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Re: Signal vs Noise Rebuilt in Squarespace CMS in 18 Minutes

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This is "neat" - and squarespace actually looks like a great service, especially for someone who needs more than a simple blogger site, but less than custom hosting/etc.

BUT! what I'd love to see is what a "regular" user could do in 20 minutes. Learning the context of the app, where things are, what menu items do exactly which function you need- that's the learning curve people need to know about.

I mean, I could probably re-implement SvN in 20 minutes by skinning Wordpress- but that's because i use Wordpress all the time, and have done more skins for the thing than I care to recall.

Re: Signal vs Noise Rebuilt in Squarespace CMS in 18 Minutes

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post #4

This is "neat" - and squarespace actually looks like a great service, especially for someone who needs more than a simple blogger site, but less than custom hosting/etc. BUT! what I'd love to see is what a "regular" user could do in 20 minutes. Learning the context of the app, where things are, what menu items do exactly which function you need- that's the learning curve people need to know about. I mean, I could pro…

I think the point is that it's a completely hosted service and that's being done 90% from a UI -- with minimal CSS written, and no XHTML changes.

Re: Signal vs Noise Rebuilt in Squarespace CMS in 18 Minutes

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post #6
post #4

This is "neat" - and squarespace actually looks like a great service, especially for someone who needs more than a simple blogger site, but less than custom hosting/etc. BUT! what I'd love to see is what a "regular" user could do in 20 minutes. Learning the context of the app, where things are, what menu items do exactly which function you need- that's the learning curve people need to know about. I mean, I could pro…

I think the point is that it's a completely hosted service and that's being done 90% from a UI -- with minimal CSS written, and no XHTML changes.

The first XHTML change is 12 seconds in - and the title screen lasts 5 seconds.

Re: Signal vs Noise Rebuilt in Squarespace CMS in 18 Minutes

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the point is that it's a completely hosted service and that's being done 90% from a UI -- with minimal CSS written, and no XHTML changes.

The first XHTML change is 12 seconds in - and the title screen lasts 5 seconds.

That's impossible, since you can't edit the XHTML behind a Squarespace site.

Do you mean CSS?

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