Boxes and Arrows: Comments by lee fleming

lee fleming — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:28:31 GMT

This is not exactly new. We’ve used this technique for years, even using the choices to filter the choices. Works great. Customers complained a lot before we used it (who wants to wade through long, long lists of anything other than one’s personal stock holdings?) They don’t complain now – I guess that means it’s usable.

lee fleming — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:24:50 GMT

It is so weird to have the left side of my screen cut off and no scrollbar to help me see the content—how did you manage that? Is there a reason for this? How would I get to see this content if my browser window were maximized and there is no scrollbar (say maximized at 1028?)

I see this in both Firefox 1.5 and IE7 on XP Pro PC. The scrollbar doesn’t kick in until my window width is narrowed 852 px. I can’t see the entire page unless my window is set at 1050 px wide—and that width leaves lots of blank space on the right (100 pixels wide).

lee fleming — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:19:42 GMT

Have you any idea what a mess the left column is on this page, with the overlapping headings and text? And way more than a month after having it pointed out, you still haven’t fixed the disappearing left column. Plus, the links in your newsletter worked just one time out of the last three. Your interface is such a mess I would never, ever consider using PublicSquare. The new interface is just wrong and no feedback from the anybody about when it’s going to be fixed. Not a very inspirational site anymore—the interface problems irritate me too much to care what else you have to say—I just assume the editorial oversite and content vetting is as just as careless as the spelling and interface flaws. I know this isn’t your day job, but after waiting for a couple of years to see what miraculous new design arose from the contest, the site is like a slap in the face, especially since nobody seems to be fixing it. I so wanted to love the new site and the new software.

lee fleming — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:40:42 GMT

Wish I had the time to get under the hood and make some repairs—I would love to but can’t take on any more pro bono work and still pay the bills. I don’t get why the folks that designed the new B&A to begin with aren’t the ones with a huge stake in fixing it, or even the folks at Public Square if this is a “showcase” site.

By the way, the email notice came with dead links again. It was right the one time you used pointy brackets instead of square brackets.