Going Minimalist on the Blog
You may have noticed since the train wreck…er…new blog software changeover that I have kept the layout fairly bare. This is on purpose. I’ve decided to streamline the blog even more so that pretty much the only thing you get is tips and the occasional cool post like this one. Let me know your thoughts: like it? hate it? should i move to Madagascar and train lemurs?
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Comments
Anonymous
May 29, 2010
I don't know how the streamlined look your talking about compares to less bare layouts on other msdn blogs, but i will say i do like the new blog design, regardless of the trainwreck it caused youAnonymous
May 29, 2010
Thanks Ken :) yeah is was painful for a bit but I like the new software and we were definitely overdue for an upgrage. The timing was a little off for me as I'm deep into getting the book deal finalized and have to take time away from that to deal with the new changes. ZAnonymous
May 29, 2010
upgrage? not sure if that was a Freudian slip or not :PAnonymous
May 29, 2010
Zain, the change to the blog brings it inline with the rest of the msdn site. I think it looks good and is easy to navigate.Anonymous
May 29, 2010
I like it should be more such layouts out thereAnonymous
May 29, 2010
fwiw i just subscribe to the rss so dont see much of the layout stuff you're doing keep posting though ...Anonymous
May 29, 2010
like the design but the blog (in fact, all MSDN blogs) are running quite slow the past days. Not sure if we should blame Community Server or the hardware, but it's quite annoying that your page loading times has increased since the upgrade.Anonymous
May 30, 2010
ap -- cool! that is actually the way I hope most ppl are getting the info as well as using the seriously cool visual studio tips extension :) Anders -- yeah i noticed that, too. hopefully it will even out over time.Anonymous
June 01, 2010
Hey Now Zain, It's good, nice & easy to read still. Thx 4 the info, Catto