Konstruktors Web Design, WordPress and Performance Services
One day I’ll stop pushing pixels and will write.
Is it true that finding solutions to problems in programming is more satisfying than discussing and stating ideas in writing? Or are these simply two kinds of people who prefer one over the other? Read more »
After having used the new WordPress 2.7 (which is not even beta yet) for some time, it is clear that the vertical dashboard navigation has been a bad design choice.
The aim of this revised design was to minimize vertical scrolling and make everything easier for both new and experienced users. The fact is that for me it has made the navigation more complex and has moved every action several clicks and scrolls away.
Why? Because information of equal importance cannot be aligned vertically. Items at the top will always have more importance than the ones at the bottom. Read more »
Do you know what good designers do when everyone else thinks Helvetica is cool? They stretch and bend Times New Romans and Comic Sans. Thats because message is what is important, not the color or the typeface.
Don’t like the proposed WordPress 2.7 menu structure? Why not make it sortable and with ability to rename top-level menu items so that those who still prefer Manage and Write instead of Posts and Pages can have it.
WordPress Dashboard menu sorting and renaming
Here is how it works: Read more »
Automattic have published WordPress 2.7 user interface wireframes (.pdf) that list and explain the changes planned for the next major release of WordPress.
WordPress 2.7 User Interface proposal (version 002)
I think there are only two things wrong with the purposed user interface and the information architecture: Read more »
Thanks to Ben for spotting a bug in Tabbed Widgets plugin — accordion type widgets didn’t open the selected default tab because of a missing javascript code which I forgot to add to the accordion type widget initialization in js/init.ui.tabs.js. An update should show up in your Widget Plugin Management page.
Fluid width WordPress administration user interface: idea (no.3). Read more »
Here is a modified open share icon with less rounded corners which looks good even at 16px or less. Read more »
Here is another take on how to improve WordPress Dashboard. See also the Widget Administration section. Read more »
The new Microsoft ads are absolutely brilliant — Mr. Bill Gates turns out to be the marketing talent they have been missing since the very first day. These ads are already the second thing that Microsoft has gotten right over the past year, first being the Internet Explorer 8 and its support for Web standards.