[theforum] back to basics
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Thu Nov 20 17:25:15 CST 2008
On 17 Nov 2008, at 20:27, Tara Cleveland wrote:
> 2. I think all of the current designs are really unprofessional and
> not even close to the standard that evolt should have.
While none of them may be a silver bullet, I think we're at risk of
Waiting for Godot.
> In fact, I'd
> say that none of them are any better than what is there now and it's a
> waste of time trying to implement them.
Nope, disagree.
And tbh, all the criticisms that you/erika expressed in #evolt over my
design were minor tweaks, rather than ripup/start again.
> 4. we need to nail down what we are going to launch in the redesign.
> Are we adding a new design to planet.evolt.org and saying that's an
> official part of what evolt is? Are we adding new features? google
> maps thingy? does that have to be part of it? what the other features
> we want? Designing an IA and a visual design for a moving target is
> pretty difficult - especially if it's changed daily and there are no
> actual *decisions* just new suggestions.
Well, my proposal hasn't changed since the day I wrote it. And much of
it was based on ideas that had been kicking around as "good things"
for a lot longer.
Maps being the primary example - we'd had the idea of that in the
1990s and wanted to do it for ever, but a clean implementation, linked
to site registration, was nigh-on impossible (Dean did a version that
people could be plotted on a single image iirc, without zoom, and he
had to manage it). Google Maps has given us all the Hard Stuff for free.
Being able to find similar/linked articles that went beyond simple
categories was another.
> Can we write and decide upon a document that says what the hell we are
> aiming on launching instead of coming up with loads of new features
*cough*
http://weo.easyweb.co.uk/colophon
*cough*
as a starter.
Cheers
Martin
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