Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blogger versus WordPress versus TypePad

2008-07-23 Thread Itamar Medeiros
Well said, Bryan! The current (and growing!) base of Wordpress users/developers makes it a very good choice! I've been using Wordpress myself, and I find it's framework quite easy to understand, to that I make make adjustments in the layout without super-hacks that other CMS tools require! {

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blogger versus WordPress versus TypePad

2008-07-23 Thread Ashim
As a long time *free* subscriber to both Wordpress and Blogger, I lean towards Wordpress. Some of my observations- +ves 1 Wordpress has the 'Categories' feature where you can categorize each post. Blogger 2.0 has 'Labels' plug-in, but its not the same thing. 2 Wordpress supports multiple pages in

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blogger versus WordPress versus TypePad

2008-07-23 Thread AJKock
1 Wordpress does not allow modifying the CSS of the template (cannot add Adsense to the template or images to the side-bar ). This is possible. 2 Inserting tables is a pain in posts in Wordpress, easy in Blogger. There is a plugin for WordPress that allows old fashion tables.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blogger versus WordPress versus TypePad

2008-07-23 Thread Elizabeth
What about blogging services that make it easy to create accessible content? I've used joomla, blogger and tumblr, and although tumblr and blogger make it easy to just sit down and start blogging, they don't prompt for alt tags when you upload a photo for example, - something I would like to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Physical controls attached to an LCD screen

2008-07-23 Thread Paul Eisen
http://girtonlabs.googlepages.com/sensesurface Thanks for pointing this out, Fred. Interesting technology. This type of input device certainly opens up some new possibilities. Paul Eisen Principal User Experience Architect tandemseven

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blogger versus WordPress versus TypePad

2008-07-23 Thread Tiago Marques
Hi Elizabeth, Flexibility is one of the issues I had in mind in my research for a rich blogging service, and accessibility-promoting features would be welcome. If a service forces me to think or do too much in order to obtain something (in this case, hand-coding in order to make everybody

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blogger versus WordPress versus TypePad

2008-07-23 Thread Tiago Marques
Hi Elizabeth, Flexibility is one of the issues I had in mind in my research for a rich blogging service, and accessibility-promoting features would be welcome. If a service forces me to think or do too much in order to obtain something (in this case, hand-coding in order to make everybody

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Blogger versus WordPress versus TypePad

2008-07-23 Thread dnp607
I was swayed by the fact that Wordpress's documentation is stellar, informative and downright educational - especially with respect to CSS. Best, -D On Jul 22, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Tiago Marques wrote: Hello creative people, Can I get your opinion on blogging services? I'm unsure on which

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] Chicago IxDA Happy Ho ur – August 13th

2008-07-23 Thread Chicago IxDA
Come toss back a couple of cold drinks and talk about hot interaction design topics at our August event! Microsoft is the sponsor and Manifest Digital is host for this happy hour, which will be held at Red Kiva Lounge in the West Loop. IxDA colleagues will also be showing some next generation Web

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [Event] IxDA-SF Presents: VizFarm: CALL FOR PROPOSALS

2008-07-23 Thread San Francisco IxDA
Hello Friends! This is a reminder that VizFarm will be happening next Tuesday at IDEO. There are a few important things to note, important enough to warrant busting out the CAPS, and even a few exclamation points. Ready? %u2022 YOU MUST RSVP TO ATTEND!!! We have a hard cap of 100 people,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fireworks CS4

2008-07-23 Thread Paul Nuschke
I have an older version of Fireworks which I really like for prototyping but I tried out CS3 and love the Pages feature. I'm thinking about buying but would prefer to get CS4...anyone know their release timeline for Fireworks CS4? Paul On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Jennifer Quigley [EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration

2008-07-23 Thread Christian Crumlish
This is a wonderful resource! I will put my pattern-geek hat on for a moment, though, to say that I'm not entirely comfortable with the way the term pattern is sometimes used to mean gallery of examples. Don't get me wrong, I love galleries of examples. They are awesome. Also, I think the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration

2008-07-23 Thread dave malouf
Christian, I agree w/ the language use. You know me ... always the guardian of semantics. ;-) Something the site could add to it though is user input to the different sections in terms of why? and value. I think this would get what Christian is looking for and open it up a bit more. Is there a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration

2008-07-23 Thread Jeremy Yuille
Matthew, thanks for putting this out there, it's a really great set of inspiration sources! re 'patterns': I think something like Pattern Tap compliments other resources like http://welie.com or http://ui-patterns.com/ for the reason that it approaches selection from a different angle: 'Tasty

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration

2008-07-23 Thread A S
Also Tom's site/page is a great clearinghouse: http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/InteractionPatterns.html : Andrew Schechterman UX Architect, Medical Psychologist LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewschechterman E-mail: aschechterman at gmail dot com Phone: 1-303-886-2440 :

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Pattern Tap : Interface Design Inspiration

2008-07-23 Thread Christian Crumlish
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Jeremy Yuille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthew, thanks for putting this out there, it's a really great set of inspiration sources! re 'patterns': I think something like Pattern Tap complements other resources like http://welie.com or http://ui-patterns.com/