Personally, I think it's a matter of _being willing_ to figure things out for yourself. While del.icio.us does offer a lot of interesting features, sometimes those features aren't completely obvious and require someone to "play" with it to figure them out. And it doesn't help that the documentation is sparse. And it also doesn't help (new users especially) the new features are described on the blog (which is only referenced at the bottom of the about page as a place for that information) instead of the about page or a FAQ page.
I'm not saying it's hard to use, or figure out for that matter, but a lot about it is not intutive and sometimes I feel like I have to go to extra efforts to search for the information I'm looking for on how to do some things. Overall though, I'd much rather have the developer's time spent on creating new features than documentation about exsiting ones. Lindsay del.icio.us does offer a lot of interesting features, sometimes those features aren't completely obvious and require someone to "play" with it to figure them out. And it doesn't help that the documentation is sparse. And it also doesn't help (new users especially) the new features are described on the blog (which is only referenced at the bottom of the about page as a place for that information) instead of the about page or a FAQ page. I'm not saying it's hard to use, or figure out for that matter, but a lot about it is not intutive and sometimes I feel like I have to go to extra efforts to search for the information I'm looking for on how to do some things. Overall though, I'd much rather have the developer's time spent on creating new features than documentation about exsiting ones. Lindsay On 11/7/05, sheila miguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/7/05, Todd Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 17:10:25 -0700 > > >From: Fidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >It's perfectly understandable if you know what > > >del.icio.us<http://del.icio.us>offers. None of these links are new as > > >far as I can tell and they aren't > > >confusing unless you don't pay attention.. Paying attention is the cheapest > > >thing you have to pay in life... > > > > Whoa. > > [To recap,] > > > I realize you're a complete stranger, but frankly I don't think the > > delicious-ier than thou attitude and lack of constructive feedback in your > > post is the best way to grow the service (or protect the investments of > > those financing the development). > > Well, to tie this to another discussion, I'd like to understand why > people perceive del as hard to use and confusing. Why do some users > take it in stride yet others become overwhelmed? It seems so simple > once you get into it. > > Fidel mentions "if you know what del.icio.us offers." is that some > kind of trick to kicking someone from a novice to an expert user? Is > there a way to facilitate this? Or maybe that's not the problem at > all. > > how to prevent a luser/priesthood type of service? > > > > -- > sheila > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@del.icio.us > http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@del.icio.us http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
