I'm running Firefox 3 (it does not show there) and IE 7 (does show there).
On Apr 30, 4:18 pm, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't see this "pop-up" in either Firefox 3 or IE 6. I've turned off > the pop-up blocker. Being in Australia, I've looked at both > google.com.au and google.com. Maybe I'm using the wrong browser/ > version, or maybe it hasn't been turned on for Australia. Or maybe my > security/privacy software is blocking it somewhere. > > BUT-- I ACCIDENTALLY found a link to "top iGoogle developers". No, > it's not on the main directory page where you'd expect such a useful > link to be. You have to click on a developer's link on the right hand > side of the listing - ANY developer's name will do - and voila! On the > developer's page, below the developer's profile, is a nice little link > that says "See list of top iGoogle developers". Ordinary users would > never find it. > > I think I might have seen it before, but when I started looking for it > again I couldn't remember where it was! Did anyone else know that was > there? How long has it been there? What was Google's rationale for > burying it there? They're probably sitting back saying "What's all the > fuss, we've got a link to top developers?", while people looking for > it can't find it. > > There is no suggestion what criteria have been used to determine "top > developers", but it obviously takes into account gadgets as well as > themes, since some of the developers in the listting have no themes at > all. But at least the recognized quality theme developers seem to > appear in the first few pages. > > Google, oh Google ... how about putting this link on the main > directory page, and solve all our problems? Please? > > On May 1, 5:18 am, "Don Dixon,www.igooglethemes.net" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have both IE and Firefox installed. This morning this is a new pop > > up that shows miniature photos with 10 themes per page. (Does not > > show in Firefox). They load faster but unfortunately there is still > > no organization of themes. With the flood of themes, the only thing > > people can do at this point to find themes is to search for themes by > > putting a designer's name in the search box. It's either that, or go > > through all the garbage. The "Hottest Category" is not working > > properly. (I have a theme with 20,000 + users within the last 3-4 > > months and it doesn't even show in the "hottest" category, while > > themes I did a year ago with 2,300 users do show). Now, with this new > > approach, the search bar is not there for users to search. They now > > have to click on "other options to get to the search bar. If this is > > what Google meant when they said they were looking for a way to make > > themes "more discoverable", I don't think this is the answer. This is > > not a bad approach, but there needs to be something done about the > > flooding of poor quality themes and how the library is organized. I > > don't get it. It's pretty obvious that the theme section is a > > disaster. The question is: Will they do something about it before > > most get so ticked off they'll never come back? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Themes API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-themes-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
