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New del.icio.us design coming down the pipes
We certainly haven't heard a lot from the del.icio.us labs recently. As other social bookmarking sites announce exciting new features and designs, the one that started it all seemed to be lagging a tad. That's all about to change soon, apparently. The del.icio.us team has been working their backsides off on building a new platform for the bookmarking site. Not only have they been doing that but they have also been looking at the current user interface and working out ways in which it could be easier to use, and more functional.
The usability tests have been in the works, and a dozen individuals have been working through the positives and negatives of the designs. So we think we can all breathe a sigh of relief as there should be a beta of the new design rolled out in the near future. Now if only we could nail that supposed date down.
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Mark said 2:54PM on 7-11-2007
Has anyone ever heard of the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"?
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kram said 4:56PM on 7-11-2007
No, did you just made it up? Sounds cool, might turn into a catchy sentence people will throw at any news dealing with upgrades to something.
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Mark said 6:27PM on 7-11-2007
Maybe you could learn to give an opinion without resorting to outright sarcasm?
I don't have a problem with upgrades but the del.icio.us site is just fine the way it is. It works fine so why alter a winning formula?
Sometimes changing the design of a website can cause no end of problems - just look at the mess everytime eBay rolls out a new feature.
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kram said 8:04PM on 7-11-2007
Oh yes..! Now I totally get your enlighted point!
"Sometimes changing something can cause no end of problems".
Silly me. From now on, nobody should touch ANYTHING that fits your needs because well.. it just works.
You have a problem with upgrades, just face it. No big deal. Breathe hard and learn to accept that things can be improved even if you don't benefit from it. Others could.
If I 'change' the colour of my car or add some additional security belts in the back of my car (think of the children, please).. would that be 'problems of no end' ?
Because.. you know.. we tried to add a wheel for the passenger but it did turn bad. Once it wasn't compulsory to secure those who were sitting in the back of the car. But not everybody comes up with brilliant thinking such as "if it ain't broken don't fix it" when others want to improve something.
Sarcasm, gotta love it when an educated opinion seems to be required to explain such basic and vital concepts as "innovation".
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