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Less Features Please!
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User: Roddy 12 years ago
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I look, somewhat aghast, at the features that are being requested. Masking, skewing, instant alpha, banners, iWeb style sliders and a widget for more or less everything under the sun. The EasyWeb window will become so crowded that there won't be any room to actually create the site and so complicated that users will overlook a lot of the functions. Do people really want another Adobe style product where you can't see the wood for the trees. I think what a lot of people don't understand is the way in which web design is changing due to the proliferation of mobile devices. All these techniques that have their roots in print media have no place in modern web design. Why would you want to skew an image and add opacity to it when it's difficult enough to actually see it on a smart phone? Autoplay banners and carousel sliders have no place in mobile design. Finger swiping sliders and tapping image grids is the way to go. I've looked at the code for some of the designs posted here and I see lines and lines of divs with shape images. Then they want to add more images for borders and drop shadows and even text to image! And then skew them so we have to twist our heads to read the text or see the image through a mist of opacity. I would like to see good basic features that help people to create simple and effective mobile designs. Less is definitely best and the sooner people realise that traditional website design - with all it's arty farty whistles and bells - is history the better the rest of us will be served. Having said this, I know I'm going to be shot down in flames by those who haven't yet realized that they are creating redundant websites that over 50% of their potential visitors are going to ignore after one glance at the unreadable first page! ------------------------------- Roddy Website: http://everwebwidgets.com Contact: http://everwebwidgets.com/ewWidgets-home/contact.html NOTE: I am an EverWeb user and NOT affiliated with EverWeb! Any opinions expressed in this forum are my own. |
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User: Guest 12 years ago
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Roddy, I would imagine that most who are chomping at the bit for EasyWeb want all of the features that were in iWeb. Some of us NEED those features to maintain parity with what we have already created and await the opportunity to re-create our websites in EasyWeb. As for more features, don't expect the requests for them to diminish. They will only increase in time and EasyWeb may think of developing a Pro iteration to go along with the easy first version that you and others are creating now. Apple has tempted us twice with a very simply and straight-forward way to create a clean and attractive web presence. Some of us abandoned Apple's offering after the first application was dropped. But dropping iWeb was an insult and you have to expect that our time, efforts and creativity beg to be carried on. My own website is for nature, science and environmental interests (http://www.njnaturenotes.com). I feel that iWeb's capabilities were stretched and numerous people at Apple were surprised that iWeb was used to craft it. Those would be the minimum features that I personally would expect, but do fully understand that some will come later than others. Please understand that many of us want what we had, and since Apple will not provide it, it's now up to you. We can't apologize for wanting to increase our capabilities without having to learn how to code a website. We cut our teeth learning Apple's logical and direct methods, and that's what we want. Thanks for your dedication to task and hard work. We look forward to your new creation learning to walk, and then to run. I for one, would be more than willing to pay more for a pro version of EasyWeb. Think about it. Rich Wolfert New Jersey, USA |
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User: Yelena 12 years ago
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I completely agree with Rich!
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User: Paul-RAGESW 12 years ago
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Hi, Just to clarify although Roddy is a very valued member of our community and has contributed very much in helping users and improving the software, he does not work for RAGE Software. We have strived to match most of iWeb's features and go beyond them in some cases. If there is something you think we have missed please let me kno by opening a thread on the forum. The more requests we get for a feature the more likely it will be implemented. ------------------------------- Paul EverWeb Developer |
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User: Roddy 12 years ago
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@ Rich I am just a user like everybody else. The opinions I express, and the features I suggest, are from my own confused mind and do NOT reflect those of the Easy Web Developers. iWeb was based on a desktop design program and a lot of the features available were not appropriate to a web design app and only encouraged users to create worse rather than better designs. I see some EasyWeb users falling into the same trap. This is due to their own lack of knowledge and not the fault of the software! Now that all modern browsers are compliant with CSS3 (Yes - even Internet Explorer) there's absolutely no excuse for using background images for shapes, drop shadows, text etc. This is just bad web design - period. One of the reasons iWeb became redundant was because it relied on all these techniques which are best left in the past. If anything, I would rather see EW incorporate a simple CSS generator rather than all that superfluous image manipulation stuff. Modern web design has to embrace mobile devices and this requires the user to learn, and the software developer to implement, new techniques more appropriate for this challenge. A good web designer doesn't need a "Pro" version. All they need is a text editor. Its the not so good and wannabes who need apps like Freeway Pro and Adobe Muse. EasyWeb is a good professional tool for creating traditional websites simple because of its method of code injection. It just needs this fully developed and the ability to create fluid designs to become work class. A Pro version would, ideally, contain a lot less since no self respecting web design would use most of these features anyway. There's absolutely no requirement to learn code to use the EW code injection to implement just about any feature you care to think of. All you need is the ability to follow simple instructions and know how, and where, to copy and paste. Over the past few years I have helped a large number of iWeb users to implement features that the developers didn't see fit to include. Everybody manages to do this - no matter what their skill level. All it takes is the determination to create a better website and a little extra effort. ------------------------------- Roddy Website: http://everwebwidgets.com Contact: http://everwebwidgets.com/ewWidgets-home/contact.html NOTE: I am an EverWeb user and NOT affiliated with EverWeb! Any opinions expressed in this forum are my own. |
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User: Guest 12 years ago
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| A great post Roddy ... you have certainly helped me a few times both here ... on Apple Support. The thing is, whilst i am eager to learn and indeed feel privelaged to be part of the EW development ... birth, things like CSS ... sliding photos etc are beautiful, but way beyond my knowledge. I think its important that we all strive to learn everyday, but some have more time than others, so its not ignorance that we dont know. Life always has a habit of getting in the way, which is why i agree with another of your posts that highlights simplicity. I think the problem for developers is that to achieve simplicity, its a very complicated process. To that end i would agree that maybe an EasyWeb Basic, intermediate ... pro version could be a great big hit ... sell exceptionally well. I imagine you could be a very big part of developing this and an exceptionally useful asset to RageSW. | |
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