Comments for Kean Richmond http://www.keanrichmond.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on .html extension in WordPress by fornetti http://www.keanrichmond.com/html-extension-in-wordpress.html#comment-300 fornetti Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:13:47 +0000 http://www.trans-fusion.co.uk/html-extension-in-wordpress.html#comment-300 I do not believe this I do not believe this

]]> Comment on British Coins New Design by Clare Strange http://www.keanrichmond.com/british-coins-new-design.html#comment-262 Clare Strange Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:19:55 +0000 http://www.trans-fusion.co.uk/british-coins-new-design.html#comment-262 i want all those coins because i collect them i want all those coins because i collect them

]]> Comment on Hot or Cuil by Scott Mallinson http://www.keanrichmond.com/hot-or-cuil.html#comment-255 Scott Mallinson Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:42:46 +0000 http://www.keanrichmond.com/?p=85#comment-255 There has been a lot of hype across the blogosphere about Cuil. Unfortunately the product doesn't live up to the hype. When I first tried Cuil I was hampered by problems. Either my searches didn't return any results, which I expect is a problem at their end, or the servers were overloaded. Now that it is working better, I still can't see it replacing Google as my search engine of choice. The three column layout is just too different and doesn't show which result is the 'authority' on the search term entered. This is usually represented by the first listing on the first page in Google search engine results. The results are also a bit skewed. When searching for the company I work for or myself, thumbnails are included alongside the results that relate to what I am searching for. Only thing is, the thumbnails aren't at all relevant, and don't 'belong' to the listings. At the moment the product is seriously un-cuil in my eyes! There has been a lot of hype across the blogosphere about Cuil. Unfortunately the product doesn’t live up to the hype.

When I first tried Cuil I was hampered by problems. Either my searches didn’t return any results, which I expect is a problem at their end, or the servers were overloaded.

Now that it is working better, I still can’t see it replacing Google as my search engine of choice. The three column layout is just too different and doesn’t show which result is the ‘authority’ on the search term entered. This is usually represented by the first listing on the first page in Google search engine results.

The results are also a bit skewed. When searching for the company I work for or myself, thumbnails are included alongside the results that relate to what I am searching for. Only thing is, the thumbnails aren’t at all relevant, and don’t ‘belong’ to the listings.

At the moment the product is seriously un-cuil in my eyes!

]]> Comment on Firefox 3 actually Safari in disguise by kean http://www.keanrichmond.com/firefox-3-actually-safari-in-disguise.html#comment-250 kean Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:18:19 +0000 http://www.keanrichmond.com/?p=84#comment-250 The solution doesn’t worry me so much as the problem of having to test on multiple versions of Firefox as I have to do on IE. The solution doesn’t worry me so much as the problem of having to test on multiple versions of Firefox as I have to do on IE.

]]> Comment on Firefox 3 actually Safari in disguise by Jack http://www.keanrichmond.com/firefox-3-actually-safari-in-disguise.html#comment-248 Jack Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:05:16 +0000 http://www.keanrichmond.com/?p=84#comment-248 If you have a snippet of the code in question that would be handy! You may have missed something, however, I have had FF3 do some interesting things with even the most basic of css. Personally I'm going to be a bit ignorant and ignore FF3 until it becomes as 'mainstream' as FF2 because so far it just seems to be causing new problems for us poor front end developers/ designers. If you have a snippet of the code in question that would be handy!
You may have missed something, however, I have had FF3 do some interesting things with even the most basic of css.

Personally I’m going to be a bit ignorant and ignore FF3 until it becomes as ‘mainstream’ as FF2 because so far it just seems to be causing new problems for us poor front end developers/ designers.

]]> Comment on Last.fm new design review by Scott Mallinson http://www.keanrichmond.com/lastfm-new-design-review.html#comment-242 Scott Mallinson Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:36:31 +0000 http://www.keanrichmond.com/?p=81#comment-242 I have to say that I didn't notice the blandness of the homepage until I read this post, as I am usually signed in and therefore redirected to my homepage. I agree with what you say in that it is desperately lacking in something to entice you in. It's the same for Facebook, however it doesn't seem to be damaging their user-base. An social networking site that I do feel has a good homepage is Virb. It's well layed out, gives you a teaser of what's available when you sign up and the call to actions are clear and direct. That said, you're comment about Myspace being the dominant force for free online music I expect to change. With the Artist Royalty Program for independent artists, there is the incentive for those literal garage/basement bands to upload music and get paid for their efforts. I have to say that I didn’t notice the blandness of the homepage until I read this post, as I am usually signed in and therefore redirected to my homepage.

I agree with what you say in that it is desperately lacking in something to entice you in. It’s the same for Facebook, however it doesn’t seem to be damaging their user-base. An social networking site that I do feel has a good homepage is Virb. It’s well layed out, gives you a teaser of what’s available when you sign up and the call to actions are clear and direct.

That said, you’re comment about Myspace being the dominant force for free online music I expect to change. With the Artist Royalty Program for independent artists, there is the incentive for those literal garage/basement bands to upload music and get paid for their efforts.

]]> Comment on New Last.fm live by kean http://www.keanrichmond.com/new-lastfm-live.html#comment-240 kean Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:57 +0000 http://www.keanrichmond.com/?p=80#comment-240 Pink is possibly a bit general, but it's similar if not the same to the reddy/pink they were using before Pink is possibly a bit general, but it’s similar if not the same to the reddy/pink they were using before

]]> Comment on New Last.fm live by Scott Mallinson http://www.keanrichmond.com/new-lastfm-live.html#comment-239 Scott Mallinson Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:56:42 +0000 http://www.keanrichmond.com/?p=80#comment-239 Pink? I think your monitor needs calibrating! Apparently the launch of the redesign was hit by server issues which is why it was slow and unresponsive yesterday. It's definitely a move in the right direction and I can foresee many other social networking sites pushing new designs in the coming months. Pink? I think your monitor needs calibrating!

Apparently the launch of the redesign was hit by server issues which is why it was slow and unresponsive yesterday. It’s definitely a move in the right direction and I can foresee many other social networking sites pushing new designs in the coming months.

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]]> Comment on Are Mozilla forcing me to move to Firefox 3 by Scott Mallinson http://www.keanrichmond.com/are-mozilla-forcing-me-to-move-to-firefox-3.html#comment-213 Scott Mallinson Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:53:53 +0000 http://www.keanrichmond.com/?p=71#comment-213 Now that Bill Gates has stepped down from his Microsoft Tower (TM), perhaps Mozilla have barricaded themselves in it and assumed his previous role! It's a marketing role successfully employed by both Microsoft and Adobe; release a product with bugs, then further interactions fix the prior bugs but introduce new ones. Now that Bill Gates has stepped down from his Microsoft Tower (TM), perhaps Mozilla have barricaded themselves in it and assumed his previous role!

It’s a marketing role successfully employed by both Microsoft and Adobe; release a product with bugs, then further interactions fix the prior bugs but introduce new ones.

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