[wp-design] Shuttle Dash

[khaled Abou Alfa]

I'd LOVE to get that god damn plugin working, but for some reason
wp-shortstat plugin doesn't return any values, is it working on your
install? I agree, but in case someone hasn't installed that then that is
what would happen, that's all I was showing really.

On 9/23/05, Joen Asmussen <joen at noscope.com> wrote:
>
> Very nice stuff Khaled.
>
> One comment: The Dashboard is the ONLY page in a default Wordpress 1.6
> installation that doesn't have more than 1 sub tab. And then you add the
> Shortstats plugin, and you do get a second one. In other words, we
> shouldn't remove the second row of tabs for the dashboard page. Not only
> to keep concistency, but to allow plugin authors to add more tabs there.
>
> > I'll start. I'm not very keen on the whole boxes for the headlines
> > from the chosen blogs we've got. It would be cooler if you could
> > actually pick which website you wanted to show up, maybe even add a
> > few more prefered site or whatever. (This should be a list rather than
> > these boxes that take up so much space. I like the technorati thing,
> > but should we be including other blog options rather than
> > concentrating on just one?
>
> Well. I agree completely.
>
> Programmers, don't get scared now, I have a point. ... So, has anyone
> seen the new Google Personalized? www.google.com/ig<http://www.google.com/ig>
>
> It's basically an aggregator of XML feeds, kinda like the dashboard.
>
> I mention Google Personalized, not because we should have a drag/drop
> rearrangable super ajax magical aggregator, but because it's really well
> designed from a usability point of view. There's a category headline,
> and there's a list of blue links below it. There's _no_ way you can
> misunderstand how it works.
>
> So, why don't we just do the same and categorize the current feeds and
> align them nicely in boxes? A blue link does read much better than a
> box. It really should be a no-brainer design.
>
> > The blog information should be the main focus, rather than being
> > relegated to the side there. It's the thing that changes the most, and
> > it's effectively the most important part of the site for the user as
> > well. Also I want to put anything in the moderation queue in RED.
>
> Agree completely.
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