[wp-hackers] 1.5.2 or on to 1.6?

[Gabriel White]

Hi Denis,

Thanks for your comments. I'm glad to see that people are taking the
report I produced seriously.

I think that your comments about the topics that I overlooked are
valid, and this is one of the reasons I released the report as a draft
(but time commitments have meant that I haven't been able to update
it).

I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at here, so if you can
elaborate this for me, that would be great.

> What more, many of his suggestions were irrelevant. For instance, it's
> immediate to notice that users go to the admin section to check for news,
> for comments in need of moderation and for links from the dashboard. And
> then head straight to create new post, page or link.

As for self-promotion, I have the luxury of getting the jobs that I
dream of without needing to go crowing about myself. So that wasn't my
motivation at all. This report was my first foray into giving back to
the OSS community that has given me some really cool software.

Like Terrence said in a subsequent post, take a look at each of the
recommendations and evaluate them.

Gabe

On 5/24/05, Denis de Bernardy <denis at semiologic.com> wrote:
> > Of course not. 'Work on' is not the same thing as 'Implement
> > unquestionably'.
> >
> > But don't discount the feedback.
> 
> I sincerily do not want to start a troll or anything. I'm sure Gabriel is a
> very cool person to hang out with and that he has a keen artistic sense when
> it comes to making a button look pretty. It's just that when it comes to
> usability and HCI, I encourage you to trust someone else.
> 
> I kept this to myself when the report was released, but sincerily...
> WordPress is a publishing software. Anyone with a clue in usability would
> have pointed out three obvious and major points:
> 
> - A preview button is missing in the default package
> - A spell checker is missing in the default package
> - A wysiwyg editor is missing in the default package
> 
> Yet, the 'expert' missed all three. He instead concentrated on hardly
> significant details such as the looks of external links.
> 
> What more, many of his suggestions were irrelevant. For instance, it's
> immediate to notice that users go to the admin section to check for news,
> for comments in need of moderation and for links from the dashboard. And
> then head straight to create new post, page or link.
> 
> A clueful expert would have suggested to put more focus on the dashboard's
> main uses, and that the three relevant 'New' links should be available in
> one click where the Dolly text is at. And with a minimum of common sense, he
> would have suggested to make the three links available from the blog when
> the user is logged in, near the link to the admin menu.
> 
> That said, Gabriel arguably isn't too bad at self promotion and public
> relations.
> 
> My $.02.
> 
> --
> Denis de Bernardy
> http://www.semiologic.com
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of
> > David House
> > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 6:08 PM
> > To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] 1.5.2 or on to 1.6?
> >
> >
> > On 5/23/05, Ron Guerin <ron at vnetworx.net> wrote:
> > > Having read that piece, there was a lot of questionable advice in
> > > there. I hope the intent isn't to implement it all just because it
> > > came from someone claiming to be an expert.
> >
> > Of course not. 'Work on' is not the same thing as 'Implement
> > unquestionably'.
> >
> > But don't discount the feedback. The admin interface has a
> > lot of possible improvements, and just because someone points
> > them out doesn't mean we should shoot the messenger down.
> > That isn't going to help anyone. Of course, I don't agree
> > with everything in there, but things like replacing the
> > numerical user-level system with brief descriptions sounds
> > like a good idea.
> >
> > --
> > -David House, dmhouse at gmail.com, http://xmouse.ithium.net
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