Reboot

1st May 2006 | permanent link
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Third time is the charm. And this time around I'm really satisfied with the finished site. Really really :) I was trying to make a site that would be very readble, almost newspapper-like, but at the same time keep it as simple as possible.

The real reason I entered again in this event (now for the third straigth time) is that I wasn't really satisfied with the last reboot. At first it looked sweet, but as time went by, I realised that I made a few mistakes. The first one beeing, trying to keep the previous design, which (because of the difference in both designs) meant that I had quite a few extra tags laying around. Semantics, semantics, semantics :)

Changes

I've added "Star entries" and "Currently reading" sections. The first one is a list of entries that I'm most proud of, the second is a list of books I've read and currently reading. The idea is that I'll try to write a few lines about the books, mostly if they're worth the money.

I've droped the gallery section, because I've moved it to Flickr, so check it out there. I tried to insert a flickr badge into the layout, but it just didn't look nice enough. Maybe later.

So what's new this time around

Well this time WebJillion is behind CSS Reboot, and it shows that Adam Howell didn't have to do all the work by his lonesome. That's probably the real reason for the new feature: Rebooter Premium, which I don't really support. Well not 100% at least. I get that they have some bills to pay, but don't see why you need to do this like this. OK, enough about that, don't really want to go into this and start another pointless discussion. Adam has heard enough on the subject, so I'll stop whining.

Prevoius events have shown a few features were missing. For me, the introduction of tags and sorting rebooters is a step in the right direction. So this time I know there are 6 people representing Slovenia. Don't know how many attended the last reboot, but I guess it's not bad :)

And least I forget, here is the link to my reboot information, where you can see the before and after screens.