Interface Screencast #1: WordPress 2.3 Dashboard
Uploaded on Feb 10, 2008 / 1432 views / 9421 impressions / 16 comments
Description
30 minutes of me talking about the WordPress dashboard and why it should be discarded immediately.
I have a face for radio, and a voice for TV; I apologize for that.
I also apologize for its length; I'll try and make the next one considerably shorter.
16 comments
2. Heilemann 2:06
'Actually getting things done' in WordPress core, that is...
3. Heilemann 10:57
Coke. Oh sweet Coke.
4. Heilemann 12:09
Also notice the 1998 design aesthetics.
5. Heilemann 13:40
Irrelevant. I said _I_ relevant. I need to mumble less...
6. Heilemann 24:07
In the next screencast I'll be sure to mention some of the awesome things that they've also done, of which there are some.
7. Heilemann 26:39
Aaaaakwaaaard.
8. Heilemann 29:33
... a day.
9. somefool
Id like to download this and stick it on my iphone but the Downloads tab isnt there. Any chance of rectifying this Michael?
10. Heilemann
@somefool, you should be able to download it, the permissions are set to 'everyone'. But I'll save you the time to recompress it, and send you an iPhone version when I get home.
11. Heilemann
@somefool, try this: http://binarybonsai.com/files/interfacescreencast1-wordpress23dashboard.m4v
12. somefool
I did try grabbing the flv but isquint didnt like it for some reason. My plan was to grab the original and use isquint on that.
FWIW Still no download tab, thanks for the link though, I use that.
13. Kaeta
I enjoyed what you had to say, but agree you could have been a bit more concise. Going over all the useless info on the dashboard was interesting, I hadn't really thought about. It was just something I had to go through to get where I was going. I'm curious to hear about how things are going on Habari.
14. bustaa
hm viddler kinda sucks ... where's is the download link ?!
15. spikeyslam
What do you think of the changes in WP 2.5? The dashboard looks less cluttered and is now handled by widgets.
16. Heilemann
Well, it isn't really fair to WP25, seeing as its still in alpha (or beta); but while it might be more agile now, it's just as, if not more, confusing. The header is a link-fest, the top of the page gives a damn about alignment and if the dashboard is customizable, I'll be damned if I can figure out how to customize it. And the boxes bordering the right side of the page don't have a border to that side.
I'm not impressed as it is. But as I said, it's alpha (or beta, I don't know).
1. vocino
Well isn't this an interesting surprise. I love impromtu videos :)