Comments on: Under the Boxes-and-Arrows hood http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/ Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: circa1977 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5750 circa1977 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5750 “so we’ve institiuted a reputation manger…you can help get rid of the drek”

Not sure if that was intentional? But two typos in one sentence.

]]> By: lizdanzico http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5751 lizdanzico Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5751 The first certainly wasn’t, but the second (assuming you mean “drek”) was. It’s an accepted spelling, I believe.

Thanks for helping make B&A better. :)

]]> By: petermarquiskyle http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5752 petermarquiskyle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5752 institiuted (did you mean instituted?)
manger (did you mean manager?)

]]> By: tobijo http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5753 tobijo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5753 Thanks for the new features! I’d love to read some articles that go deeper into your process -

* A look at the background and psychology of this kind of participatory/community centered publishing and content vetting

* Insights on user testing and analysis that went into adding these features

* Thoughts on presenting a clean, coherent UI system with community generated content ratings and comment

]]> By: circa1977 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5754 circa1977 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5754 You’re welcome!

“Drek” looked right, I was referring to the 2 words. The “if that was intentional” question was whether “[getting] rid of the drek” included catching typos.

]]> By: potrzebie99 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5755 potrzebie99 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5755 “excelsior”?

]]> By: threefour http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5756 threefour Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5756 I just want reputation mojo.

Seriously, congratulations on the launch!

]]> By: lizdanzico http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5757 lizdanzico Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5757 Getting rid of the drek does, indeed, include catching typos. Whether things like that are intentional or not, I will never tell!

We are starting to make public our B&A house styleguide so that we can be persistently consistent, revealing our POV on things such as the one-worded “sitemap” and hyphenless “email.” For many years, it’s lived in a private wiki, only accessible to editors. Now, we’ve started to make it public and hope that you can help us build it.

True; at the moment, it is a static page, but we are continuing to build up B&A features. Stay tuned over the next couple of months to watch the evolution…

]]> By: circa1977 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5758 circa1977 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5758 The terminology portion of the styleguide sounds most intriguing. Please also include whether “the Web” and “the Interent” are still proper nouns or not, or if they every should have been.

“Front end” and “backend” in terms of programming or site architecture always catch my attention too.

]]> By: jsokohl http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5759 jsokohl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/under-the-boxes-and-arrows-hood/#comment-5759 I hate to be a naysayer or detractor, but I gotta say I’m looking at the new features a bit…askance. For example–the preview feature below is somewhat unnerving–it’s cool, yeah, but it interrupts my peripheral cognition.

Also, I’m not so sure that editing by committee is the best course of action. I’know y’all have probably cussed & discussed this issue. Let me just weigh in on the side of those who like their magazines edited by a few rather than by a lot.

Also, I’m not a fan of things like “reputation points.” it enforces an idea that somehow those kids who alwyas answer the questions in class are somehow better than those who listen & learn.

Just an initial thought–I’ll watch & learn, though.

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