Comments on: Wordpress 2.5 Demo and Thoughts http://www.jwphill3.com/design/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/ Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:19:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: J Phillips http://www.jwphill3.com/design/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-9941 J Phillips Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:06:14 +0000 http://www.jwphill3.com/2008/02/16/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/#comment-9941 Andrew, I definitely agree. Once people start using it, I don't think it will be that bad. I don't understand why so many people complain about the scroll. That's apart of using the web, and personally, I think people need to get over the fact that everything needs to be above the fold. Andrew, I definitely agree. Once people start using it, I don’t think it will be that bad. I don’t understand why so many people complain about the scroll. That’s apart of using the web, and personally, I think people need to get over the fact that everything needs to be above the fold.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.jwphill3.com/design/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-9936 Andrew Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:58:48 +0000 http://www.jwphill3.com/2008/02/16/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/#comment-9936 There is a fair amount of disagreement over the scrolling issue. I have been using it for testing for a while and I really like the fact that the settings are all neatly segregated below instead of being in two columns. For me it seems simple and intuitive to just scroll down if I need to change something other than text. Personally I think that most of the negative reaction is based on a quick look over and not real use so I think most of the gripes will disapear once people actually start using it. There is a fair amount of disagreement over the scrolling issue.

I have been using it for testing for a while and I really like the fact that the settings are all neatly segregated below instead of being in two columns. For me it seems simple and intuitive to just scroll down if I need to change something other than text.

Personally I think that most of the negative reaction is based on a quick look over and not real use so I think most of the gripes will disapear once people actually start using it.

]]> By: J Phillips http://www.jwphill3.com/design/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-9900 J Phillips Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:48:25 +0000 http://www.jwphill3.com/2008/02/16/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/#comment-9900 Yeah that discussion is pretty interesting. Funny that a couple of the comments say it looks too "web 2.0" and they they should bring in a real UI designer. I think the UI will grow on many. It's also funny that a lot of people are comparing it to full scale CMS's like MT, EE, Joomla, etc., however Wordpress is still a personal publishing platform <strong>first</strong>. What users do from there determine if it's meant to be a CMS. With any initial redesign on software that so widely used, and that is drastically different than the last, you will hear tons of complaints. Unfortunately those complaints normally stand out more than the praises. I still think it's too early to have a final judgement I've been using Wordpress for about 3 years, and it's nice to see something different for the admin panel. It's been the same since I started using it. Yeah that discussion is pretty interesting. Funny that a couple of the comments say it looks too “web 2.0″ and they they should bring in a real UI designer. I think the UI will grow on many. It’s also funny that a lot of people are comparing it to full scale CMS’s like MT, EE, Joomla, etc., however Wordpress is still a personal publishing platform first. What users do from there determine if it’s meant to be a CMS.

With any initial redesign on software that so widely used, and that is drastically different than the last, you will hear tons of complaints. Unfortunately those complaints normally stand out more than the praises. I still think it’s too early to have a final judgement

I’ve been using Wordpress for about 3 years, and it’s nice to see something different for the admin panel. It’s been the same since I started using it.

]]> By: Jim Amos http://www.jwphill3.com/design/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-9896 Jim Amos Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:24:21 +0000 http://www.jwphill3.com/2008/02/16/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/#comment-9896 Incidentally, <a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/02/14/wordpress-25-demo-site/" rel="nofollow">there's a discussion happening over here</a> with some interesting opinions so far. Incidentally, there’s a discussion happening over here with some interesting opinions so far.

]]> By: Jim Amos http://www.jwphill3.com/design/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-9895 Jim Amos Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:21:59 +0000 http://www.jwphill3.com/2008/02/16/wordpress-25-demo-and-thoughts/#comment-9895 I'm on the fence. Some of it I like - UI does look more polished, more 'proffesional CMS' than 'manage a blog' which is good. But there are some odd link placement's I'm not too keen on, and so far writing a post doesn't feel as intuitive as it did previously, but perhaps I just need to let it grow on me. There are also some pretty serious javascript kinks to be ironed out - Safari 3 Mac crashed when switching between the wysiwyg and html editor, for example. Will be interesting to see if Happycog offer a write-up on their involvement. I’m on the fence. Some of it I like – UI does look more polished, more ‘proffesional CMS’ than ‘manage a blog’ which is good. But there are some odd link placement’s I’m not too keen on, and so far writing a post doesn’t feel as intuitive as it did previously, but perhaps I just need to let it grow on me. There are also some pretty serious javascript kinks to be ironed out – Safari 3 Mac crashed when switching between the wysiwyg and html editor, for example. Will be interesting to see if Happycog offer a write-up on their involvement.

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