{"id":715,"date":"2006-07-20T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-20T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/?p=451"},"modified":"2006-07-20T22:09:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-20T22:09:00","slug":"coders-cant-design-software-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/archives\/715","title":{"rendered":"Coders can't design software …"},"content":{"rendered":"

myEarthLink Reader – Add a Source<\/a><\/p>\n

… and, apparently, those who design websites don’t know IA. It’s pathetic, really.<\/p>\n

On technorati’s “Import Favorite” page there’s a whole list of other aggregators and how to get them to spit out OPML. For technorati itself? You’d better know that there’s a teeny little OPML link in the top-right corner of one of the two blog-favorite pages cuz you sure won’t find it obviously presented! (My other peeve from today is that BlogLines’ rather nice interface won’t allow me to delete an entire folder. I wanted to dump that set before importing the others. Select a block, yes … but not Select Folder \/ Trash. Why not? Is that martian? It’s a perfectly valid task flow. “But that’s not the way we want you to do it”, in effect. Meh.<\/p>\n

Soooooo after getting the OPML from technorati and consolidating it with that from BlogLines and Google, I came over to the new kid on the block … earthlink.net’s offering. Nice design … pretty. And here I am on the “Add Source” page. A search facility, that’s cute. And a very nice multi-tiered presentation of Recommended Sources. And … WTF? No place to import OPML? (I hate<\/b><\/i> the “blame the user” reply smoke and mirror tech types hide behind … it’s soooooo M$.) And WTF2<\/sup>, cant’ even add a site by URL? “Tip: You can add a source from any web site you visit. Learn how ?<\/i>” Well thanks a lot, twit, not stop holding my hand and let me upload my OPML<\/b>!!<\/i><\/p>\n

I’d love to think software and systems were intentional … but there’s precious little evidence of that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

myEarthLink Reader – Add a Source … and, apparently, those who design websites don’t know IA. It’s pathetic, really. OnRead the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n

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