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Webdoc: This Changes Everything, Just Like Apple Did

8 points by mikecane 15y ago

kleiba 15y ago
It might just me getting old, but I do not agree to the praise this article has for an alleged clean and easy-to-use interface. I personally find it too busy and confusing (the one with the notes and arrows). But then again, I'm over 30...
- tluyben2 15y ago
  Indeed; this is not clean at all while Apple usually is. I tried it a few times and just find it annoying :) But i'm over 30 as well.
- danoprey 15y ago
  Under 30 here, it's not clean at all to me. Quite the opposite. The author ever points out that the menus are not "pixel malnourished", like... Apple. The whole article came across as a really bad self promo pretending to be written by someone objective.
mef 15y ago
The article is a bit breathless and has an odd Apple-specific thrust to it, but that aside I'd never heard of webdoc before and using it is actually a pretty cool experience. I can especially see this appealing to casual bloggers or teenagers as the interface allows you to do almost anything without needing any offline processes.
winsbe01 15y ago
I don't personally like the Apple twist to this article. I think webdoc (having never heard of it before reading this article) is doing some cool stuff with regards to "sharing content" (I can't bring myself to say blogging, because blogging to me means words, whereas this had an emphasis on media). is it perfect? of course not. but I think it would be interesting to see some cool things created using the tool, and perhaps convince other tools to add similar features to compete. it's all about innovation and competition! EDIT: apparently grammar flew out the window when I tried to write that last sentence.
fictorial 15y ago
I don't see anything remotely Apple-esque here.
theoa 15y ago
Webdoc is cool. The ability to place elements anywhere on the page is rare among online web page builders. Ditto the ability to rotate many of the objects. Also viewers in other browsers can see updates in near real time. The choice of gadgets and widgets is good. The ability to embed in Facebook is cool. I will spend more time with webboc. And, I agree with @ mef. The article, quite frankly, is weird. It's all about Nook, Google and Flickr stuff - and yet it's Apple that should buy WebDoc. ?!?
u48998 15y ago
Not bad.

8 points by mikecane 15y ago

It might just me getting old, but I do not agree to the praise this article has for an alleged clean and easy-to-use interface. I personally find it too busy and confusing (the one with the notes and arrows). But then again, I'm over 30...

tluyben2 15y ago
Indeed; this is not clean at all while Apple usually is. I tried it a few times and just find it annoying :) But i'm over 30 as well.
danoprey 15y ago
Under 30 here, it's not clean at all to me. Quite the opposite. The author ever points out that the menus are not "pixel malnourished", like... Apple. The whole article came across as a really bad self promo pretending to be written by someone objective.

mef 15y ago

The article is a bit breathless and has an odd Apple-specific thrust to it, but that aside I'd never heard of webdoc before and using it is actually a pretty cool experience. I can especially see this appealing to casual bloggers or teenagers as the interface allows you to do almost anything without needing any offline processes.

winsbe01 15y ago

I don't personally like the Apple twist to this article. I think webdoc (having never heard of it before reading this article) is doing some cool stuff with regards to "sharing content" (I can't bring myself to say blogging, because blogging to me means words, whereas this had an emphasis on media). is it perfect? of course not. but I think it would be interesting to see some cool things created using the tool, and perhaps convince other tools to add similar features to compete. it's all about innovation and competition! EDIT: apparently grammar flew out the window when I tried to write that last sentence.

fictorial 15y ago

I don't see anything remotely Apple-esque here.

theoa 15y ago

Webdoc is cool. The ability to place elements anywhere on the page is rare among online web page builders. Ditto the ability to rotate many of the objects. Also viewers in other browsers can see updates in near real time. The choice of gadgets and widgets is good. The ability to embed in Facebook is cool. I will spend more time with webboc. And, I agree with @ mef. The article, quite frankly, is weird. It's all about Nook, Google and Flickr stuff - and yet it's Apple that should buy WebDoc. ?!?

u48998 15y ago

Not bad.