[wp-testers] Center

[Dirk Hohndel]

On Mar 27, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Doug Stewart wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org>  
> wrote:
>>
>> - bad minimum requirements (why can't I use the wp-admin pages from a
>> Blackberry?)
>>
>
> Self-plug: http://wphoneplugin.org/.
>
> It (appears) to work just fine with 2.5.  We're looking to release a
> new version soon.
>

Cool - I'll try that.

>>
>> Every time one of us criticizes the new design we are told how hard
>> the team tried and how much work went into it. Look. The team writing
>> Windows Vista tried really hard and a lot of work went into it. It
>> still sucks. Same goes for lots of other software. In open source
>> usually software gets better BECAUSE the constant feedback of the
>> community is taken seriously. I don't feel that our feedback is taken
>> seriously at all - most if not all of the things I list above have
>> been reported over and over again, yet nothing has changed.
>>
>
> I think they're waiting for feedback from more non-devs.  I don't know
> that I agree, as it may well be too late (i.e., giant black eye) once
> this hits the Internet[s].
>

wp-testers != developers

>
>> The user interface of 2.5 is a CLEAR STEP BACKWARDS. And saying that
>> this will be "fixed in 2.6 if enough users complain" is just
>> ridiculous. Why make it worse to begin with???
>>
>
> In some ways, yes, in some ways, no.  The unification of look n' feel
> across Manage subscreens is almost a feature in and of itself, IMNSHO.
>
> I think what you really mean, at core, is that the UI of the Write
> screen is a clear step backwards, n'est pas?
>

no, it's much more than that. As I explained in my last email - the  
overall layout and many of the underlying design principles (like  
"click on the name") are simply wrong.

/D