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By: Vivien

Vivien — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:58:13 +0000

What is a good thing – that it’s hard to digest? I’m not sure about the “ultimate” reference, but it is a good reference if you have enough patience to go through that loooong post.

By: Bes

Bes — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:10:42 +0000

I agree with the information overload concept on this one. Sure, writing a 300 page book on a single line of philosophy is one thing, since that may require a lot of explanation or logic, but complicating things simply to have more, without adding much usefulness or clarity to a work only confuses the readers.

When you showed me that link, I simply thought to myself “Wow, this is long.” They could have divided it into separate posts to address each individual question, though I am guessing they wanted a post that was the “ultimate reference” guide for people who were searching for answers to those questions. It is good work, though it is hard to digest usefully in one sitting. Maybe that’s a good thing?

By: ibit

ibit — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:59:09 +0000

Thanks, guys. I’ve just posted my thoughts about important Web Design aspects. Let me know what you think?

By: Shankar Ganesh

Shankar Ganesh — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:49:58 +0000

I never read the entire article. Just see the title, and scroll fast….. When something’s catchy, just read that and move off.

But I surely bookmark them for later reference. My Firefox Bookmarks bar and del.icio.us accounts are loaded with sites and posts which I’ve still not read and want to read :)

By: Andrew Rickmann

Andrew Rickmann — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:05:08 +0000

I started to read it but as you say it was too long and too superficial. I was struck by the poor choice of some questions to be honest.

It could have been so good, and so revealing, but just wasn’t.

I am glad you have decided to fill in the gaps they left.

By: Ronald Huereca

Ronald Huereca — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:11:01 +0000

Smashing Magazine has a lot of good articles, just some of them are indeed information overload such as this one. You could probably split that post into a series of posts on this site adding in your own thoughts.