Comments on: A Blog Reader’s Nightmare

By: Ultra scurte | de ce? blog

Ultra scurte | de ce? blog — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:58:50 +0000

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By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:37:25 +0000

@Robin: I’ve only heard good things about Dark Room. I think I’ll give it a try soon.

@Brandon: Usually, sIFR files have only a few Kb. I guess it depends a little on th fonts the designer uses, but I haven’t met a website massively slowed down by sIFR. Do you have an example, as a designer I’d be pretty interested in seeing what to avoid. Thanks!

@Sara: I write my posts in MS Word too. I like to give them styling and all that, to make an idea of what I would like them to look in the end.But, as soon as the writing is done, I’ll pass them through an editor, similar to Notepad, which will remove all styling, and reformat the post after pasting in WP’s editor.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:50:01 +0000

I’m a repeat offender on #1. A couple of my posts have a formatting switch halfway through from composing in Word. Now I’m embarrassed enough to fix it… At least I don’t write three-sentence posts that are made up of at least 10 exclamation marks. That’s the once that bugs me–what a waste of a click!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:38:42 +0000

Sometimes I’ll be reading a blog article, and probably get about half way through, when the embedded sIFR headings/files finally load, which causes me to lose my place.

By: Bloggerul

Bloggerul — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:04:35 +0000

It’s all about branding and developing a unique style in writing and in formating of what you wrote. Good post.

By: Robin Cannon

Robin Cannon — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:41:37 +0000

Excellent advice. I think we too often focus on the actual text/informational content of the posts rather than layout and formatting.

In terms of alternatives to WYSIWYG editors I’d always recommend the use of Dark Room, as a great little application. As a method of removing distractions and allowing one simply to write it’s unbeatable.

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:29:05 +0000

When commenting (joining the community), I use them too. When writing, i don’t, because I believe in the power of words to express feelings.

Blogging is not instant messaging. Nevertheless, I consider that, if used with moderation – meaning only when they would add value – I’m ok with them.

Moderation can stand for “wisely and creatively”. <- See? ^-^

By: Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:19:59 +0000

With number 3, I think it’s painting a broad brush onto something that is not even close to being one dimensional.

If the blog’s subject is WWII I would agree, emoticons wouldn’t be prudent. But, for other blogs — emoticons may add to the overall picture if used wisely and creatively.

By: MoneyLizard

MoneyLizard — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:23:25 +0000

Great post… I think the most important is over-advertising. Sometimes, on a blog, I can’t find the content because of all the advertising. I’ve almost had a seizure from some of the blogs out there, with 300 banners flashing and words flying around. People need to understand that the content on the blog is most important, because if people are like me.. I see all that advertising and move on.

Keep up the good posts!

-MoneyLizard
http://www.blog-class-room.com