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I've had a lot of people tell me to start using MDN, but--don't hate me--the thing is I generally find W3S easier to use and more useful (at least for the basic

I've had a lot of people tell me to start using MDN, but--don't hate me--the thing is I generally find W3S easier to use and more useful (at least for the basic stuff I usually need to Google for). I hate to admit it but I continue to use W3S even if it is at least partially because it's usually the top result, even when I make the effort to scroll down to the MDN entry I'm usually rewarded with something tangentially related and/or missing the actually thing I needed to know. That said I think there is definitely a lot of room for improvement, I just haven't found MDN fills that gap yet so I wish the author of this luck but I hope they realize MDNs folly. Ad free isn't necessarily better. W3S is, despite it's flaws, fairly simple, easy to use and understand (mostly) and the relevant results almost always show up at the top of a Google search.

kixxauth 13y ago
Thanks so much :) That's great feedback. And yeah, I totally agree. The site navigation for Mozilla Developer Network is really terrible. And the open wiki -- crowd sourced -- style of content editing means there is no consistency. I land on W3Schools all the time when I'm looking stuff up, probably more so than StackOverflow. I just think we really deserve something better.
spoiler 13y ago
It never had a problem with MDN, but MDN is a lot. our detailed, so I see why it might potentially be hard to use at first. Takes some time to get used to changes, even if said things are an improvement.
colmvp 13y ago
I don't think one should be hated for opting for the quickest resource. W3S arguably does have a better design. Some people look for examples in finding out how to code something and as you mentioned, W3S is almost always usually at the very top of the page with browser compatibility at the bottom. It would be interesting to test out a feature where the user could select simple vs. complex document layout.

kixxauth 13y ago

Thanks so much :) That's great feedback. And yeah, I totally agree. The site navigation for Mozilla Developer Network is really terrible. And the open wiki -- crowd sourced -- style of content editing means there is no consistency. I land on W3Schools all the time when I'm looking stuff up, probably more so than StackOverflow. I just think we really deserve something better.

spoiler 13y ago

It never had a problem with MDN, but MDN is a lot. our detailed, so I see why it might potentially be hard to use at first. Takes some time to get used to changes, even if said things are an improvement.

colmvp 13y ago

I don't think one should be hated for opting for the quickest resource. W3S arguably does have a better design. Some people look for examples in finding out how to code something and as you mentioned, W3S is almost always usually at the very top of the page with browser compatibility at the bottom. It would be interesting to test out a feature where the user could select simple vs. complex document layout.