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A few more suggestions
Posted by
Robert Spears
11/22/2002 11:13:04 AM
The one-page list of comments with the various display options is a nice fix and feature. (The characters-remaining box is also user-friendly)....
The one-page list of comments with the various display options is a nice fix and feature. (The characters-remaining box is also user-friendly).
(I was just about to post about the ridiculous binocular icons. Could you please tell us about how in the world that happened? Binoculars instead of simple hyperlinks???)
I really miss the "See All Discussions" page. Now that comments are contained in threads, maybe this will be easier to do. It was helpful to quickly see which topics were generating the most interest.
I also liked seeing the author's name beneath the headline with a simple subject description (e.g. Eva Domínguez on paid online content). This is a helpful signal to what the post may contain (geography, wireless, sports, personal bias, etc.).
The Online home page needs work. It is not a good first impression. To me, Tidbits IS the online section, and feature articles should be mentioned and integrated within the blog front-page. How would anyone find Tidbits if they had not bookmarked the location? I know there are promo links but they are not obvious.
Poynter should also use subdomains to help brand their offerings and help their audience remember locations (romenesko.poynter.org; tidbits.poynter.org; etc.).
Right now, it looks like the offical URL for Tidbits is:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31
I recently recommended your site to an audience at a conference, but fortunately poynter.org/tidbits still works.
design comments & internal linkage
Posted by
bob stepno
11/18/2002 1:29:42 PM
I see three discussions of the site redesign in progress, with no way to cross from one to another.
Can't some combination of clever database...
I see three discussions of the site redesign in progress, with no way to cross from one to another.
Can't some combination of clever database hacking and human intervention make crossovers happen?
Here's my own solution, if this small text-entry window doesn't word-wrap and corrupt the link codes:
The Romenesko forum
and earlier discussion threads
The Mitchell article and its discussion.
(I used TinyURL.com to shorten the link codes, which may help... or not.)
Cheers,
Bob
Too much clicking
Posted by
Anne Hinkle
11/16/2002 8:13:56 PM
It is too time consuming to click on each comment to read it--very boring and people will not do this more than a few times....
It is too time consuming to click on each comment to read it--very boring and people will not do this more than a few times. All comments should open at once with a single click.
If you are not logged in, you are taken to the login place and abandoned. It does not take you to where you left off, as promised.
About the comments system
Posted by
Eduardo Gimenez
11/16/2002 5:57:08 AM
1. In the new HTML-email version of this weblog there is no info about comments for each post, and no link to the "Add Article...
1. In the new HTML-email version of this weblog there is no info about comments for each post, and no link to the "Add Article Feedback" page.
2. I've seen lots of weblogs with a much more convenient comment system. When you click on "comments (x)" (or whatever you put there) you go to a page where the comments are actually there, along with a box below all of them to enter your own comment if you please. In many cases the post to be commented is on top of the same page.
3. Being this one my first comment, I had to register before being able to do it. After the registration process, I was presented with a lot of options, but not the one I wanted: to write this comment. I had to go back several pages and then click again the "make comments" link.
Thanks.
Author attribution should be with title
Posted by
John Wake
11/15/2002 4:43:15 PM
Very nice. One suggestion. Put the author at the top with the title, perhaps in a small font and right justified.
Lately, for example, I'v...
Very nice. One suggestion. Put the author at the top with the title, perhaps in a small font and right justified.
Lately, for example, I've been particularly interested in Vin Crosbie's stuff so I would like to be able to scan for the author before hitting the bottom of the piece.
As it is now, if I see an author I'm keying on, I have to replace the pointer to go up to the top of the piece, then replace the pointer to continue going down through the weblog. Hey, I'm lazy. I scan first, not read.
This is not an issue in a single author weblog, of course.
Nice to have the comments if people read them
Posted by
Terry MAGUIRE
11/15/2002 2:11:09 PM
It requires a good deal of time and interest to get to the comments that people add. I think the people who read the comments...
It requires a good deal of time and interest to get to the comments that people add. I think the people who read the comments are more important than those who post them! At the very least, they - the readers - need an easy way to know if they should click through a couple of pages to read comments than may or may not be of interest to them. No easy solution to that!
Overall, its harder to use and read
Posted by
Joshua Weinberg
11/15/2002 1:06:28 PM
What do I think? I think the site looks beautiful from a distance. But as soon as I try to use it, I find thats...
What do I think? I think the site looks beautiful from a distance. But as soon as I try to use it, I find thats its much harder to read. For one there is a box on the right flashing 'take a tour' and when I open my browser window wide the there is a huge amount of empty space on the right. Is there any way to go back? Please!
(oh, plus. I did not get my newsletters delivered by email today)
(oh, one more. The box to type this message in is tiny! Yet, there is a ton of empty space below. Why?
where to give general feedback?
Posted by
Anita Rowland
11/15/2002 12:55:02 PM
since all parts of the site are now exactly the same format, where's a good place to give the general feedback?
I don't like this...
since all parts of the site are now exactly the same format, where's a good place to give the general feedback?
I don't like this discussion format as much as previous -- there's so little traffic here that the list of items posted that showed which ones actually had comments was useful. Plus, reading all comments on one page is much better, and getting to see the post one is commenting on is better yet. This new design seems intended to discourage comments!
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