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01/14/2002 Entry: "14-Jan-2002 -- WebWord Comment"

WebWord Comment -- Dave Winer just launched Radio UserLand. It is a weblog tool that runs on your desktop. I tried an early (beta) version of it. The technology was cool, but it didn't work very well for me. I was generous and actually spent several hours playing around with it but I had to gave up on it. It wasn't easy enough for me. In any event, I decided to check out the Radio Userland site. I decided to look at some of the screenshots to see if Dave made any significant changes. I had to chuckle when I saw the very first screenshot. Can you spot the problem? Impress your fellow WebWordians with the answer! The second question is, how long do you think it will take for Dave to fix the image now that I have pointed it out here?

Replies: 5 comments

There's a script error. I never noticed that before.

Posted by Adam Kalsey @ 01/14/2002 11:12 PM EST

Just save the image to your PC John. ;)

Posted by MadMan @ 01/15/2002 02:42 AM EST

As a picky Web developer those Font.. Size.. and Color.. pulldowns worry me. It indicates the source'll be littered with FONT tags and encourages visual rather than structural formatting (goes against modern Web standards, means content isn't as future-proofed, etc.).

But then none of Dave Winer's sites have every got anywhere near validating, so I shouldn't expect his products to make that a priority!

Posted by Matt Round @ 01/15/2002 05:03 AM EST

OK, I give up, where is the script error? BTW, you're over-reacting to the question I asked my readers about Joel. It's not such a big deal. I have delivered a lot of flow to him without recprocation. So what. Life goes on. Sorry you didn't like Radio 7, I hope you'll try Radio 8.

Posted by Dave Winer @ 01/15/2002 10:46 AM EST

The status bar at the bottom of the page reports "error on page."

Other things that bother me...

I don't care for the loopback IP in the address window. Show me a real URL.

For consistency, clear your history and cache before taking the screen shots so that followed links aren't purple.

Also disable your "Links" toolbar so we don't have to see all of *your* favorite sites. This is a screen shot for me to imagine using your product. (You might also consider making the browser buttons display with 'icons and text' instead of just the icons.)

Yes Virginia, there is a methodology for taking screen shots

Posted by J. Schonchin @ 01/15/2002 12:09 PM EST

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