Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
That is true. I said on this list a week ago (before the discussion
about the new front page) that I have little time to spare, and I said
what my priorities were -- finishing the chapters I am writing and
editing other chapters.
All of us have other things to do, and it's perfectly understandable if
you can't participate a lot, or at all. But that is no excuse for simply
throwing rocks at other people's work without actually suggesting a way
towards a solution. It's also no excuse to treat me like I just didn't
pay attention to usability and not even tell me what the usability
problem is. You also ignored the fact that making the page language
neutral is fundamentally a usability issue. How would you feel with a
front page that was perfectly well written but in German? Fact is, the
non-Anglophone user base for this site is much larger than the userbase
with images off and that trying to attend to them is a usability
improvement. The attitude of your email was totally uncalled for.
I did not say "you don't care about usability". I said "you *seem to be*
totally unaware" of the page's usability problems.
You certainly don't offer any solutions. That's very convenient. For
that matter you seem to be totally unaware of the usability problems in
the current page that are fixed by the draft I've worked on. The new
draft is simpler, and more language neutral. But of course, it's easy to
just criticize work instead of making suggestions. After all, making
suggestions (I've made about 15 just this week) is more work.
I am eager to listen and attend to any suggestion. A lot of people have
made suggestions and corrections (e.g. Nicu has made several) and I've
made every effort to attend to each and every one of them.
A lot of people who don't have time to spare have pointed out problems
in a way that leads to a solution without spending a lot of time making
a new site and without shooting down ideas. Why can't you do the same?
Daniel.
- Re: [authors] Alternate page ready. Daniel Carrera
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