the video with the new features is here.

'the ability to filter out all the noise' seems to be a good topic for an article, a post, whatever..

what do u suggest?

It´s a good idea to close comments when an entry is quite old, or an update has been released.

I pick FireFTP for its portability (works anywhere you have FF, even USB).

I evaluate it by the amount/quality of:

- easy to use navigation;
- context over consistency;
- 20 words or less clear instructions;
- relevant content (for the audience intended);
- appealing graphics (or sound).

It does not matter having a site map, or a search box, or a one-size fits-all menu... is the context what matters most.