[wp-testers] AW: Write Page

[Bryan Harley]

Some of these designs choices just seem so backwards though.  And
while all these cutesy analogies we're throwing around are great, what
I'm really interested in is exactly HOW the UI Design Team came to
these decisions.

There are a multitude of questions, but speaking specifically about
the 'Write' page... why decide to remove all the panels from the
sidebar and replace them with white space?  Why are the panels no
longer customizable via drag and drop?  I think these are decisions
lots of folks can't wrap their heads around.  And maybe if we knew WHY
these changes were made, it'd be easier to handle.  But instead we're
told, "You have to break a few eggs to make an omlet."  Not very
insightful.

Just my two cents.


On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Matt Mullenweg wrote:
>
>  > Like the old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>
>  I completely agree with that, but you've got to break a few eggs to make
>  an omelet.
>
>  > I do like most of the other changes and upgrades but this one . . . it's
>  > counter-productive and makes the whole design feel broken to me.
>
>  I think for a chunk of the people who currently dislike it, living with
>  it for a few posts will grow to like it.
>
>  Others may never take to it, but that's okay, WP has always done what it
>  considers best in core, avoided unnecessary options, and allowed people
>  with differing opinions about how things should work to express that
>  through plugins.