Re: [Fofredux-devel] the fofredux web site

[Katie B. <ka...@ho...>]

On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:17:05AM -0500, Andrew Turner (nilspace) wrote:
> Also, been updating http://fofredux.sf.net

A vast improvement.

My observations:

I think people will be confused when they click on 'demo' and get a
username/password prompt.

Screenshots are always good.

Extreme nitpicking here: Our page says redux is pronounced (r-dks);
I'm guessing that was a paste where the special pronunciation
characters didn't go through because they were actually images.  
Maybe the thing to do is copy dictionary.reference.com's HTML:
r<IMG 
SRC="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/emacr.gif"
height="15" width="7" ALIGN="BOTTOM">-d<IMG 
SRC="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/ubreve.gif"
height="20" width="7" ALIGN="BOTTOM">ks

Ugly, but it does the job.

On a weightier note, I think our site has to address not just the
question 'Why is a server side aggregator better than a desktop
aggregator?' but also 'Why is this server side aggregator better 
than other server side aggregators, like Google Reader?'

My personal answer to that question is that it gives the user more
control.  FeedOnFeeds gives you more ways to browse and handle your 
feed items; in particular, you can see multiple feed items on a page 
(want to see all the new items at once? all the items from a 
particular source?  all the items in your "friends" category?). And 
it doesn't automatically mark items as read once they appear on your 
screen, which suits my browsing style.

I'm not saying my answer should be on the site, but I think it is
something we should consider answering.

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Katie Bechtold         http://hoteldetective.org/