Followup to B&BP
So apparently people sometimes read (or possibly check their referrers for fun, like I do). There are some new comments on the Book & Brier Patch post that I made, the most important part of which I think is this:
“I’m involved in the creation of said site. The site is still in programming, and is no where near finished. It is not intended to be released to the public yet. So, any current opinions are based on an unfinished website. The site is still a few months away from release.”
Guess I rushed to judgment on it. I think it has potential, so I can’t wait to see what they do with it.
April 27th, 2005 at 12:05 pm 1
Quite true that it has potential, but how very strange that B&BP employee would track back to the blog to check up on things here…. I suppose having “blog” in the referrer makes it slightly more interesting than most.
sidenote: i had to turn referrers back on cause wordpress won’t work without them.
April 27th, 2005 at 9:38 pm 2
That’s ridiculous.
If its in beta, and “a few months away from release” - then mark it as such. Google was in “Beta” for a few years! Nowhere on the main page do I see any reference to it being “unfinished”.
Why was said developer so defensive? If its on the internet, its live, and viewable by the general public. Saying that its “unfinished” doesn’t excuse the poor design, and your opinion is therefore valid and perfectly justified.
If I posted on my blog that “Windows sucks”, then a loyal, supportive Microsoft employee could respond, “Its under development and nowhere near release.” Why? Because there’s a new version of Windows in the pipeline? We’d never be allowed to say that “Mac OS X has horrible design” then (assuming it were true) since the code is obviously “unfinished”; a new version is coming out soon.
Aidan, if its “not finished”, then time will tell. No need to backpeddle on your original opinion.
April 27th, 2005 at 9:54 pm 3
I don’t want to harp on the guy, but the website does says very clearly on the main page: “Book & Brier Patch Launches New Website! Apr 8, 2005″
…Maybe “Launches New Website!” really means “Ugly-ass non-functional site”…
April 27th, 2005 at 11:38 pm 4
I just hate raining on other people’s parades, but you guys are right. If something’s running as production, it shouldn’t be in development.