Some thoughts on Habari

In which Root contemplates how Habari can get a jump on other blogging platforms

It is a kind of tradition in Habari -hey we are Web 2.0 - a tradition is something we began 5 minutes ago. - that we do not compare Habari with any other platform. At least not by name. We are not competing with anybody. Nor do we want Habari to be better than X. We want Habari to rock. Plain and simple. If it is not better than X or Y there is no point in doing it. And the hackery in X or Y may not be a good benchmark anyway. The whole thing is built from the ground up. There is no obsolete architecture to inherit. Or adapt. Or live with.

So what are my hopes.? Well a bit of history. (Skip this if its tedious). When I did my first local WordPress install there were about a thousand users. When I registered in the forum there were a couple of thousand. At Habari I registered at #70 something. I am by nature an early adopter. So what is my experience on that platform from my perspective?

Well what I am interested in is the User Interface or UI. In particular I am interested in the challenges inherent in cross platform performance and how that impacts on accessibility. To cut to the chase: If it works in Firefox thats OK. But I will always be the guy pointing out it has borked in IE 7 whatever.

Now in this respect - forget themes. WordPress long ago divested itself of any responsibilty for the performance of themes by shipping with a load of crap itself. Then it opened up the whole theme thing to every wannabee and spammer with no kind of quality control. So forget themes.

What I am concerned with is the Useability Interface of the admin areas.

Now to the best of my knowledge WP has never stated which browser set it purports to support at all. All the developers are all in the *it worked in my browser when I last looked* category. This generally means Firefox. A fine browser no doubt. But not main stream.

And this single fact - the utter inability to look beyond their own experience - has bedevilled WordPress develpment and implementation.

I really do hope - profoundly - that Habari sets a different standard. If it comes down to what the *designer* did in photoshop after 3 spliffs then we are sunk.

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  1. 1) Puff, puff, pass.
    2) You’ve suggested some good benchmarks (Yahoo’s compatibility standards) for testing browsers, and historically, as much as possible, Habari integrates the good ideas.

    Comment by Owen Aug 14, 04:12 AM #

  2. Blimey. We not only have traditions. We have a history as well. :)

    Comment by Root Aug 15, 08:41 AM #

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Some thoughts on Habari

In which Root contemplates how Habari can get a jump on other blogging platforms

It is a kind of tradition in Habari -hey we are Web 2.0 - a tradition is something we began 5 minutes ago. - that we do not compare Habari with any other platform. At least not by name. We are not competing with anybody. Nor do we want Habari to be better than X. We want Habari to rock. Plain and simple. If it is not better than X or Y there is no point in doing it. And the hackery in X or Y may not be a good benchmark anyway. The whole thing is built from the ground up. There is no obsolete architecture to inherit. Or adapt. Or live with.

So what are my hopes.? Well a bit of history. (Skip this if its tedious). When I did my first local WordPress install there were about a thousand users. When I registered in the forum there were a couple of thousand. At Habari I registered at #70 something. I am by nature an early adopter. So what is my experience on that platform from my perspective?

Well what I am interested in is the User Interface or UI. In particular I am interested in the challenges inherent in cross platform performance and how that impacts on accessibility. To cut to the chase: If it works in Firefox thats OK. But I will always be the guy pointing out it has borked in IE 7 whatever.

Now in this respect - forget themes. WordPress long ago divested itself of any responsibilty for the performance of themes by shipping with a load of crap itself. Then it opened up the whole theme thing to every wannabee and spammer with no kind of quality control. So forget themes.

What I am concerned with is the Useability Interface of the admin areas.

Now to the best of my knowledge WP has never stated which browser set it purports to support at all. All the developers are all in the *it worked in my browser when I last looked* category. This generally means Firefox. A fine browser no doubt. But not main stream.

And this single fact - the utter inability to look beyond their own experience - has bedevilled WordPress develpment and implementation.

I really do hope - profoundly - that Habari sets a different standard. If it comes down to what the *designer* did in photoshop after 3 spliffs then we are sunk.

Comment

  1. 1) Puff, puff, pass.
    2) You’ve suggested some good benchmarks (Yahoo’s compatibility standards) for testing browsers, and historically, as much as possible, Habari integrates the good ideas.

    Comment by Owen Aug 14, 04:12 AM #

  2. Blimey. We not only have traditions. We have a history as well. :)

    Comment by Root Aug 15, 08:41 AM #

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Some thoughts on Habari

In which Root contemplates how Habari can get a jump on other blogging platforms

It is a kind of tradition in Habari -hey we are Web 2.0 - a tradition is something we began 5 minutes ago. - that we do not compare Habari with any other platform. At least not by name. We are not competing with anybody. Nor do we want Habari to be better than X. We want Habari to rock. Plain and simple. If it is not better than X or Y there is no point in doing it. And the hackery in X or Y may not be a good benchmark anyway. The whole thing is built from the ground up. There is no obsolete architecture to inherit. Or adapt. Or live with.

So what are my hopes.? Well a bit of history. (Skip this if its tedious). When I did my first local WordPress install there were about a thousand users. When I registered in the forum there were a couple of thousand. At Habari I registered at #70 something. I am by nature an early adopter. So what is my experience on that platform from my perspective?

Well what I am interested in is the User Interface or UI. In particular I am interested in the challenges inherent in cross platform performance and how that impacts on accessibility. To cut to the chase: If it works in Firefox thats OK. But I will always be the guy pointing out it has borked in IE 7 whatever.

Now in this respect - forget themes. WordPress long ago divested itself of any responsibilty for the performance of themes by shipping with a load of crap itself. Then it opened up the whole theme thing to every wannabee and spammer with no kind of quality control. So forget themes.

What I am concerned with is the Useability Interface of the admin areas.

Now to the best of my knowledge WP has never stated which browser set it purports to support at all. All the developers are all in the *it worked in my browser when I last looked* category. This generally means Firefox. A fine browser no doubt. But not main stream.

And this single fact - the utter inability to look beyond their own experience - has bedevilled WordPress develpment and implementation.

I really do hope - profoundly - that Habari sets a different standard. If it comes down to what the *designer* did in photoshop after 3 spliffs then we are sunk.

Comment

  1. 1) Puff, puff, pass.
    2) You’ve suggested some good benchmarks (Yahoo’s compatibility standards) for testing browsers, and historically, as much as possible, Habari integrates the good ideas.

    Comment by Owen Aug 14, 04:12 AM #

  2. Blimey. We not only have traditions. We have a history as well. :)

    Comment by Root Aug 15, 08:41 AM #

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Some thoughts on Habari

In which Root contemplates how Habari can get a jump on other blogging platforms

It is a kind of tradition in Habari -hey we are Web 2.0 - a tradition is something we began 5 minutes ago. - that we do not compare Habari with any other platform. At least not by name. We are not competing with anybody. Nor do we want Habari to be better than X. We want Habari to rock. Plain and simple. If it is not better than X or Y there is no point in doing it. And the hackery in X or Y may not be a good benchmark anyway. The whole thing is built from the ground up. There is no obsolete architecture to inherit. Or adapt. Or live with.

So what are my hopes.? Well a bit of history. (Skip this if its tedious). When I did my first local WordPress install there were about a thousand users. When I registered in the forum there were a couple of thousand. At Habari I registered at #70 something. I am by nature an early adopter. So what is my experience on that platform from my perspective?

Well what I am interested in is the User Interface or UI. In particular I am interested in the challenges inherent in cross platform performance and how that impacts on accessibility. To cut to the chase: If it works in Firefox thats OK. But I will always be the guy pointing out it has borked in IE 7 whatever.

Now in this respect - forget themes. WordPress long ago divested itself of any responsibilty for the performance of themes by shipping with a load of crap itself. Then it opened up the whole theme thing to every wannabee and spammer with no kind of quality control. So forget themes.

What I am concerned with is the Useability Interface of the admin areas.

Now to the best of my knowledge WP has never stated which browser set it purports to support at all. All the developers are all in the *it worked in my browser when I last looked* category. This generally means Firefox. A fine browser no doubt. But not main stream.

And this single fact - the utter inability to look beyond their own experience - has bedevilled WordPress develpment and implementation.

I really do hope - profoundly - that Habari sets a different standard. If it comes down to what the *designer* did in photoshop after 3 spliffs then we are sunk.

Comment

  1. 1) Puff, puff, pass.
    2) You’ve suggested some good benchmarks (Yahoo’s compatibility standards) for testing browsers, and historically, as much as possible, Habari integrates the good ideas.

    Comment by Owen Aug 14, 04:12 AM #

  2. Blimey. We not only have traditions. We have a history as well. :)

    Comment by Root Aug 15, 08:41 AM #

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